In a slum on the outskirts of Kabul, a teacher tries to build a new country by Jeffrey E. Stren This month, the outgoing commander of America’s military effort in Afghanistantold Congress that the country the...
By Jeffrey E. Stern A few months ago, in downtown Kabul, a small man stood on top of a car with a megaphone in a city liberated by American troops, and faced down his government....
By David Joly “The government is not in control of anything.” AZIZULLAH ROYESH Credit Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency, via Getty Images KABUL, Afghanistan — AFTER his return to Afghanistan from exile, in 1986, Azizullah Royesh immediately became a...
SEILER SMITH Jeffrey Stern, a former Pulitzer Center grantee, is coming out with his first book, The Last Thousand: One School’s Promise in a Nation at War on January 26, 2016. This book is the fruit of...
By Rabu, Father and brother of Sadiq Ali. (Photo: Naeem Sahoutara) Ethnic Hazaras say that over the past year, Taliban-linked militant groups have killed hundreds in their community, including women and children. Persecuted in their...
By Shoaib Mehryar Shoaib Mehryar is a former student of the Star Educational Society in Quetta, Pakistan and studies economics at Bakhtar University in Kabul. I was compelled to move to Afghanistan in 2012 at...
By Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan presidential guards opened fire on Wednesday to disperse thousands of protesters marching outside the palace compound in Kabul to denounce recent abductions and killings of seven members...
By Mohammad Ali Farhath Nine years-old kidnapped Hazara girl who was beheaded On September 30, 2015, seven Hazaras, including a nine years-old girl, two women and four men were kidnapped while they were traveling from...
By Kevin Kusmez Facing discrimination and a lack of opportunity, ethnic Hazara are among those landing on the Greek island of Lesbos. At least 16 people drowned and dozens went missing last week after overcrowded...
Hazara People International Network Ghazni: Taliban terrorists kidnapped 17 members of ethnic minority Hazara from a car in east Afghanistan, only a few days after they kidnapped and shot dead four Hazara students in the...