
Ballots, bullets, bribes and warlords
The cast and characters of the 2014 Afghan elections.
Suchitra Vijayan | Mar 31, 2014

Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn
‘Zarmina’ and her experience of displacement and exile.
Taran N Khan | Mar 30, 2014

The many faces of the diaspora
With tens of thousands of educated Afghans fleeing the country, an imminent brain drain threatens the reconstruction of Afghanistan after 2014.
Fariba Nawa | Mar 27, 2014

Panel Discussion: Reclaiming Afghanistan
Panel discussion and book launch
The Editors | Mar 27, 2014

Afghan war rugs
Traditional rug-making techniques meet contemporary political imagery
Nigel Lendon | Mar 26, 2014

Online identities; unfolding realities
For Afghans across the world, social media is a vehicle for mobilising, uniting and contesting ideas of community, as well as a harbinger of newer forms of courtship and love.
Zuzanna Olszewska | Mar 25, 2014

Imported human rights
The yawning gap between Western human rights discourse and action has overshadowed domestic histories of reform and the need for a grassroots approach to social change.
Norah Niland | Mar 20, 2014

Back to Southasia?
Instead of an arena for a ‘zero-sum’ India-Pakistan game, post-2014 Afghanistan may actually provide a stimulus for increased regional cooperation.
Shanthie D'Souza | Mar 15, 2014

Reed flute and gunpowder
Understanding the Afghan Taliban through their poetry.
Thomas Ruttig | Mar 14, 2014


Afghans authoring an uncertain future
Creative writing workshops in Kabul have enabled Afghan authors to express themselves.
Adam Klein | Mar 11, 2014

Get Out Quick, Inc.
Ponzi: a fraudulent investing scam promising high rates of return with little risk to investors.
Ross Adkin | Mar 09, 2014

Neither here nor there in chhit mahal
Law, disorder and struggle on the chhit mahals of India and Bangladesh.
Anuradha Sharma | Mar 08, 2014

Partition’s incomplete stories
Vishwajyoti Ghosh curates a collection of graphic narratives that capture the layered history of Partition.
Vijay Prashad | Mar 03, 2014

Dubai’s ‘in-between’ Southasians
Neha Vora examines the past and present of Indians living in Dubai and grapples with issues related to their identity and belonging.
Tristan Bruslé | Mar 02, 2014
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