LGBTQ+ Persecution Under the Taliban
By Liv Wittenberg. Though the Taliban’s current policy is to assert that homosexuality doesn’t exist in Afghan society, LGBTQ+ people have obviously always existed in […]
Commentary
A Thanksgiving, but With Afghanistan at the Table
By Pete Lucier, November 2021. When you are sitting down for Thanksgiving today, someone is probably going to ask you “How is all that Afghanistan […]
Kabul NEO Anniversary
On August 15, 2021, the Taliban entered Kabul and assumed the reigns of government. A few months earlier, the Biden administration announced the implementation of […]
The Seat is Empty: Who is Accountable for IHRL and IHL in Afghanistan?
By Christian Jepsen. The Taliban’s military conquest of Afghanistan has not made the country any more stable or governable, nor earned it international recognition. This […]
Assessing Hazara Attacks: Are They Genocide?
Who Are the Hazara? The largest ethnic minority in modern Afghanistan is the Hazara, a predominantly Shia community. Some historians believe that Hazara are the […]
Turkish Entanglements Involving Afghanistan
By Lark Escobar. The Turkish military was involved as NATO partners and allies of Afghanistan in many of the training missions there over the last […]
“We Are Relentless . . .”
By A.S. – Afghan Evac Coordinator & Team Leader. Today someone proclaimed me an international logistics specialist and front-line Afghan evacuation handler. I call myself […]