S Prasannarajan
Political Islam triumphs because freedom is an idea that no longer appeals to leaders of the so-called free world
A veteran of many wars, photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg found Afghan terrain tricky, the language unfamiliar and the recklessness scary. Yet, he kept returning to document it all
Warning as American Troops Withdraw: Modernise Afghanistan at Your Own Peril
A minor football victory over India for news tickers, a major cause of jubilation for Afghans
Dalrymple’s book is well researched, but that still doesn’t mean we take his account at face value
Meet Shukria Barakzai, a leading advocate of women’s rights in Afghanistan who wants to run for the country’s top office in 2014
The diary of an Afghan who fled his country after being accused of spying against the Italian forces posted there