James Astill
America has squandered $2 trillion and thousands of lives trying to rebuild Afghanistan. Yet it never seemed to understand it
In conversation with C Christine Fair
The 25-year-old Pashtun tribal leader is charismatic and defiant, much to the anguish of the powerful Pakistani army
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
Meet Shukria Barakzai, a leading advocate of women’s rights in Afghanistan who wants to run for the country’s top office in 2014
Forced to flee by the Taliban, they remain haplessly homeless in a country where space for minorities has shrunk alarmingly