The Smugglers’ Paradise of Afghanistan
ZARANJ, Afghanistan — The smuggler barreled down the narrow dirt road, bouncing…
ISIS Claims Bombing of Pakistani Mosque, Killing Dozens
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bomb tore through a Shiite mosque in Peshawar,…
The One Item They Had to Take When These 6 Afghans Fled
Neither Maliha Karimi nor most of her family members had ever been…
Afghanistan’s Health Care System Is Collapsing Under Stress
KABUL, Afghanistan — Amena, 7 months old, lay silently in her hospital…
Afghan Refugees Face Two-Tier System in Europe
Some of the Afghan women around the table in the neoclassical building…
More Than a Million Afghans Flee as Economy Collapses
ZARANJ, Afghanistan — From their hide-out in the desert ravine, the migrants…
ISIS Siege of Syria Prison Proves It’s Still a Threat
BEIRUT, Lebanon — One week after Islamic State fighters attacked a prison…
On Patrol: 12 Days With a Taliban Police Unit in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan — A young Taliban fighter with a pair of handcuffs…
Threatened and Beaten, Afghan Women Defy Taliban With Protests
KABUL, Afghanistan — On a raw January morning, Khujasta Elham trudged through…
