Letters

Mohammad Zaman Khadimi Last week an attack on a maternity hospital in Kabul killed 24 people including newborn babies, pregnant mothers and nurse. Killing newborn babies, pregnant women and nurses, who deliver healthcare services, is an inhuman attack which in reality depicts the powerlessness of an armed militant group which…

By: Hakima Afzaly Last week, I posted some photos of my mother’s handwriting on my Facebook and Twitter accounts. I was surprised at the amount of support and compliments I received, especially in my twitter account. I received praiseworthy comments even from complete strangers. This encouraged me to write a…

By: Meetra Qutb Last week, I watched two disturbing video clips. A video shows a policeman beating a young girl, and another one showing a man beating a woman somewhere in Kabul. The video clips show how deep misogyny and violence against women are in our country. The clips showing…

By: Aref Mohammadi I met ex-UN Envoy to Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, Staffan de Mistura, in our class last month. He presented a seminar on negotiating techniques in international complex conflicts and the lessons learned from the previous experiences on the ground in Afghanistan and the Middle East. Before the…

By: Anis Rezaei “Books keep us sane.” We all are familiar with these words. Yet they have never been as applicable as they are right now, under our current circumstances. With cities and towns going into lockdown one after another, with social-distancing and staying home regulations getting enforced stricter day…

By: Safar Ali Amin Many people have started to worry about what is next for millions of Afghans inside and outside the country after a deal was signed between the US and the Taliban. Ordinary Afghans are almost unheard of what is going on behind closed doors. In recent history,…

By: Fereshta Abbasi It is not easy to write about the peace deal that has been signed between the Taliban and the US. My recollection about Taliban is disturbing. When I think about a deal with Taliban a gloomy image of my country interrupts my mind: an image that shows…

By: Shafaq Rahimi It was 3 AM of February 29, 2020. A deep silence had descended over the town. I was encapsulated with disturbing memories and thoughts of my early life under the Taliban rule. I was trying to make sense of what was going on by scrolling the Twitter…