This letter is written by a group of women with incredibly diverse backgrounds. We are a group of nearly 400 women from across the country working for and demanding peace. Among us, we have the current generation of Afghanistan, those in their early 20s who do not remember what it was like to live under […]
Cost of a peace deal with the Taliban: Ignoring concerns of minority women.
On May 15, the maternity ward of Dasht-e-Barchi Hospital, just west of Kabul, was the center of horrific attacks. The Taliban went there to kill mothers and newborn babies—the majority of whom were Hazara. By ZAREEN TAJ – 8/4/2020 The horrific images of babies and mothers shocked my soul, and made me numb. I felt so powerless and helpless. It was […]
What I dream of for Afghanistan
by Horia Mosadiq, July 1, 2020, Atlantic Council I was very young when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan forty years ago. It was the first time that I heard the sounds of helicopters overhead and gunshots in the streets, sounds that were completely alien to me and the city I had grown up in. Since […]