How boys as young as 10 are turned into dancing sex slaves & raped by Taliban warlords in ‘open secret’ of sick regime
GYRATING awkwardly in dark eye make-up and girls’ clothes, the dancing boys of Afghanistan twirl for their depraved masters.
The American Conservative12h
Forget the Gold Card—We Need a ‘Red Card’ for Afghan Partners
doomed to persecution some 100,000 Afghans who’d served shoulder to shoulder with American men and women in uniform. The ...
Power loss affecting millions in Cuba
Millions of people in Cuba remained without power Saturday after a failure of the nation's electric grid left the island in ...
How Afghan women are fighting a brutal Taliban regime where even looking out of the window is banned
Women in Afghanistan are living in one of the cruellest regimes on earth. But a movement is stirring at a grassroots level, ...
France 2425d
From Paris, Begum TV offers Afghan women ‘window onto the world’
Employing Afghan journalists exiled in France ... Her show is especially important to young mothers and pregnant women left in the dark by the Taliban’s draconian restrictions. “ ...
Business Recorder18h
The Global Terrorism Index
EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s war against terrorism is far from over. The latest Global Terrorism Index (GTI) ranking, ...
The Washington Post23d
Trump’s foreign aid pause imperils education programs for Afghan women
“It’s history, happening again,” said a 19-year-old student, recalling the “dark days” more than three years ago when the new Afghan government began shuttering schools. “Now ...
ESPNcricinfo24d
Afghan women have few rights under Taliban rule, but does sanctioning the men's cricket team help them?
Zahra Joya, a UK-based Afghan journalist wrote for the Guardian this month that "Afghanistan's cricket team is doing a great job at sportswashing the Taliban's dark record, especially when you ...
The Diplomat10d
With Ukraine, the US Is Repeating Mistakes Made in Afghanistan
In ending the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. belittled and sidelined its partner in favor of engaging with the enemy. The ...