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Fed up with the economy and a political crackdown, young Turks are increasingly looking abroad to find their futures. → Read More
A year after the invasion, Ukraine is riddled with Russian collaborators and sympathizers. → Read More
Violence and corruption are on the wane in Afghanistan, comparatively speaking. But the country is still struggling with poverty and a lack of hope. → Read More
The return of the Taliban may have ended the fighting. The suffering goes on. → Read More
The battle for cash pits the Kabul extremists against Hazara locals. → Read More
Hundreds of Afghans who fled the Taliban have been evicted as an even larger flood of Ukrainian war refugees arrive. → Read More
“People don’t trust us yet, but we’re working on it,” one Taliban commander said. → Read More
Without urgent assistance, nearly the entire country could sink into poverty, the United Nations Development Program warns. → Read More
A few weeks after militants took over Kabul and the country, Afghanistan has gone back to a past it didn’t miss. → Read More
The 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas has unified disparate Palestinian enclaves. → Read More
The “change government” of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid promises little real change—other than an end to Netanyahu. → Read More
The last major drought to hit Afghanistan offers a blueprint of the dangers ahead – and the pitfalls of a short-term aid response. → Read More
“My hope is with the Taliban,” said one new recruit who has known only war and broken promises. → Read More
Far fewer Afghan women are testing positive for the coronavirus, but health worker infections are soaring. → Read More
On top of floods and the COVID-19 pandemic, locust swarms are threatening farms and food. Iran says sanctions are thwarting its response plans. → Read More
Spring was meant to bring relief to Afghans facing a winter of hunger. Instead, it brings rising prices as borders shut and food supplies slow. → Read More
Airstrikes against Taliban forces threaten to undermine a pact that may be already coming apart. → Read More
A health system wracked by years of conflict is on the front lines of preventing a ‘catastrophe’ as global Covid-19 cases surge. → Read More
Conflict and disasters drive humanitarian needs in Afghanistan, but so do returning refugees and migrants coming home to a country at war. → Read More
Countless madrassas are said to be funded by Gulf sources associated with the spread of extremist Salafist views. → Read More