Afghanistan’s first female army general pushes boundaries
Afghan women like General Khatol Mohammadzai, and 103 female cadets at the Marshal Fahim Military Academy in Kabul, are challenging social taboos.
Disabled American, Afghan soldiers face different realities
Losing both legs was devastating to both Joey Jones and Rafiullah Kunari, two soldiers on the same Afghanistan battlefield, but that’s where their experiences diverge.
Afghan capital’s first ever library on wheels hits Kabul streets
Despite a population of over five million, the city has only 12 public libraries.
Muslim charity clinic treats needy people of all faiths in California
The staff of refugee and immigrant doctors provides free medical care to a mostly non-Muslim roster of patients.
You can’t keep a talented Afghan woman down
Members of the Afghan all-girls team who were denied visas to come to the US for a robotics contest aren’t letting that setback deter them.
Afghanistan farmers try to revive pistachio trade as an alternative to opium poppy crops
Safeguarding pistachio profits from the Taliban can be a challenge.
Can a nation of tea drinkers be convinced to wake up and smell the coffee?
Using free internet, books and poetry readings as a draw, the owner of a new Afghan coffee shop hopes to entice tea lovers to give java a try.
Nobody bothers her
20-year-old is Afghanistan’s first female practitioner of the Chinese martial art wushu, and the first woman to run a school teaching the fighting style.
Muslim immigrant never expected to be in same room as US president
Listening to Donald Trump address Congress, a former Afghan interpreter is thrilled to witness the ‘best part of democracy.’
Stranded at the border
Pakistan’s largely symbolic decision to close the border with Afghanistan is dividing families, stranding people with medical issues, and leaving truckloads of food to rot.