Hidden misery
The 9/11 attacks were a devastating event for both the US and Afghanistan. In the US, the attack resulted in the deaths of around three thousand Americans and injured more…
The burden of power
With Major General Chris Donahue, the commanding general of the 82nd airborne division having boarded the C-17 aircraft, the two-decade-old American military mission in Afghanistan came to an end. The…
Muhajireen versus refugees
The theme of a colonized mindset that cannot think for itself, by itself, of itself is a powerful one. It is a consistent motif for Prime Minister Imran Khan. Last…
Our Afghanistan policy
With the installation of an interim Taliban cabinet, the process of government formation has marked a step forward in the pursuit of returning Afghanistan to some semblance of normalcy. Mainly…
Cut and run
IT’S not easy being Joe Biden. He dozes off in press conferences. He’s been wrong about everything since segregation. He owes his presidency to a pandemic, and the fact that…
Displaced Afghans
AS Afghan Taliban fighters gain ground next door, the possibility of a mass exodus of Afghan civilians is becoming increasingly likely. Thousands of ordinary Afghans are leaving their homes as…
Unplanned migration
My parents, like millions of others, opted to migrate to Pakistan leaving their entire belongings behind. What they could not leave though were the cherished memories connected to childhood friends,…
Power vacuum
War has not ended in Afghanistan; it is taking a new form. The US is ending its ground military deployment but there will be no peace in Afghanistan. As of…
Integrate, don’t close
On March 24, Kenya’s government demanded that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announce a clear timetable for closing the country’s, and Africa’s, two largest refugee camps –…
A walled world
Companies that profit from selling surveillance technologies and border services to governments are actively lobbying countries to adopt more militaristic approaches to migration. In fact, the border and surveillance industry…
