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Sharia Law Can Be a Tool to Empower Afghan Women
Sharia law is often pointed to as the cause of extremism and intolerance. However, many of the Taliban’s oppressive practices are in direct violation of…
Jun 1, 2022
May 2022
When Words Don’t Match Deeds: Afghan Refugees Have Almost Nowhere to Go
The international community has not kept the promises it made to at-risk Afghans in August 2021. From conferences to elections to uprisings, there was…
May 26, 2022
Evacuating the “Easy” Cases: The Deadly Consequences of Bureaucratic Hell
The many (legal) steps to getting Afghans out of harm’s way—and the tragic stories that unfold while waiting.
May 19, 2022
Why can’t NGOs just buy Afghan evacuees a flight?
Nonprofits evacuating at-risk Afghans frequently get asked why they can’t just purchase plane tickets to safety for refugees. If the potential evacuee…
May 12, 2022
What Comes Around Goes Around: ISIS-K Mimics Taliban’s Destructive Insurgency
Infrastructure and development are always victims of war, but the Taliban, like many guerrilla groups, went out of their way to wreak havoc on…
May 4, 2022
April 2022
Anatomy of a Crisis 006: When Climate Change Inflames War
As Afghanistan grapples with ongoing conflict, incompetent governance, severe famine, a stagnant economy, and international disengagement, it is also…
Apr 20, 2022
Anatomy of a Crisis 005: Devastating Famine: How War in Ukraine Deepens Food Insecurity in Afghanistan
Over 13,000 Afghan babies have died in 2022 after being born prematurely, likely due to maternal malnutrition. Mothers are crying in the night because…
Apr 13, 2022
Anatomy of a Crisis 004: Deadly Policy- How the Stovepipe Methodology Leads to Disaster
From the response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake to the genesis of the Iraq war, adherence to what is called the stovepipe method is chief among the…
Apr 6, 2022
March 2022
Anatomy of a Crisis 003: The Oppression of Women Cripples Economy and Security
When the Taliban reinstated a ban on secondary education for girls on the same day schools were supposed to reopen, girls wept across Afghanistan…
Mar 30, 2022
Anatomy of a Crisis 002: How the Ukraine Crisis Could Benefit Afghan Refugees
Over the past month, Ukrainians flooded the Polish border as they flee the ongoing carnage Russia is inflicting upon Ukraine. Border agents have warmly…
Mar 23, 2022
Anatomy of a Crisis 001: Why Humanitarian Disaster in Afghanistan Was Not Inevitable
Pragmatic thought leadership on disaster resilience and crisis management from a variety of experts.
Mar 16, 2022
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