Chickpea Therapy
Chickpea goes to the rescue of children in Pakistan, who are suffering “critical levels” of malnutrition after the devastating floods of 2010.
IRIN
Virginity Crimes
Afghan women suffer penalties whenever allegations of pre-marital sex and loss of virginity emerge, including death.
IRIN
India Woos Afghanistan as Influence Wanes
Can New Delhi protect its strategic interests and keep Kabul on its side in an unfriendly and volatile neighbourhood?
AUNOHITA MOJUMDAR
From Afghanistan: How to Pick a Present for Will and Kate
Is it made in China and does it have the “wow” factor? Here are some tips for the invited elite on choosing that perfect pressie.
MOE RIYASAT
Afghanistan
The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan
These children have a job: They are the toy boys and sex slaves of their older richer patrons.
SUMERA
Out Beyond Ideas
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.
MEWLANA JALALUDDIN RUMI
Lost Boys: A Soldier’s Post from Afghanistan
Serving in the US Army, Rajiv Srinivasan captures a Taliban and learns compassion for his enemy.
RAJIV SRINIVASAN
Formal Familiarity on an Army Camp
Good morning with a Foreign Officer serving in Afghanistan.
ANDREW PHALAN
An Afghan's Eulogy for his Mother
Damn this life when I found myself and left you and dad in search of food to survive. Because you didn’t wait to see your farmer son come back to you.
NASIM FEKRAT
General Petraeus Goes to Afghanistan
As the United States celebrated its Independence Day, its favourite soldier General David Petraeus took over as the new head of US forces in Afghanistan. Just who is he and what is to be expected from him?
DAN-CHYI CHUA
Homeless and on the Run in Pakistan's Paradise
Overnight, more than two million in the "Switzerland of the East" find themselves homeless in their own country as the Pakistani government wages an all-out war against the Taliban.
EDWIN KOO
Hospitality Tradition Helps Ease Pakistan’s Refugee Crisis
The solidarity derived from traditional hospitality has provided a pillar of strength to the embattled nation.
HIRA TAJWAR
The Prince on Pakistan's Invisible Throne
Prince Karim Aga Khan invests up to US$150 million each year in projects helping developing nations.
LEE HAN SHIH
One last post, February 8, 2009
DAN-CHYI CHUA