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Matthieu Aikins

From this author

[Letter from Pakistan]

Gangs of Karachi

Meet the mobsters who run the show in one of the world’s deadliest cities

by Matthieu Aikins,

[Postcard]

The Ghost Polls of Afghanistan

Election Day in Afghanistan’s hinterlands

by Matthieu Aikins, Anand Gopal,

[Conversation]

The Prisoner: A Conversation with Omar Shahid Hamid

Omar Shahid Hamid on novelizing Karachi's cops and gangsters

by Matthieu Aikins,

[Letter from Afghanistan]

Kabubble

Counting down to economic collapse in the Afghan capital

by Matthieu Aikins,

[Perspective]

On the Supreme Power of Money in Afghanistan

What Afghanistan’s political economy tells us about its future

by Matthieu Aikins,

[Commentary]

Governor Ahmed Wali Karzai

Last Wednesday, nearly 200 tribal elders and other notables from Kandahar Province convened in the Roshan Plaza in downtown Kabul. The group was a who’s who of pro-government figures, among…

by Matthieu Aikins,

[Commentary]

Showdown City

When I filed my most recent story for Harper’s Magazine, about problems with Afghanistan’s September 2010 parliamentary elections, I feared the article would prove outdated, since it was set to…

by Matthieu Aikins,

[Article]

Disappearing Ink

Afghanistan’s sham democracy

by Matthieu Aikins,

Matthieu Aikins

From this author

Gangs of Karachi

Meet the mobsters who run the show in one of the world’s deadliest cities

The Ghost Polls of Afghanistan

Election Day in Afghanistan’s hinterlands

The Prisoner: A Conversation with Omar Shahid Hamid

Omar Shahid Hamid on novelizing Karachi's cops and gangsters

Kabubble

Counting down to economic collapse in the Afghan capital

On the Supreme Power of Money in Afghanistan

What Afghanistan’s political economy tells us about its future

Governor Ahmed Wali Karzai

Last Wednesday, nearly 200 tribal elders and other notables from Kandahar Province convened in the Roshan Plaza in downtown Kabul. The group was a who’s who of pro-government figures, among…

Showdown City

When I filed my most recent story for Harper’s Magazine, about problems with Afghanistan’s September 2010 parliamentary elections, I feared the article would prove outdated, since it was set to…

Disappearing Ink

Afghanistan’s sham democracy

The Master of Spin Boldak

Undercover with Afghanistan’s drug-trafficking border police

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Matthieu Aikins

From this author

Gangs of Karachi

Meet the mobsters who run the show in one of the world’s deadliest cities

The Ghost Polls of Afghanistan

Election Day in Afghanistan’s hinterlands

The Prisoner: A Conversation with Omar Shahid Hamid

Omar Shahid Hamid on novelizing Karachi's cops and gangsters

Kabubble

Counting down to economic collapse in the Afghan capital

On the Supreme Power of Money in Afghanistan

What Afghanistan’s political economy tells us about its future

Governor Ahmed Wali Karzai

Last Wednesday, nearly 200 tribal elders and other notables from Kandahar Province convened in the Roshan Plaza in downtown Kabul. The group was a who’s who of pro-government figures, among…

Showdown City

When I filed my most recent story for Harper’s Magazine, about problems with Afghanistan’s September 2010 parliamentary elections, I feared the article would prove outdated, since it was set to…

Disappearing Ink

Afghanistan’s sham democracy

The Master of Spin Boldak

Undercover with Afghanistan’s drug-trafficking border police

December 2009

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