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Afghanistan

Did a Top Taliban Leader Fake His Own Death?

Harper’s Magazine Reporter Concludes that Taliban Intelligence Chief Qari Ahmadullah Is Still Alive

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The World Is a Carpet: Four Seasons in an Afghan Village

Anna Badkhen on life in rural Afghanistan and the friction between violence and beauty

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Light, Sweet, Crude

A former U.S. ambassador peddles influence in Afghanistan

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Polite Brigade

From A Brochure for Comprehending the Cultures of the Coalition Forces, a twenty-eight-page pamphlet published by the Afghan Ministry of Defense and distributed to Afghan troops. Translated from the Dari…

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Kabubble

Counting down to economic collapse in the Afghan capital

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Aria City, Kabul

Aria City, Kabul. The Aria City project covers 350 blocks, and includes businesses, residences, and social services.

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On the Supreme Power of Money in Afghanistan

What Afghanistan’s political economy tells us about its future

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