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Kabul (Afghanistan)

Capital Gains Tax

From interviews with former Taliban fighters conducted in Kabul and published by the Afghanistan Analysts Network in February. Translated from the Pashto. Leaving the Taliban’s friendly environment was difficult. There…

Emptied Out

by Andrew Quilty,

The coronavirus’s impact on Kabul’s day laborers foretells a global crisis

The Mothers

by Kiana Hayeri,

Kabubble

by Matthieu Aikins,

Counting down to economic collapse in the Afghan capital

Caliph of the Tricksters

by Christopher de Bellaigue,

Cockfighting in the ruins of Kabul

The Lion of Kabul

by Lawrence Wright,

The lost buddhas of Bamiyan

by Matthew Power,

Picking up the pieces in Afghanistan

Stranded in Kabul

by Santha Rama Rau,

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