College student opens a new library in Kabul
Sajia Darwish, extraordinarily just a junior at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, has opened the Baale Parwaz Library (BPL) in a public school in her home country of Afghanistan. It’s… Read more »
Sushmita Banerjee, Indian writer who defied the Taliban, killed in Afghanistan
Sushmita Banerjee, an Indian writer living in Afghanistan, was killed last week by suspected Taliban militants who took her from her home in Paktika Province, and shot her more than… Read more »
An interview with William T. Vollmann, author of An Afghanistan Picture Show
In 1982, the young William T. Vollmann worked odd jobs, including as a secretary at an insurance company, until he’d saved up enough money to go to Afghanistan, where he… Read more »