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Taliban
Gender
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Lede
Afghan women fight the Taliban despite threats and forced detention
Media
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Reportage
How the Afghan media navigates Taliban rule
Government
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Commentary
How India lost the plot in Afghanistan
Sushant Singh
Gender
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Essay
The response of some Indian Muslims to the Taliban is both anti-women and anti-democracy
Nabeela Paniyath
Television
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The Lede
How Indian soap operas are made palatable for an Afghan audience
Maija Liuhto
Conflict
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Commentary
What a century of aerial bombardment in Waziristan tells us about the CIA’s decade-old drone programme
Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar
History
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Editor's Corner
EDITOR’S PICK
Rahul Gupta
Politics
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Commentary
Can reconciliation protect India's long-term interests in Afghanistan?
Shashank Joshi
Editor's pick
Rahul Gupta
Conflict
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Photo Essay
With most foreign troops scheduled to leave the country by 20014, local militia have a growing stake in Afghanistan’s future.
Vikram Singh
Film
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Essay
Inside the world of an Afghan film star
Taran N Khan
Business
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The Lede
India's $2 billion aid package may be feeding the insurgency as well
Matthieu Aikins
Mapping The City Through Books, The Author Discovers A Kabul Made Entirely Of Words.
Taran N Khan
Conflict
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Reportage
Nation building or proxy war?
Matthieu Aikins
Media
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Essay
Neither the Western media’s shallow coverage nor domestic outrage over it does justice to the complexity of Pakistani society
Madiha Sattar