Shattering Myths and Claiming the Future This anthology was published two decades ago, but it’s more relevant now that the Taliban are back in control of Afghanistan. It’s a collaborative attempt to write history, to [...]

Stories of Invasion Following the US’s bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the scenes of chaos at Kabul Airport, we could be forgiven for thinking we’re experiencing an ‘end of empire’ moment, that the US is [...]

Modern Lives in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Borderlands In the West, media coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan is framed by military and political concerns, resulting in a simplistic picture of ageless barbarity, terrorist safe havens, and peoples [...]