I can make a difference – if I can stay alive

By |2025-10-08T07:17:14+00:00June 19th, 2011|Sunday Times|

Mozhdah Jamalzadah, late twenties, Kabul’s answer to Oprah, on dodging bombs, fending off death threats and inspiring young Afghans Interview by Fariba Nawa June 19, 2011Sunday Times Magazine (UK) ***I wake to the dewy scent [...]

The ghosts of Pul-e-Charkhi

By |2025-04-21T13:04:44+00:00February 24th, 2008|Reports, Sunday Times|

Since the Taliban were ousted, 86 mass graves have been uncovered in Afghanistan — their occupants the victims of torture and murder. Fariba Nawa went in search of her uncle — a professor who dared to teach

How the West short-changed Afghanistan

By |2025-04-21T13:04:44+00:00October 29th, 2006|Reports, Sunday Times|

We went to war to restore democracy and prosperity to Afghanistan, and spent billions on building new homes, hospitals and highways. But five years and thousands of lost lives later, everything is crumbling and the ferocious Taliban are back. Where did it all go wrong?

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