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The number of dead or wounded in Afghanistan remains at record levels, but the European Union is deporting refugees to Afghanistan under the pretext that the country is “post-conflict”. The … Continue reading Stop deporting refugees back to Afghanistan
Originally published in The New Arab With the return of one of Afghanistan’s most notorious warlords, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the war-torn nation has taken a cautious, but concrete step towards national … Continue reading Choosing peace over justice: The return of Hekmatyar
It has been over 150 days since Donald Trump became president of the US and the world finally has his position on the country’s longest standing war. Trump has decided … Continue reading If EU Backs Trump’s Afghan Surge, It Should Be Ready to Welcome Refugees of an Intensified War
A month after the US military dropped the largest ever non nuclear bomb on the mountains of Achin district in Nangarhar province, the world seems to have lost interest … Continue reading Between Ignorance and Malice: ‘Anti-Establishment’ Journalism on Afghanistan
Originally published on TeleSur Afghanistan and Pakistan are both U.S. allies, but the latter is accused of destabilizing the former with U.S. help. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani gave a blistering … Continue reading In Afghanistan, the US Is Accused of Backing Both Sides
Documenting Afghanistan met with Afghan youth deported from the European Union earlier this year along with Refugee and Migrants rights activist Abdul Ghafoor of the Afghanistan Migrants Advice & Support Org
On October 2, European Union leaders and Afghan government officials signed an agreement called the “Joint Way Forward” (JWF). The deal declared that the EU could deport Afghan asylum seekers in … Continue reading Inside Afghanistan’s Internally Displaced Person Camps
In the same breath as telling Afghans looking to escape what many feel to be an open-air prison, U.S. officials warn its citizens to leave Afghanistan. European Union leaders recently … Continue reading Refugee or Migrant? For Afghans, the Difference Is Life and Death
Documenting Afghanistan is a crowd sourced project and runs on a collective of volunteer editors, writers, artists and more from across the globe. We pay our contributors for their work … Continue reading Documenting Afghanistan: Trailer
