The Reluctant Propagandist By Maija Liuhto Feature Massood Sanjer, Afghanistan’s most famous radio host, had an unlikely start to his career as a beacon of free speech. Under the Taliban rule, his voice used to carry Taliban propaganda all over the world.
A Music So Beautiful the Birds Fell from the Trees By Maija Liuhto Feature How two exiled Sufi musicians returned to make traditional music in postwar Kabul, Afghanistan.
The Oldest Restaurant in Kabul: Where Tradition Trumps Rockets By Maija Liuhto Feature For over 70 years, Bacha Broot, located in the center of the Old City of Kabul, has been serving chainaki — savory lamb stew — despite Soviet occupation, civil war, and the Taliban.
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