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.
War, What is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing By Krista Stevens Highlight “Across these years, hundreds of thousands of young men and women signed on in good faith and served in the lower and middle ranks. They did not make policy. They lived within it.”
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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