Afghanistan

I just held the life to be alive and I am still holding it. In this holding process, it’s hard to understand whether the life is tuck in me or I am stuck with the life! Maybe there so many living beings got stuck out there in life just as…

March 24, 2023 Twenty years after our ill-fated decision to go to war in Iraq, Yahoo News noted the anniversary. It got me thinking about whether our current strategy in Ukraine is qualitatively different, and whether we have learned from the disasters in prior wars. …

I ripped the riveted flap off the canvas holster and rested my hand on the butt of the 9mm pistol. I tried to remember my rights to escalate. If they reach for their weapons, I draw mine. If a hand even touches a cocking handle I fire into the centre…

Here are the key facts of this story, as agreed upon by ¹CNN, ²Al Jazeera, ³Reuters and ⁴Guardian. On Tuesday night, a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region near the remote northern Afghan province of Badakhshan, killing four people and injuring over 70. ¹ The quake also claimed nine…

There’s been so much written about the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban in recent weeks I wondered what I could produce for The International that could be add something to understanding and be different. …

Here are the key facts of this story, as agreed upon by ¹Guardian, ²Al Jazeera, ³CNN, ⁴BBC News and ⁵France 24. Following an investigation by Australia’s Office of the Special Investigator (OSI) and the Australian Federal Police, ex-Australian soldier Oliver Schulz, 41, was arrested in New South Whales on charges…

Submitted today via the BBC website — I encourage you to submit your own complaint here and share this please! Thank you! Dear BBC, I am writing to complain about a series of reporting into the Afghan women’s football team refugees. This story “Evacuated Afghan women’s team included “false” footballers…