Una Moore is an international development professional who has worked in Afghanistan since 2010. She writes about about security, aid, technology and civil society. Follow her on Twitter @UnaDispatch.
If talks with the Taliban are still possible at this late stage, they will be fraught with bitter political choices, unsettled grievances, legal binds and ethical dilemmas.
Human rights groups urged NATO member states to take humanitarian and human rights concerns seriously as plans are made for the phased withdrawal of foreign forces beginning early next year.
Afghan activists who defend the basic rights of women will be fighting an uphill battle for years to come. They face opposition from members of their own communities and from conservative media outlets and politicians.
Most photography coming out of Afghanistan is aesthetically stunning but repetitive. It tells the same few stories over and over, stories of war, appalling poverty, gender segregation, and drug addiction. Here's how to fix that.
The debate over whether aid workers are angels, super-villains or mere mortals rages on. Linda Pollman and Philip Gourevitch are firmly convinced aid and those who deliver it are the true monsters of our era. Here is why they are wrong.
The DRC report isn't the only UN conflict mapping report to leak recently. A controversial report on armed conflict in Afghanistan from 1978 to 2001 has resurfaced online. Here are seven things you need to know about that report.
In May 2010, I was given the opportunity to accompany the Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organization (AHRDO), an NGO that promotes human rights through arts and culture, as its staff conducted participatory theater workshops as psycho-social therapy and organized civilian war victims to take an active role in shaping the national debate over the government’s intention to negotiate with some of the insurgent factions currently battling Afghan and international forces.
In May 2010, I was given the opportunity to accompany the Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organization (AHRDO), an NGO that promotes human rights through arts and culture, as its staff conducted participatory theater workshops as psycho-social therapy and organized civilian war victims to take an active role in shaping the national debate over the government’s intention to negotiate with some of the insurgent factions currently battling Afghan and international forces.
