afghanistan Articles

Having fled my country of birth - Afghanistan – at a young age and lived in different countries as a refugee, I have gained valuable experiences and life knowledge which could never be attained through academic education. I appreciate many things that so many in this...

Last week, world leaders from Nato member states gathered in Wales for the 2014 Nato summit. While Ukraine and ISIS were high on the agenda, so too was the ongoing withdrawal from Afghanistan. As Nato winds up its 13-year long commitment to the country, the United...

There was something deeply depressing about the headlines on teaching British values in our schools this weekend. Not the idea itself, though most teachers have presumably been asking what exactly the government thinks they do all day if not that. Rather, it was...

On Saturday 5 April 2014, Afghans went to the polls to elect their next president. This is the first time in the war-torn country’s history when the political power will transfer from one elected president to another. The Taliban had vowed to disrupt the election...