by Jamil Danish Life has changed for many since the fall of the Taliban. This is the story of one man who broke from tradition and start a new life. Not all Kuchis live in tents and roam the high plains of Afghanistan. Some like Daud, have escaped their traditional nomadic existence and have began [...]

by Said Azam Eqbal Summary This research focuses on bride wealth, its importance, and the way it is administered in Allah Yar village, located in north of Kabul. Residents of Allah Yar village usually establish marriage relations among their own qawm and with people coming from GulDara at large. They also have made similar ties with people coming from [...]

by Mojtaba Salem It is self-evident that the prevailing atmosphere in Afghanistan leans toward an open society. Would such a society remain Afghan, in the structural sense? Not only does it not remain Afghan, an open society would redefine the meaning of being “Afghan” in a disproportionately changed context. This redefinition implies a defiance of [...]

by Bakytgul Yetylbayeva Note: I remember when the below piece got A and the highest grade in the writing class, I was pretty jealous. I could not believe it could have been that good. My essay did not get better than C. But, when I am reading it now after two years, I do not have [...]

by Ali Babur It’s a Friday afternoon. The air warm, and it was a nice sunny day in Qale-Fatullah in Kabul. As a beggar is singing, going from door to door, the residents of the neighborhood play seldom attention, whilst some open and give the unfortunate money or food. The boys of Kabul Dreams, in [...]

by Nahid Popal When I was four years old my father had left my mother, my seven year old sister, and me, in Sacramento, California and had gone back to Pakistan to run his newly formed NGOs. My father had started two different NGOs with the help of his best friends. One was called Afghan [...]