Afghanistan

The practice of bacha posh tries to circumvent Afghanistan’s rigid gender roles, but it also entrenches them. Girls and women need to be heard as who they are

As the Taliban retakes power in Afghanistan, the departure of the United States is just the most recent example of its history of abandoning people it said it would protect

By Islamic standards, the Taliban regime is unusually narrow and destabilising. Security-conscious Muslim-majority states should pause before deciding to recognise it

New research investigates the role of hindsight in difficult military decisions and how the outcome of that decision can bias our judgement of whether it was proportionate or even legal

‘No Dancing, No Dancing: Inside the Global Humanitarian Crisis’ is a new book that takes us on a journey to find an answer to the question – what happens to international aid projects after the money is spent?