topic: Afghanistan

Merger Mania: The Military-Industrial Complex on Steroids
July 20, 2019
When, in his farewell address in 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of the dangers of the “unwarranted influence” wielded by the “...
Art
Art becomes therapeutic for refugees
April 21, 2017
The recent deadly chemical attack on Syria and the subsequent tomahawk missile retaliation shows no immediate end to the now six-year-long...
Reportage
When ISIS Steals Your School
April 18, 2016
Graffiti on the walls of a high school in Afghanistan’s Achin district, some 10km from the Pakistani border, reads: “Islamic Governorate of...
Administrators reclaim their school after IS left it in shambles
videos
Afghan refugees suffer from perils of "post-conflict"
April 12, 2016
In 2015, more than 200,000 Afghans arrived in Europe fleeing violence in search of greater economic opportunity and better living...
Reportage
When Refuge is a Real Prison
March 24, 2016
"Just now, an Iraqi guy attempted to commit suicide here," read the quick email to a Warscapes editor yesterday from inside the prison at...
blog
Afghanistan, Iraq & Vietnam veteran accounts of war crimes are eerily similar
March 14, 2016
This year marks the 45th anniversary of the Winter Soldier Investigations, a three-day media event sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans...
blog
Peace in Afghanistan: Challenges and Opportunities
July 24, 2015
The first official face-to-face talks between the representatives of the Government of Afghanistan (GoA) and Tehrik-e Taliban Afghanistan (...
podcast
Playwright Karen Malpede Challenges Torture with Theater
May 4, 2015
In a city known for its musicals, Karen Malpede has carved out a space for a different genre of New York theater. Each of her seventeen...
Reportage
The Coroner of Aleppo
February 18, 2015
It was the more than one hundred bodies of young men found in the Queiq river nearby in early 2013 that induced former rebel commander Abu...