Nilly Kohzad is an Afghan-American economist and journalist.
Over the past several years, Turkey has become a critical refugee hotspot for Afghans alongside its still-expanding Syrian and Iraqi refugee population. Its key location straddling East and West has made it a stopover for refugees on their journey to start a new life in Europe.
Nilly Kohzad writes of the legacy left behind by her grandfather, the Afghan historian Ahmad Ali Kohzad, who first uncovered Afghanistan's pre-Islamic past and helped shape its historical identity.
Before being ravaged by four decades of war, the Afghan capital was a hub of innovation, modernity, progressive ideas, and urban living. Kabul's residents, and those who visited the city in the 1960s and '70s, recall its golden era.
Adela Raz, Afghanistan’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations, is one of the highest-ranking women in the Afghan government.
Afghanistan's mountainous northeastern province of Badakhshan, home to a plethora of rare and nearly extinct animals, is seeing an increase in illegal bird hunting despite a ban on such practices to preserve the region’s rich biodiversity.
As the Afghan government and the Taliban inch forward in a fledgling peace process, the country’s lack of financial independence is being touted as the main incentive for them to form a single political system that will still need to work hard to attract foreign aid.
n parts of Afghanistan, buzkashi, the country’s national sport, is thriving as horsemen and breeders continue to keep and improve ancient traditions to keep this unique and dangerous sport alive.
