afghanistan

An online producer talks to an older man selling shoes on the street in Kabul

June 2024 / Media

Why the Taliban Love Social Media

April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 - by Soraya Amiri

The extremist group’s strategy to normalize its rule in Afghanistan

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June 2024 / Media

چرا طالبان عاشق رسانه های اجتماعی هستند

April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 - by Soraya Amiri

استراتژی این گروه افراطی برای عادی سازی حکومت خود در أفغانستان

A black and white photo of a young woman in Kabul

December 2004/January 2005 / November 2023 / World

Inside a Different Kabul

December 16, 2023December 16, 2023 - by Ahmet Sel

Seven portraits from post-Taliban Afghanistan

A photo of Soraya Amiri in the TOLOnews studio.

World

The Taliban Is Dangerous to Me. I’m Dangerous to the Taliban

August 15, 2023August 15, 2023 - by Soraya Amiri

I left Kabul after the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan in 2021. As a female journalist in exile, I’m learning what it means to help my country from afar

A 2002 photo of Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan with the Canadian flag.

Books

Where Is the Canadian Fiction about Afghanistan?

August 10, 2023August 10, 2023 - by Nathan Whitlock

Canadians are far from squeamish in our literary tastes, but novels about the country where we were once at war are rare

A soldier leans against a tree while a helicopter flies in the distance

December 2022 / Fiction

Going to Afghanistan

November 18, 2022 - by Benjamin Hertwig

Leadership had already noticed the change in morale since the official announcement. This was the new Canadian military

The silhouettes of Afghan men who say they fled to Turkey through Iran standing in the countryside in Tatvan, Turkey.

Current Affairs

Escape from Kabul: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees

April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 - by Matthieu Aikins

As borders tighten and people find new ways to cross them, the shortest distance between two points is rarely a straight line

A photo of Annie Hylton inside a circle with blue and purple around it, and in the upper left corner it reads "The Deep Dive" in white, and the lower right corner are The Walrus tusks in white.

Podcasts

The Tangled Politics Keeping a Uyghur Man in Limbo: Episode 8 of The Deep Dive

March 10, 2022May 10, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

This week Annie Hylton speaks about her longform feature for the March/April issue of The Walrus. She takes a look at the long, and complex case of Ayoob Mohammed