Afghanistan is often viewed as a failing state. The international intervention, following 9/11, could fit with the country’s domestic modernisation efforts, King Ammanullah’s in the 1920s and Zahir Shah’s in the 1960s.  Meer

This book explores the what, the why, and the how of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan almost 20 years after their removal from power.  Meer

In the tradition of Tim O’Brien and Phil Klay, a memoir of a young Air Force linguist coming of age in a war that is lost.  Meer

The Taliban made piety a business of the state, and thereby intervened in the daily lives and social interactions of Afghan women.  Meer

De strijd tegen terrorisme en de oorlogen in Afghanistan en Irak moesten onze vrijheid en liberale manier van leven verdedigen.  Meer

In de zomer van 2021 stond CNN-verslaggever Clarissa Ward voor de camera terwijl ze als eerste journalist de talibanstrijders in Kabul aan een kritisch vragenvuur onderwierp.  Meer