Ali Ahmad Safi

Aug 23, 2024 | nzz.ch | Andrea Spalinger |Ali Ahmad Safi |Anja Lemcke

Three years after the Taliban's takeover, an epidemic of sleeplessness is sweeping Afghanistan Under the Taliban, Afghans have lost their rights, their freedoms and their dreams. A public prosecutor, a mother and a musician offer a look into their restless nights and frustrated days. The public prosecutorAli Qazizadah* lies motionless next to his wife, staring into the darkness. The air is stiflingly hot, still above 40 degrees Celsius on these summer nights in Kabul.

Jul 1, 2024 | thediplomat.com | Ali Ahmad Safi

In her new book, “Afghan Refugees, Pakistani Media and the State: The Missing Peace” (Routledge, 2024), Ayesha Jehangir explores how Pakistani media have covered Afghan refugees, drawing on the frameworks of “peace journalism.” Jehangir, a post-doctoral research fellow at the Center for Media Transition at the University of Technology Sydney, finds that stereotypical narratives portraying Afghan refugees as “threats” and “burdens” are “almost a standard practice in daily reporting.” Before...

May 31, 2023 | thediplomat.com | Ali Ahmad Safi

The Pulse | Society | South Asia A more inclusive opposition front would reflect the aspirations and values of the Afghan people. Afghanistan was at the center of global attention for two decades, but now it is left only to the Afghan people, both within the country and among the diaspora, to find solutions to their problems and the country’s many crises.

May 31, 2023 | tribunecontentagency.com | Ali Ahmad Safi

Afghanistan was at the center of global attention for two decades, but now it is left only to the Afghan people, both within the country and among the diaspora, to find solutions to their problems and the country’s many crises. But in the nearly two years since the Taliban re-established their rule over Afghanistan, the lack of unity among opposition groups has been a major obstacle in their efforts to resist the Taliban.