by Namrata Srivastava | Nov 2, 2022
(November 2, 2022) Once upon a time, a young man with a master’s degree in chemistry landed on the shores of New York. A native of Vadodara in Gujarat, the man – like million others – dreamt of making a life for himself and his family in this land of...
by Vikram Sharma | Sep 13, 2021
(September 13, 2021) On August 24, when the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III took off from the Hamid Karzai International airport in Kabul and vanished in the sky after heading west, photographer Omer Farooq Faizi – one of the passengers on board the US aircraft – heaved a...
by Vikram Sharma | Aug 26, 2021
(August 26, 2021) Just a few days ago Vida Samadzai, Afghanistan’s first model to participate in an international pageant, was comfortably seated at her breakfast table in her plush Los Angeles home with some acquaintances. Soon however, shocking news began pouring in...
by Vikram Sharma | Aug 23, 2021
(August 23, 2021) As Hamid Bahraam stepped outside his house located in Police district 8 (locally known as PD 8) in Kabul last evening, the first thing that caught his attention was a group of armed Taliban militia, patrolling the streets in armored vehicles. He then...