The cyclist bringing books to isolated Afghan children
In war-ravaged Afghanistan, children have little access to literature, even in big cities. So for children living in remote areas that are hard to reach in 4x4s,
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Inside Kunduz: ‘The Taliban have taken my city’
In the early hours of Monday, Taliban insurgents overran Kurduz, a major city in northern Afghanistan. A local Afghan journalist spoke to
Afghan woman brutally lynched by mob in Kabul for ‘burning Koran’
A mob of men begin lynching an Afghan woman in the capital Kabul. An Afghan woman was brutally beaten to death
Kabul woman wears armour to protest sexual harassment
An Afghan artist walked through the streets of Kabul wearing metal armour in a bid to denounce sexual harassment,
Asylum seekers dreaming of Australia stuck on island ‘hell’
These asylum seekers dream of a promised land, but many end up in island camps far from Australia’s pristine shores.
Iran’s wetlands: a ‘real massacre’ for migratory birds
Every fall, millions of migratory birds from all over Europe head to Iran. One of their favoured destinations is the wetlands near Fereydunkenar,
From Syria to Europe: A human trafficker’s tale
One of our Observers in Turkey was able to secretly record a conversation in which a human smuggler describes his work. In the recording,
Afghan migrants offered $500 by Iran to fight for Syrian regime
Iran has been accused of recruiting and sending Afghanistan’s Shia Muslims to fight alongside the Assad regime in war-torn Syria.
Ershad Alijani 