Some people fail to realize that we are not a PR agency, and our only job is to uncover the truth.

It's especially ridiculous that those alleged supporters of Ukraine seem to not care about soldiers who risk their lives on a daily basis, their stories, fears, and opinions.…

Brilliant new report from @AANAfgh Assem Mayar on the Iranian-Afghan dispute over the Helmand River. It covers the history, ecology and legal, technical and political aspects of the dispute. It's comprehensive but also readable. Highly recommended.
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Cricket Gives a Nation Bowed by Violence a Reason to Stand Tall. from Mujib Mashal nytimes.com/2023/11/06/wor…

My son, Jimmy.

I may not be interested in cricket, but the Afghan game persuaded me to write a history of #Afghan cricket in 2017. Reposting in honour of a historic win against my country.
(And wishing the women cricketers were also still on the field.)
Sudhanshu Verma AAN Afghanistan
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For decades, this park was dirty and unkempt, with the smell of hashish often wafting in the air (in the back, addicts would shoot up). Over the last year, it has finally been fixed and improved. Unfortunately, families can’t comfortably (legally) enjoy the greenery together

There has been growing attention to aid diversion in Afghanistan in recent months. This is my attempt to make sense of exactly what is going on.

Quick thread 🧵

Another great study by Ashley Jackson on aid diversion in #Afghanistan , with key takeaway that people misunderstand what it is. Jackson explains differences between diversion, corruption & indirect benefits. This misunderstanding can be v damaging for aid.

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great piece on Ukraine's snipers by David Guttenfelder Thomas Gibbons-Neff nytimes.com/2023/10/01/wor…

Four Seconds to Impact:
On the Front Line With Ukraine’s Snipers.

Thomas Gibbons-Neff David Guttenfelder

nytimes.com/2023/10/01/wor…

How America’s War Devastated Afghanistan’s Environment

My latest for New Lines Magazine and Inside Climate News and republished by Undark Magazine

This story was supported in part by a grant from Fund for Investigative Journalism

newlinesmag.com/reportage/how-…

There’s an American company selling Pakistani Servis Cheetah high tops advertised as “The Taliban’s favorite shoe” for $99.

Members of Russia's electoral commission in occupied Donetsk region were wounded in an artillery attack this week. Russia is holding a vote on the shrinking patch of Ukrainian ground it holds - just as Kyiv's counter-offensive pushes south wsj.com/world/russia/r…

A year ago, Russia was first accused of using the cheap Iranian Shahed drone in Ukraine.

We have documented every attack since.

Read our new immersive investigation in partnership with DER SPIEGEL

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The World Food Programme says it has cut rations to another two million Afghans this month, due to a further sharp drop in funding. 'A world that was willing to spend billions on the NATO military operation there and now not willing to feed the children they left behind' Jan Egeland Norwegian Refugee Council

Hiniker said she and others who track the impacts of cluster munitions are “baffled by the fact that the US is sending totally outdated weapons that the majority of the world has banned because they disproportionately kill civilians.'

#Ukraine #Syria

Kamianka, Ukraine, a small village in eastern Ukraine, plays an outsized role in a century of violence by ⁦Thomas Gibbons-Neff⁩ with cameo appearances by the great David Glantz nytimes.com/2023/09/05/wor…

“For Ms. Huk, and the hundred or so residents who have returned to Kamianka since Ukraine reclaimed it, the current war is a continuation of violence, separated by generations, with both eras marked by the artifacts invading armies left behind.” nytimes.com/2023/09/05/wor…

Walking home from school, two Syrian sisters picked up what they thought was scrap metal they could sell. Rawaa lost an eye and Doaa a hand. Syria used to be the country with the highest number of casualties from cluster bombs. Now it's Ukraine. apne.ws/rqIweSJ

'But for Ms. Huk, and the hundred or so residents who have returned to Kamianka since Ukraine reclaimed it, the current war is a continuation of violence, separated by generations, both eras marked by the artifacts invading armies left behind.' Thomas Gibbons-Neff nytimes.com/2023/09/05/wor…