Afghanistan | The World in Crisis

Climate change jeopardises survival of snow leopards

13 September 2017

Receding snowline in Asia’s high mountains, due to global warming and infrastructure developments, poses a major threat to snow leopard as humans encroach on their habitat by Juhi Chaudhary “I love the snow leopard,” says bright-eyed Ganaium, who lives in Tamchy village close to Issyk-kul [read more]

Polluted waters bring disease and death to Afghans

27 July 2017

Joydeep Gupta, July 27, 2017 Hidden by stories of violence, the Afghan state is struggling hard to improve access to clean water for its citizens Over the last seven years, water-borne diseases have killed more people in Afghanistan than terrorists have. An estimated 16.8 million Afghans drink [read more]

Afghanistan’s coming water crisis

24 October 2016

Decades of conflict have left Afghanistan’s water infrastructure in a mess, and as refugees return to the country the prospect of water-related conflicts rises Omair Ahmad Hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees are starting the long trek back home after the latest donors’ conference to [read more]

Thieves of State – Sarah Chayes (review)

6 April 2015

Thieves of State – Sarah Chayes, published by W W Norton & Company, New York and London, 2015 This is an important book and its publication is timely, given recent developments. Sarah Chayes uses her own experience in Afghanistan as the thread around which she weaves her narrative. What [read more]

Helmand, Afghanistan 3 Commando Brigade – Ewen Southby-Tailyour

21 July 2014

In “Helmand, Afghanistan 3 Commando Brigade” by Ewen Southby-Tailyour, Ebury Press, 2008, we have a full-blooded account of the war-fighting abilities of 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marine Commandos. The Royal Marines were deployed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, from September 2006 to [read more]

“Desert of Death, A Soldier’s Journey from Iraq to Afghanistan” by Leo Docherty

20 June 2014

“Desert of Death, A Soldier’s Journey from Iraq to Afghanistan” by Leo Docherty, published by Faber & Faber (London) in 2007 is one of an increasing number of British books on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Leo Docherty, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan with the Scots [read more]

Helmand, Afghanistan 3 Commando Brigade – Ewen Southby-Tailyour

2 November 2008

In “Helmand, Afghanistan 3 Commando Brigade” by Ewen Southby-Tailyour, Ebury Press, 2008, we have a full-blooded account of the war-fighting abilities of 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marine Commandos. The Royal Marines were deployed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, from September 2006 to [read more]

“Desert of Death, A Soldier’s Journey from Iraq to Afghanistan” by Leo Docherty

1 November 2008

“Desert of Death, A Soldier’s Journey from Iraq to Afghanistan” by Leo Docherty, published by Faber & Faber (London) in 2007 is one of an increasing number of British books on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Leo Docherty, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan with the Scots [read more]