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One of the scariest corners on the planet is home to the Baluch people, who are viewed as traitors and separatists by three separate governments in a region teetering on the brink of war
Three new books describe far-flung societies — from the Native tribes of North America to the caliphates of Eurasia — that have made war and sustained their conquests.
Voices from Afghanistan on who they are, what they offered, and how to approach peace by: H. Adams, a pen name On a sunny September morning in Kabul at a [...]
It is unclear how the practice is viewed by Afghanistan’s new rulers, the Taliban, who seized power in mid-August
In the heavily patriarchal, male-dominated society of Afghanistan, where women and girls are usually relegated to the home, there is one tradition which allows girls access to the male world -- bacha posh.