A Thousand Splendid Suns
Interview with author Khaled Hosseini
On the importance of staging more stories from Afghanistan, Hosseini says, “the more diverse the artistic menu that we have to choose from, the richer we all are for it.”
Source: American Theater
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Afghan women in the shadow of war
A generation of women have grown up in Afghanistan since the Taliban were toppled from power in 2001, but many are haunted by memories of their brutal, misogynist rule.
Source: The Guardian
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Taliban fast facts
Here’s a look at the Taliban, a Sunni Islamist organization operating primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan, courtesy of CNN.