November 19, 2010
Pajhwok Afghan News leads efforts to provide news platforms for Afghan stories, building media infrastructure despite dangerous political obstacles.
November 11, 2010
Finding a living bridge in Afghanistan between the oral culture of storytelling in the past and the new media of journalism in the modern world.
November 8, 2010
Southern Afghanistan is one of the most perilous and difficult places for Afghan reporters to cover.
September 27, 2010
Afghans working with foreign news agencies know that despite the Taliban's "extraordinary" public relations skills, their livelihoods as journalists exist only during Taliban failure.
September 24, 2010
The arrests of Afghan journalists this past week for allegedly enabling the Taliban propaganda machine raise questions about journalists' roles in the age of information warfare.
September 23, 2010
Discerning truth from lies stemming from public misinformation presents a weighty challenge for Afghan reporters covering the country's parliamentary election.
September 19, 2010
Afghan reporters know things about their country that western reporters miss. Can they convey the complexity of Afghan society, not just across language barriers, but across cultures?
September 9, 2010
Jason Motlagh recounts how he first teamed up with the Pulitzer Center, which kick-started his career as an independent journalist reporting in war zones in India and Afghanistan.
August 3, 2010
CJR's assistant editor Joel Meares interviews Pulitzer Center grantee Nir Rosen about the WikiLeaks war logs dump. Rosen has reported from Afghanistan over the past year on the limits of the US counterinsurgency strategy.
July 21, 2010
In a three-day diary, Jason Motlagh examines how the Taliban is evolving to overcome the U.S. army's counter-insurgency tactics.
July 21, 2010
Afghani soldiers try to take control of public security in Kandahar and convince locals of the government's legitimacy over insurgents and criminals.
July 15, 2010
Was the Taliban behind the actions of a rogue Afghan army soldier who allegedly shot dead three British servicemen overnight while they slept?
July 13, 2010
The Dand district center is a novelty in the badlands of Kandahar province. As the seat of both the top government official and U.S. forces based in the area, it's a seductive target for Taliban militants looking to make a statement.
