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Ruchi Kumar

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Ruchi Kumar is an independent journalist covering conflict, political, cultural and developmental stories from Afghanistan and the region.



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U.S. Marines guide evacuees on to a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 21 (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel Ruiz)

Opinion: How the U.S. Failed Evacuation Efforts in Afghanistan

The U.S. administration congratulated themselves on their evacuation efforts in Afghanistan. A volunteer on the ground in Kabul writes about how botched these efforts really were.

Ruchi Kumar

Ruchi Kumar

Demonstration of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) in Peshawar, Pakistan to condemn the 6th black anniversary of swarming of fundamentalists into Kabul, April 28,1998 (Wikimedia Commons)

How Gen Z is Fighting for Afghanistan’s Future

A generation of Afghans born after 9/11 have no memory of life under Taliban rule. They are now speaking up and pushing back.

Ruchi Kumar

Ruchi Kumar

Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadaat at Cinema Park, 2006 (Annette Kjaer)

Kabul’s Lost Cinemas

The importance of preserving a movie theater, once a hub of Bollywood showings, goes far beyond just saving a building.

Ruchi Kumar

Ruchi Kumar



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