Ali M Latifi

The women pulled into Afghanistan’s dark world of heroin addiction

As Afghanistan suffers ever-growing levels of drug addiction, figures show more women being dragged into the spiral of addiction, often introduced to narcotics by their male partners or relatives.

Why is Moria compared to a Nazi concentration camp?

The Greek island camp is full of Afghan refugees, who spend their days in what they say is "filth and degradation".

Kabul air pollution on a par with world’s most polluted cities

Though the city's air quality index is crossing alarming levels, comparable with cities like Delhi, and harming public health like never before, the issue remains buried under the usual war talk.

How narcos brought meth labs to Afghanistan

It's not opium farming but cooking meth that the district of Ghoryan quickly earned a reputation for, with traffickers buying the drug from locals at phenomenally low prices.

Youth wave can alter the outcome of the upcoming Afghanistan polls

With an estimated 84 percent of the Afghan population under the age of 40, the youth leaders want to expunge the deadwood from the country's parliament and replace it with young blood.