Back to the future in Afghanistan?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 6, 2022
On October 7, 2001, a US-led coalition began an intense bombing campaign on Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. …
Read MoreWhat’s at stake for Afghan women?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 18, 2021 / open Democracy
Now that Afghanistan is back in Taliban hands and the US is being berated for …
Read MoreIran’s Qasem Soleimani matters in death as much as in life
by Rashmee
Posted on January 3, 2020 / Quartz
The US Department of Defense announced today that an American airstrike in Baghdad killed Qasem …
Read MoreThe Arab view of Iran doesn’t help it manage reality or change anything for the better
by Rashmee
Posted on February 12, 2019
There’s much merit in this rather frank view of the Arab world’s relationship with Iran. …
Read MoreArt of the bad deal: Talking to the Taliban & leaving Afghan government in the lurch
by Rashmee
Posted on January 31, 2019
Part of the time I was in Afghanistan – living and working on the US …
Read MoreBlowback from actions for and by Israel is being felt in Africa
by Rashmee
Posted on January 28, 2019
The blowback from actions of and for Israel is tragically to be seen in parts …
Read MoreIt’s not as easy as with Al Qaeda to cut off Isil’s funding. Here’s why
by Rashmee
Posted on December 19, 2015
Thursday’s summit on cutting off Isil’s funding, chaired by US treasury secretary Jack Lew, was …
Read MoreSo jihad is about poetry and isn’t about principles confined to Muslims?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 14, 2015
This, the morning after the Paris carnage, may seem like a dreadful time to be …
Read MoreAn ISIL plane bomb means it’s prepared to be seen as it is: a terrorist group
by Rashmee
Posted on November 7, 2015
Contrary to what everyone may say or fear, hears what an ISIL bomb on a …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK