‘Ukraine is like Afghanistan and the Russians are like the Taliban’: The NYT’s apophany
by Rashmee
Posted on February 16, 2022
According to The New York Times (NYT), Ukraine’s current situation – with the Russian bear …
Read MoreMemory and forgetting: Coming to terms with a country’s past
by Rashmee
Posted on February 1, 2022
Any discussion about coming to terms with a country’s past must contend with several things: …
Read MoreHow will Taliban 2.0 interpret Sharia law in Afghanistan?
by Rashmee
Posted on December 27, 2021 / The New European
This is the full (and free) version of the piece I wrote for The New …
Read MoreAmerica’s Talibanisation on abortion may go beyond the Taliban
by Rashmee
Posted on December 2, 2021
My husband, who trained as a lawyer and served as a criminal prosecutor in Wisconsin, …
Read MoreVirtue, as the Taliban see it
by Rashmee
Posted on October 24, 2021
The Taliban, by some accounts, are not a particularly virtuous sort. They’ve allegedly been forcing …
Read MoreAfghanistan’s embassy in Washington, D.C. is like a metaphor for the country
by Rashmee
Posted on September 28, 2021
One of the plants in the big urns that flank the front door of the …
Read MoreAfghanistan: ‘There is a lot of noise and, both unintentional and intentional, misinformation’
by Rashmee
Posted on September 3, 2021
The truest line in a recent @ChathamHouse interview with Martine van Bijlert, Co-founder of the …
Read MoreAre the Taliban really in charge?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 30, 2021
Tomorrow is the first day the Taliban will be in sole charge of Afghanistan. But …
Read MoreHow will Taliban 2.0 interpret Sharia law in Afghanistan?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 26, 2021 / The New European
As the world waits to see the extent to which the Taliban’s victory will see …
Read MoreA better playbook for America’s Afghan engagment?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 23, 2021
A thoughtful reader asked me a key question the other day: what would have been …
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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