“People say the U.S. Congress is dysfunctional,” Eleanor Smeal, Feminist Majority Foundation president and publisher of Ms., points out, “but not for a moment would we think of turning over the country to terrorists—and neither would the Afghans.”
Author: Dr. Nadia Hashimi
Dr. Nadia Hashimi is a pediatrician and a board member of the Aschiana Foundation. She was the first Afghan American woman to run for U.S. Congress.
Inside Afghanistan’s Democracy
In spite of the Taliban, Afghanistan is a picture of progress—though not perfection.
The Dealmakers: Examining the Taliban’s Territory
In January 2018, a BBC article declared that the Taliban had full control of 4 percent of Afghanistan’s territory and an active presence in another 66 percent of the country. Researchers at Feminist Majority Foundation, dubious of the BBC map and other similar public accounts based on territorial analysis, decided to do a study using population data.
Afghan Women Won’t Go Back
As the Trump administration tries to negotiate peace with the men of the Taliban, Afghanistan’s women are drawing their red line.