Chris Sands has lived in Afghanistan since 2005, regards it as his home and hopes to remain there for many years to come. In the past his reporting from across the country has been published by The National, The Independent, the New Statesman and Le Monde diplomatique, amongst others. He is now a freelance correspondent for GlobalPost.
Dialogue with Taliban fighters has given way to an escalating conflict that has taken dozens of lives and displaced hundreds in Badakhshan province.
With the West focused on Afghanistan’s countryside and military withdrawal, parts of the capital are slipping into lawlessness.
As temperatures in Kabul drop to well below freezing during the night, the country seems no closer to lasting peace or long-term economic stability.
Why Jalalabad could determine the success of stability after the US withdraws from Afghanistan.
With foreign troops leaving, a presidential election edging closer and a potential peace deal with the rebels still far from certain, a crucial phase in the struggle for Afghanista
An old, rundown university in Afghanistan has become quite the adversary for the government and its NATO allies.
Former members of the Taliban are desperate for peace. Their lives may depend on it.
Logar, a strategic province that neighbors Kabul and is home to an all-important copper mine, is increasingly under Taliban control as NATO sources begin to withdraw.
The generals were at the heart of planning the US withdrawal, which many Afghans worry will hasten more unrest.
Building a strong civil society is among the greatest US successes since the occupation began. Can it last when the US leaves?
US relations with Afghanistan have deteriorated under Obama.