Jean MacKenzie

Jean MacKenzie is a journalist based in Kabul, Afghanistan. She's a contributor to The GroundTruth Project's series on the war in Afghanistan, titeled Foreverstan.

Recent Stories

Conflict

Uncertainty abounds for Afghan city after Taliban takeover

The GroundTruth Project

September 30, 2015

What the fall of Kunduz tells us about Afghanistan’s current reality.

Agence France-Presse

Afghanistan endures a painful spring as young Afghans search for hope

GlobalPost

May 24, 2015

Recent attacks in Kabul have spooked Westerners and challenged millennials' optimism for a better future.

Conflict

An Afghan woman's journey from 'secret school' to mentoring a generation of girls

The GroundTruth Project

April 22, 2015

Shabana Basij-Rasikh always wanted to go to school, even if she and her friends had to dodge the Taliban to hold classes. Now, after studying in the US, she's back in Afghanistan helping other young women get the educations they need to improve their country.

Conflict

The Islamic State in Afghanistan: The boogeyman under the bed

GlobalPost

December 31, 2014

Talk — and fear — of ‘Daesh’ is growing in Afghanistan. But that doesn't mean its presence is increasing.

Agence France-Presse

It's been a week of mayhem in Afghanistan

GlobalPost

November 28, 2014

Afghanistan is thrusting itself once again into the spotlight, as attack piles upon attack, and Afghans wonder uneasily what awaits them.