Jean MacKenzie

The GroundTruth Project

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

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

May 24, 2015

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

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.

The Islamic State in Afghanistan: The boogeyman under the bed

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

November 28, 2014

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

Business, Economics and Jobs

How the Taliban and a cow prove Afghanistan loves social media

November 16, 2014

Read on, you'll see why.

The US and UK finally left Helmand, Afghanistan. Here are 4 reasons why it's nothing to celebrate

October 27, 2014

Updated

12/21/2015 - 4:45am

For one thing, Afghan forces are struggling to keep the Taliban from taking it over.

An author questioned God in Afghanistan's press. Here's what happened next

October 27, 2014

A newspaper closed, an editor arrested, protests popping up in the capital, all over an article that almost no one has seen. What gives?

The US has waged a $7.6 billion drug war in Afghanistan, and now the problem is worse than ever

October 21, 2014

Updated

11/23/2014 - 7:00pm

In other words, it ain’t working.

War: So funny it hurts

September 28, 2014

American TV comedians are finding the lighter side of chaos, destruction and death.

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