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Surviving the Amazon, Defying Borders: Afghan Migrants’ Path to the U.S.
In the past three years, a lesser-known migration route has been added to the well-known paths for Afghan migrants that previously included only Iran, Turkey, the Balkans, and Central Europe. Many Afghan migrants, despite the risk of death or falling into the hands of ruthless drug traffickers and criminal gangs, have taken this route, which begins in Brazil and, by crossing 11 countries in South America, leads to the United States. Afghans started on this path in September 2021, after the collapse of the Afghan Republic and the return of the …
Sanaullah Ghafari: The Path from Kabul University Student to ISIS-K Leadership
This report was written by Nilofar Langar for Independent Persian . The original version of this report was published in Farsi/Dari. After the deadly attack by ISIS-K on the Crocus concert hall in Moscow on March 2024, which led to the death of over 140 people and the injury of dozens, the name of the young leader of this group once again made headlines. However, there has always been contradictory and often misleading information in the media regarding the true identity of this man behind ISIS-K's deadly attacks. Now, Independent…
Sydsvenskan: Mukhtar Wafayee Writes About Humanity's Darkest Sides
Swedish and Farsi/Dari version of the book The original version of the text by Maria Küchen, the Swedish author, about my book was published in Sydsvenskan newspaper in Swedish. Here, I am sharing the English translation of that text. It is painful to read Mukhtar Wafayee’s “This Blood Bears Witness to God's Wrath”, his first novel and the first to be translated into Swedish. The 29-year-old journalist fled to Malmö from Afghanistan three years ago, after enduring constant harassment in his homeland for his journalism. From 2019-2020, he …
From Algeria to Afghanistan: A Jihadist's Journey
It’s the spring of 1984, and Abdullah Anas, a passionate young Islamist, is sitting in a library in his hometown of Sidi Bel Abbès, in western Algeria. While browsing religious books, he comes across a fatwa by several influential Arab sheikhs regarding jihad. The fatwa addresses the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, declaring jihad in Afghanistan as a "fard 'ayn" (a personal obligation) for all Muslims. Anas notices the signature of prominent Islamists, including Abdullah Azzam, and from that moment begins his efforts to reach A…
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