The year 2014 is being described as one of 'transition' in Afghanistan, with the impending drawdown of US and NATO forces. Escalating attacks have produced fears that the
For Afghans across the world, social media is a vehicle for mobilising, uniting and contesting ideas of community, as well as a harbinger of newer forms of courtship and love.
The yawning gap between Western human rights discourse and action has overshadowed domestic histories of reform and the need for a grassroots approach to social change.