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Mujib Mashal

Mujib Mashal
Mujib Mashal is an Afghan writer based in Kabul.
Ideas

How Karzai's Strongmen Are Jockeying for Afghanistan's Future

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is protected by a few lone wolves with little interest in government institutions -- and they're not going anywhere. By Mujib Mashal

  • Mujib Mashal, The Atlantic
Threats

Karzai Says the War in Afghanistan Was a 'Conspiracy'

In an exit interview, Afghan President Hamid Karzai says his goals for peace in Afghanistan 'were different from those of the Americans or NATO.' By Mujib Mashal

  • Mujib Mashal, The Atlantic