Allure of Deceit

A handful of western journalists have stayed in Afghanistan to report on the Taliban takeover and the chaotic evacuation of foreigners and A...

When our world offers troubled news, many of us embrace fiction – sometimes for escape and sometimes to understand the human response to mas...

The Linda Norgrove Foundation, based in Scotland, will partner with Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan to develop literacy programs f...

Libraries let children explore and dream. Yet such places are rare in the developing world, and war in countries like Afghanistan essentia...

Literacy is essential. “Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against p...

As US and NATO prepare to leave Afghanistan in 2014, the Afghans will be responsible for security. "To equip the Afghan police, UNESC...

UNESCO provides statistics on global literacy efforts: More than one out of six of the world's adults are illiterate, two thirds of th...