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Ruchi Kumar

Ruchi Kumar

Ruchi Kumar is an Indian journalist based between Mumbai and Kabul focusing on political and cultural stories from the region.

Ruchi Kumar is an Indian journalist based between Mumbai and Kabul focusing on political and cultural stories from the region.

Articles from author

One year on, the Taliban struggles to provide services they used to disrupt

The recent wave of power shortages is being felt across Afghanistan, and the Taliban blame the international community for the country's political and financial isolation since the group took over last year.

One year on, the Taliban struggles to provide services they used to disrupt

One year on, the Taliban struggles to provide services they used to disrupt

Kabul strays affected by the Taliban bombing find human sympathy

Stray cats and dogs were killed and injured when a truck bomb ripped through a fortified compound in Afghanistan's capital in early September. Now Samaritans are trying to find a new home for the surviving animals.

Kabul strays affected by the Taliban bombing find human sympathy

Kabul strays affected by the Taliban bombing find human sympathy

Is Daesh posing an existential threat to the Taliban?

As the Taliban nears a peace deal with the US, the increasing presence of Daesh in the country makes the Afghan militant group jittery.

Is Daesh posing an existential threat to the Taliban?

Is Daesh posing an existential threat to the Taliban?

Afghanistan's postal service trudges along despite decades of conflict

Without an address system and despite the very real threat of attack by the Taliban and Daesh fighters, Afghanistan's postal workers are determined to continue serving the country.

Afghanistan's postal service trudges along despite decades of conflict

Afghanistan's postal service trudges along despite decades of conflict

Does gender equality feature in the US-Taliban talks?

Known for having imposed strict laws in the country in the mid-1990s, the Taliban's possible return in the Afghan power structure makes a lot of women uncomfortable.

Does gender equality feature in the US-Taliban talks?

Does gender equality feature in the US-Taliban talks?

Why is everyone cosying up to the Taliban?

From Russia and the US to the UAE, several powers and stakeholders in the Afghan conflict have started engaging with the insurgent group to secure a long lasting peace in the country.

Why is everyone cosying up to the Taliban?

Why is everyone cosying up to the Taliban?

US anti-narcotics policy backfires in Afghanistan

Failing economy, growing insurgency and low returns from food crops have left tens of thousands of Afghan farmers with no other choice but to return to poppy cultivation after a gap of 13 years.

US anti-narcotics policy backfires in Afghanistan

US anti-narcotics policy backfires in Afghanistan

India's first woman private detective is right out of a pulp fiction novel

An inquisitive Indian woman first got her start by “investigating” classmates. Later, she became a full-blown detective in a field dominated by men. This is Rajani Pandit's success story.

India's first woman private detective is right out of a pulp fiction novel

India's first woman private detective is right out of a pulp fiction novel