Hazara people

Zahra, a Hazara, at Dr. Zalmai Khan Ahmadzai's clinic in Kabul. She says she wants to get a nose job.

Changing your face to disguise your ethnicity? Maybe, for these Afghan women.

August 30, 2018Untold Afghanistan

Wars leave behind scars. Emotional ones. Physical ones. And for years, in Afghanistan, the physical ones were the ones surgeons fixed. But in the past couple of years, there’s been a boom in cosmetic surgery.

Hazara men carry the coffins of their relatives who were killed after gunmen opened fire on a car, during a funeral ceremony in Quetta, Pakistan, July 19, 2017.

Pakistani Hazaras face a constant threat of targeted violence. Many say the security response has been ghettoizing and ineffective.

May 30, 2018Conflict & Justice

Hitting the Ski Slopes in Afghanistan?

August 15, 2013Conflict & Justice

Greening Afghanistan

August 14, 2013

Alongside Afghanistan’s war, an athlete fights for recognition

August 14, 2013Sports

Tell us about your experience accessing The World

We want to hear your feedback so we can keep improving our website, theworld.org. Please fill out this quick survey and let us know your thoughts (your answers will be anonymous). Thanks for your time!

Afghan Olympian

August 14, 2013Sports

Afghan athlete Rohullah Nikpai took home the bronze medal in Tae Kwon Do at last month’s Beijing Olympics. It’s Afghanistan’s first ever Olympic medal. Now he’s a national hero. Correspondent Derek Stoffel has his story.

We respect your time, attention and privacy

This is a news website, not a click casino. We do NOT employ deceptive behaviors, display annoying ads or use third party cookies and trackers to monetize your visit or help advertisers track you across the internet.

Simply, we ask that you would consider a donation to support the journalism we produce every weekday. Thank you.

This is The World

The World is a public radio program and podcast that crosses borders and time zones to bring home the stories that matter.

Follow The World

Subscribe to The World’s Latest Edition podcast for free using your favorite podcast player: