Austin Bodetti
The DEA's Opium War with the Taliban
The War on Drugs didn't work any better in Afghanistan than it did in America.
Sudan’s Government Is Using a Shady Hacking Group to Hunt ISIS
But the government has been cracking down on freedom of expression and dissent too.
The Taliban Want to Go Green
I asked the Taliban about their sudden interest in battling climate change.
The Taliban Want to Go Green
I asked the Taliban about their sudden interest in battling climate change.
Even Iranian Military Generals Can Become Dank Memes in This Brave New World
Qasem Soleimani has been called a terrorist and a revolutionary.
Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims Look to the Internet for Justice
The Rohingya are fighting state-sponsored media with their own independent channels of communication.
Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims Look to the Internet for Justice
The Rohingya are fighting state-sponsored media with their own independent channels of communication.
From WhatsApp to Hawala, How the Taliban Moves Money Around
The insurgents use apps such as Telegram, Viber, and WhatsApp, to solicit donations, backed by an old value transfer system.