Much of the buzz around the novel focuses on its explication of a little-known practice called bacha posh, in which Afghan families without sons dress up a daughter in boy’s clothes, and treat her as ...

PESHAWAR: Different events to mark the 37th death anniversary of Fakhar Afghan Bacha Khan, also known as Abdul Ghaffar Khan, and the 19th death anniversary of Khan Abdul Wali Khan will begin today ...

It was a good story, too, for headlines blared: AFGHANISTAN HAS THREE KINGS IN ONE WEEK! First off, the doughty brigand Bacha Sakao, called “The Water Carrier,” stormed Kabul and forced King ...

Malala Yousafzai’s father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, who has also actively campaigned for women’s right to education, called Wesa the “Bacha Khan” of Afghanistan. Bacha Khan was a freedom ...