Ruchi Kumar

Ruchi Kumar is a journalist in Afghanistan.

Stories by Ruchi Kumar

Afghan border policemen walk past a bunker destroyed during clashes with Pakistani troops in Nangarhar province on May 8, 2013. (Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images)

Afghans Are Cheering for an Indian Win

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Ruchi Kumar, Hikmat Noori

February 28, 2019, 5:26 PM

Ismail Khan, 14, at the juvenile rehabilitation center in Kabul on Aug. 11. He was caught during an operation to carry ammunition for Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, which he joined after his parent and sister were killed by rocket fire in 2014.

Afghanistan Is Trying to Save Its Child Bombers

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August 29, 2018, 9:53 AM

Sikh community leader Rawail Singh lights the Diwali lamps with his daughter Komal on Oct. 18, 2017, in Kabul. (Ruchi Kumar for Foreign Policy)

‘We Belong to Afghanistan’

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July 6, 2018, 11:48 AM

Hamid Karzai Has Nothing Good To Say About America

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September 21, 2017, 3:14 PM

An Afghan security force member stands at the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul on May 31, 2017.
At least 40 people were killed or wounded on May 31 as a massive blast ripped through Kabul's diplomatic quarter, shattering the morning rush hour and bringing carnage to the streets of the Afghan capital. / AFP PHOTO / SHAH MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)

Afghanistan Blames Pakistan for Planning Deadly Kabul Attack

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June 1, 2017, 6:35 PM

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