Ruchi Kumar

Ruchi Kumar is a journalist in Afghanistan.

Stories by Ruchi Kumar

An Afghan man rests in the sun on the road inside the Shahid Nasseri refugee camp near the city of Saveh, Iran, on Feb. 8, 2015.

Why Iran Is Deporting Scores of Afghan Refugees

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Ruchi Kumar, Hikmat Noori

January 13, 2020, 1:08 PM

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

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