Lynne O’Donnell is a columnist at Foreign Policy and an Australian journalist and author. She was the Afghanistan bureau chief for Agence France-Presse and the Associated Press between 2009 and 2017.
Two Uzbek soldiers, both wearing camouflage and helmets and holding rifles, stand on either side of a metal gate with a stop sign at its center. Behind the fence is a flat field, and farther in the distance are trees and a blue sky.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is greeted by members of the U.S. Congress as he arrives to deliver a joint address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
A poster at a university in Kabul shows a woman wearing all-black clothes and a black hijab while carrying a purse, books, and a cellphone. The opening of her head scarf is blank, showing a plain white oval instead of her face.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (R) addresses his supporters during an anti-government march toward Islamabad demanding early elections, in Gujranwala, Pakistan.
Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar participates in a foreign ministers' meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Benaulim, India, on May 5.
Mohammad Arsala Kharoti, the Taliban's deputy minister for refugees, speaks to the media as UNHCR protection chief Gillian Triggs watches at the airport in Kabul on April 30.
