📢 Our report on Afghanistan's deepening crisis is out now. Thanks to the media that reached out. Thread to follow on your coverage as it comes in. crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asi…

When winter truck Niaz’s village in Aghanistan, the cold was merciless. One night ice covered the windows, then the walls, then the blanket on his wailing son. Soon the infant fell silent in his arms. His tears turned to ice. By daybreak, he was gone. nytimes.com/2023/02/27/wor…

Hundreds in Afghanistan have died in plunging temperatures, and malnutrition has been rampant as the Taliban government’s ban on female workers has hampered international aid. via ⁦Christina Goldbaum⁩, ⁦Yaqoob Akbary, Kiana Hayeri, @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/02/27/wor…

Nearly two decades after the rise of Al Shabab, Somalia is the most active front in the “forever wars” that the United States has been waging against Islamist extremists since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks nytimes.com/2023/02/27/us/…

Soon the infant fell silent in his arms. His tears turned to ice that clung to his face. By daybreak, he was gone. “The cold took him.” An unbearably heartbreaking report by Christina Goldbaum and Yaqoob Akbary in Qadis, Afghanistan nytimes.com/2023/02/27/wor…

“Walk around the capital, Kabul, and it often feels as if women have been airbrushed out of the city.” — Christina Goldbaum nytimes.com/interactive/20…

"'Some people in the world are scared of the things they have to lose,' she said, 'But Afghan women have lost everything, they have nothing left to lose.'" These Christina Goldbaum interviews are wrenching nytimes.com/interactive/20…

The Taliban’s takeover ended decades of war. But their restrictions, and the economic fallout, threw many women into a new era of diminished hopes. w/ ⁦Yaqoob Akbary⁩ ⁦@safipadshah ⁦Najim Rahim⁩ Kiana Hayeri nytimes.com/interactive/20…

What a tribute, on such a melancholic day. Perfect tone struck by Christina Goldbaum (with Kiana's always arresting portraits). Putting Afghan women starkly front and center. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Many hoped former PM Imran Khan’s court appearance on Saturday would defuse political tensions that boiled over this week. Instead, fresh clashes between the police and his supporters outside the courtroom only added to the chaos. w/ Salman Masood nytimes.com/2023/03/18/wor…

The economic desperation among Pakistanis has played out in stark scenes during Ramadan. At least 22 people killed, dozens injured in stampedes/long queues as people struggle to get some of the food being distributed by charities and govt. With Christina Goldbaum nytimes.com/2023/04/17/wor…

Some professional news... excited to officially take on this role alongside our stellar team across Afghanistan & Pakistan: nytco.com/press/promotio…

Once unthinkable, the scenes of violent protest that broke out across Pakistan after Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday, seemed to cross a line against defying the army that has rarely been breached in Pakistan’s turbulent history nytimes.com/2023/05/10/wor…

They had names. They had families. Timely and heartbreaking reporting by Christina Goldbaum & Zia ur-Rehman about the Pakistani village that saw its sons drown in the Mediterranean off Greece last week. nytimes.com/2023/06/21/wor…

Walking down the streets, locals can hear the moans and sobs of heartbroken mothers. Echoing out of the mosque is the near constant recitation of the Quran, as fathers plead with God to somehow keep their lost sons alive. ⁦Christina Goldbaum⁩ nytimes.com/2023/06/21/wor…

Five voyagers climbed into the Titan submersible in hopes of joining the select few who have seen the wreck of the Titanic up close. Their planned 12-hour voyage most likely ended in less than two. nyti.ms/3XBAO5o

"Soon, the Titan slinked into the water and dropped into the deep, descending toward a dream." Powerful report by John Branch and Christina Goldbaum on the last hours of the Titan. nytimes.com/2023/07/02/us/…

A haunting (must) read from ⁦Christina Goldbaum⁩ nytimes.com/2023/10/16/wor…

More than 70,000 undocumented Afghans have returned home in recent weeks to meet a Wednesday eviction deadline ordered by the Pakistani government. "I’m starting again from zero," said one man who fled Afghanistan four decades ago. nyti.ms/3sloieZ

“…the unease of making a life on borrowed land, seemingly on borrowed time.” More than 70,000 undocumented Afghans have returned home in recent weeks to meet a Wednesday deadline ordered by the Pakistani gov. Christina Goldbaum 𝑺𝒂𝒇𝒊𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒉 𝑷𝒂𝒅𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒉 𝕏 Elise Blanchard nytimes.com/2023/10/30/wor…