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‘No More Hope’: The Work of a Photojournalist Killed in Kabul

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Young Afghans taking cover from rubber bullets fired by American soldiers at the gates of Bagram Air Base during a protest in February 2012.   Credit Shah Marai/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images KABUL, Afghanistan — Through the dark days of the 1990s civil war and the Taliban’s oppressive rule, the Afghan photographer Shah Marai never left his country. As the bloodshed continued after the 2001 American-led invasion, he repeatedly expressed a feeling shared by so many Afghans caught in the devastating cycle: “There is no more hope.” Yet through it all, Mr. Marai, 41, continued to bear witness, focusing his camera on the profound human suffering that has become so routine, so forgotten. On Monday, he was among the couple of dozen journalists in Kabul who had rushed to the site of yet another bombing, when a second attacker detonated his explosives amid the reporters and first responders. Altogether 25 people were killed, nine of them journalists. The Afghan war ...
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Armenia Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan resigns amid protests

Armenia's newly elected prime minister has resigned following days of protests against his government, according to the politician's website. In the past 10 days, thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets in the capital, Yerevan, accusing Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan of corruption and authoritarian rule. On Monday, Sargsyan said he would adhere to the demands of the protesters and step down.  "[Opposition leader] Nikol Pashinyan was right. I was wrong. This situation requires solutions, but I won't participate in them. I leave the post of this country's prime minister," a statement on Sargsyan's website said.  "The movement on the streets is against my office. I will fulfill your claim," according to the statement.  Sargsyan's statement did not reveal when he will leave office. Sargsyan, 63, had promised not to run for the post of prime minister having served two consecutive five-year terms as president but wa...
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