Hozhaber Shinwary, an Afghan cartoonist, has braved communist prisons and threats from Islamist warlords for his provocative cartoons since the 1980s. Shinwary says the lines and drawings of his cartoons help him express what he sees and feels. His cartoons are often a stark reminder of the seemingly unending violence in Afghanistan.
An Afghan Cartoonist's World
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Afghanistan's predatory warlords are the worst enemies of press freedom.
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Shinwary's depiction of the Pakistani military dictator's "double game." Pervez Musharraf publically supported Afghanistan's Western-backed government but clandestinely sheltered its Taliban enemies.
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Afghanistan's current national unity government is being pulled in opposite directions.