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Jennifer Murtazashvili is an associate professor and the director of the Center for Governance and Markets. A project at CGM is assisting Afghans obtain P-2 visas for resettlement in the United States after Kabul fell to the Taliban.

GSPIA team helps Afghans apply for resettlement visas

By Rashi Ranjan, Senior Staff Writer • September 7, 2021
After Kabul fell to the Taliban, a project based in Pitt’s Center for Governance and Markets helping Afghans obtain P-2 visas for resettlement in the United States rapidly accelerated under the leadership of Jennifer Murtazashvili and Maxwell DeGregorio.
A plane flies overhead a group of people gathered around the remains of a car hit by an American drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Opinion | Western cultures need to stop normalizing violence in the Middle East

By Dalia Maeroff, Opinions Editor • August 31, 2021
Many Americans are avoiding discussing their own country’s involvement in the conflict — convincing themselves that the Middle East is just a violent place.
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the evacuation of U.S. citizens and their families, SIV applicants and their families and vulnerable Afghans from Afghanistan in the East Room of the White House on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

Opinion | Withdrawing from Afghanistan was an unconscionable blunder

By Jack Troy, Assistant Opinions Editor • August 27, 2021
The time for nation building was over. So was the time for America taking on a significant combat role. But we hadn’t seriously committed to either of those in years and yet the situation remained relatively stable up until America’s final withdrawal was near and almost certain.

‘Khuraki’ performance art show tells Afghan immigrants’ stories

October 17, 2019

“Khūrākī,” created by artist Molly Rice, is part of an immersive theater experience that came to Pitt's Stephen Foster Memorial Wednesday, thanks to Pitt’s Open Door Project. Several actors told...

Cultural Exchange: Conflict Kitchen debuts Afghan menu

Cultural Exchange: Conflict Kitchen debuts Afghan menu

By Grace Kelly / Staff Writer • April 7, 2014

Hints of coriander and roasting lamb fill Schenley Plaza with the scent of Conflict Kitchen’s new Afghan menu. But the hordes of Pitt students and others that line up to the kitchen’s window don’t...

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