Society should focus on cultivating understanding and empathy, not peace.

Morwari Zafar is an international security consultant and a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of Oxford. Her research at the Centre on ... Migration, Policy and Society examines diasporic engagement in counterinsurgency operations. She is also a visiting scholar at George Washington University's Institute for Global and International Studies.
Society should focus on cultivating understanding and empathy, not peace.
Understanding the demand for extremist propaganda or why some people buy it should be the right approach.
Violence in northern Afghanistan threatens the country’s vulnerable populations and jeopardises nationwide stability.