Afghanistan’s girls and women fight back
Oct 19,2022 – JORDAN TIMES By Gordon Brown and Yasmine Sherif LONDON — Thousands of women and girls have taken to the streets of Afghanistan’s cities to protest the repeated […]
Frankly Speaking: Afghan scenes of defiance similar to Iran imminent, says former Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib
01 Dr. Hamdullah Mohib on Mahsa Amini protests Short Url Updated 28 sec ago ARAB NEWS October 09, 2022 RIYADH: More than a year after the Taliban returned to power […]
With thousands dead, Afghans demand investigations on US invasion
BY ANADOLU AGENCY KABUL OCT 08, 2022 Afghans hold anti-U.S. placards during a protest against the U.S. move to transfer $3.5 billion in Afghan central bank assets to a new Swiss-based […]
The surprising realpolitik of the new Haqqani network
The group is building early bridges with one-time enemies such as the US and India, and testing relations with old ally Pakistan JOHANN CHACKO Very strange things have been happening […]
Afghans left in legal limbo in Greece while ‘real refugees’ helped to settle
Migration and development International Rescue Committee points to unequal treatment, saying welcome for Ukrainians proves integration and support is possible for all Global development is supported by About this content […]
What is behind Biden’s move to offer Afghanistan its own money?
MARTIN JAY 23 SEP 2022 US government’s preconditions are, at best, attempts by the President to delay returning the money the Taliban government desperately needs to rebuild Afghanistan after years […]
‘This is what it was like’: reliving the devastating US withdrawal from Afghanistan
In the documentary Escape from Kabul, first-hand accounts and archival footage bring us back to a terrifying time in 2021 Adrian Horton @adrian_hortonWed 21 Sep 2022 19.57 BST Over a […]
Former Australian commando under investigation over 2012 Afghanistan rotation
By Mark Willacy, Alex McDonald and Josh Robertson, ABC Investigations Posted 1h ago1 hours ago Share this article abc.net.au/news/australian-commando-under-investigation-over-2012-rotation/101442434COPY LINKSHARE A former Australian Special Forces commando is a target of a war crimes investigation for the […]
No sign Taliban will allow girls back to school
BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN SEP 19, 2022 – DAILY SABAH A school classroom sits empty in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 31, 2022. (AP Photo) Local teachers in Afghanistan reopen girls’ schools, […]
Waning international cooperation in a changing world
HAFED AL-GHWELL September 17, 2022 Short Url World leaders will convene in New York, on Sept. 19, for the UN General Assembly’s annual high-level session at a time of enormous […]
Canada, Not U.S., To Resettle Some Afghan Religious Minorities
× By Susan CrabtreeRCP StaffSeptember 12, 2022 FR171825 AP SPECIAL SERIES:Religious Liberty Around The World It’s been a year of uncertainty for Afghan religious minorities who escaped their homeland and hoped […]
The next phase of terrorism
Sep 11,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Amer Al Sabaileh In recent weeks, there has been an increased number of terrorist attacks in the region, particularly in Afghanistan, where frequent attacks […]
Two-faced relationship between CIA and feminism
BY HILAL KAPLAN AUG 27, 2021 A medical officer assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division speaks with an Afghan woman and helps her with her child as part of the […]
How Taliban instability is a risk to Central Asia
LUKE COFFEY September 09, 2022 Short Url More than a year after taking power, the Taliban are beginning to realize that fighting is far easier than governing. As winter approaches […]
Truss’s warmongering rhetoric is empty, antagonistic – and wildly dangerous
Simon Jenkins The potential PM’s plan to cut benefits and boost defence spending merely serves her craving for the theatre of conflict Fri 26 Aug 2022 Was anything learned? On […]
Escape from Afghanistan, Part III “Children Were Disposed of Like Garbage”
In August 2021, the Taliban captured Kabul. The capital city became a trap for thousands of Afghans and Germans. Berlin sent in Germany’s armed forces to extract thousands of men, […]
Afghans’ year of misery following US withdrawal
DALIA AL-AQIDI September 04, 2022 Short Url It has now been more than a year since the US completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021, ending its 20-year […]
Escape from Afghanistan, Part II“Ground Attack! Ground Attack!”
Escape from Afghanistan, Part II“Ground Attack! Ground Attack!” One year ago, the government in Berlin had to prepare the harrowing, last-minute rescue of its diplomatic staff and hundreds of local […]
Escape from Afghanistan, Part I“We’re Destroying the IT. Have a Nice Sunday”
Escape from Afghanistan, Part I“We’re Destroying the IT. Have a Nice Sunday” Documents are burned, computers mutilated and 15 Mercedes SUVs are destroyed with a forklift: The fall of Kabul […]
The pilot who defected to the Taliban in his Black Hawk
By Inayatulhaq Yasini and Swaminathan NatarajanBBC World Service Published1 day ago “Some people may not be happy with me – but I tell them the country is like a mother […]