Finding Afghanistan’s exiled women MPs
By Tom DonkinBBC 100 Women Published 5 hours ago Afghanistan’s women MPs fled for their lives when the Taliban took power – with only nine of 69 women MPs remaining, […]
US commander: Al-Qaeda numbers in Afghanistan up ‘slightly’
Afghan people sit inside a US military aircraft to leave Afghanistan, at the military airport in Kabul on August 19, 2021 after the Taliban’s military takeover of Afghanistan. (AFP) Short […]
Worst drought in decades drives out 700K Afghans from homes
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS KAMAR KALAGH, AFGHANISTAN DEC 09, 2021 Ajji Wali Jan brought a half-dozen plastic containers to the well in Kamar Kalagh on a recent Friday – one of the […]
The Political Role of Sufi Mystics in Afghanistan
Written by Fizza Batool September 14, 2021 Since the Taliban swiftly took Kabul in August, Afghans and Afghanistan watchers have been grappling with what the shape and nature of the new […]
Afghanistan: From American Strategic Defeat to Regional Integration Platform
By Stefano Vernole Afghanistan: From American Strategic Defeat to Regional Integration Platform International November 13, 2021 TEHRAN – Afghanistan is a strategic defeat for the United States. The U.S.A. has […]
Iran announces readiness to help alleviate humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
Shamkhani says Iran is concerned about Daesh activities in Afghanistan Politics November 10, 2021 – TEHRAN — The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) on Wednesday stressed the […]
Afghan man who lost family in missile attack refuses asylum in US
MASHRIQ TV CONTENT ByNews DeskPosted on November 9, 2021 After losing his entire family in a missile attack, Muhammad Wali, has arrived in Peshawar with his minor son.COMMENTS PESHAWAR: After losing […]
Afghan parents desperately seek missing infant handed to US troops amid chaotic Kabul airlift
06 Nov 2021 GULF TODAY A US Marine grabs an infant over a fence of barbed wire during an evacuation in Kabul on August 19. File/AFPIt was a split second decision. Mirza Ali Ahmadi and his wife Suraya found themselves and their five children on Aug.19 in a chaotic crowd […]
A grateful Afghanistan says goodbye to Germany’s Merkel
By Ajmal Shams, who is vice president of the Afghanistan Social Democratic Party. He is a former deputy minister in the Afghan National Unity Government. Twitter: @ajmsham Source: Arab News […]
Perspectives | Islamic State using China to vilify Taliban
CHINA, AFGHANISTAN Since the Taliban took Kabul, Islamic State sympathizers across South Asia have increased attacks on the movement over its ties to China. Lucas Webber Nov 4, 2021Islamic State’s Amaq News […]
After 20 years of drone strikes, it’s time to admit they’ve failed
OPINION The very first drone attack missed its target, and two decades on civilians are still being killed. Why can’t we accept that the technology doesn’t work? By Emran Ferozarchive […]
Botched drone strike that killed 10 civilians in Kabul was not a result of criminal negligence, Pentagon says
By Alex Horton, Dan Lamothe and Karoun Demirjian, The Washington Post WASHINGTON — A U.S. drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians as the Afghanistan war came to its chaotic […]
U.S. trained Afghan military elites “defect” to Daesh
U.S. trained Afghan military elites “defect” to Daesh International November 2, 2021 – Tehran Times TEHRAN – In what might be one of the most disastrous outcomes of the anarchic […]
Taliban bans foreign currencies in Afghanistan
Published7 hours ago bbc.com The Taliban has banned the use of foreign currencies in Afghanistan, a move that could further disrupt an economy on the brink of collapse. “The economic […]
Afghanistan: What is the Taliban’s religious ideology?
Despite the Taliban’s military victory, it remains to be seen whether they will be able to impose their extremely conservative religious view of society on the Afghan people in the […]
Rulers fundamentally responsible for Afghan security: Pakistan FM
By Ali A. Jenabzadeh Politics October 29, 2021 – Tehran Times TEHRAN – In an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times on Thursday, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said […]
‘Just give us our money’: Taliban push to unlock Afghan billions abroad
‘Just give us our money’: Taliban push to unlock Afghan billions abroad Reuters Published October 30, 2021 – FRANKFURT: Afghanistan’s Taliban government is pressing for the release of billions of dollars of […]
The Taliban’s secretive war against IS
By Secunder KermaniBBC News, Jalalabad bbc.com Every few days, bodies are dumped on the outskirts of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. Some have been shot or hanged, some beheaded. […]
State Dept, Pentagon are concealing Afghanistan data, says U.S. watchdog
This content was published on October 30, 2021 – 00:19October 30, 2021 – 00:19 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. government watchdog on Friday accused the State Department and Pentagon of suppressing information that lawmakers and the public need to understand the collapse of Afghanistan’s former government and military and the […]
Why the Hazara people fear genocide in Afghanistan
OPINIONOpinions|Human Rights With a long history of persecution, the Hazaras fear the worst under Taliban rule. Sitarah MohammadiSitarah Mohammadi is a former Hazara refugee from Afghanistan, who spent 2019 as […]