Observations from Taliban’s Afghanistan
BY NAGEHAN ALÇI OCT 27, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Begging women wait to receive alms in front of a bakery shop in Parwan province north of Kabul, Afghanistan, May 19, […]
Every Afghan girl deserves a place in school
GORDON BROWN AND YASMINE SHERIF October 21, 2022 Short Url Thousands of women and girls have taken to the streets of Afghanistan’s cities to protest the repeated violation of their right to […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
6M Aghans at risk of famine, UN warns amid growing crises
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS AUG 30, 2022 – DAILY SABAH A family eat lunch in their home in one of Kabul’s poor neighborhoods in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 21, 2022.(AP Photo) RECOMMENDED Pakistan faces more deluges, deaths after crossing grim mark PAKISTAN Warning that Afghanistan faces deepening poverty with 6 million […]
Testimony to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom
Religious Freedom in Afghanistan: One Year Since the Taliban Takeover By Fereshta Abbasi, Human Rights WatchAugust 24, 2022 Thank you for inviting me to testify at this important hearing and […]
Afghanistan, the US and Taliban: A story of injustice, terror and vested interests
26th August 2022 Ata-ul-Haye Nasir, Al Hakam 9/11 and its background 11 September 2001, a day that brought a drastic change on the world stage, as it shook the world in […]
Did the Afghan failure lead to the Ukraine war?
Aug 27,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Carl Bildt STOCKHOLM — Why did the West’s Afghanistan policy fail so spectacularly? Was it doomed from the very beginning, and have any lessons been learned? More to the point, did the end of one 20-year war pave the way for another? One year […]
Muslim World Asked to Voice for Afghan Women’s Rights
Saturday 27 Aug 2022 05:00 WIB Rep: Umar Mukhtar/ Red: Agung Sasongko X Afghan women wait to receive food rations distributed by a Saudi humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, […]
Return to the dark ages
Return to the dark ages Zahid Hussain Published August 11, 2022 dawn.com 1×1.2×1.5x IT is a year since the Taliban stormed Kabul to retake control of Afghanistan some two decades after the conservative Islamic […]
Daughter of War: My escape from Kabul to Islamabad
Daughter of War: My escape from Kabul to Islamabad “Never come back here to Afghanistan,” my mother keeps telling me. Anonymous Published August 15, 20221×1.2×1.5x The story below is a true account […]
From Kabul and beyond, a year of Taliban rule in Afghanistan
By Lyse DoucetChief international correspondent, Kabul bbc.com When you arrive at Kabul International Airport, the first thing you notice is the women, clothed in brown scarves and black cloaks, stamping […]