Kabul mosque attack: ‘Many casualties feared’
View of Kabul, 2019 A huge explosion has ripped through a mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul, police say. The blast is thought to have occurred during evening prayers, killing […]
Afghan contractors: ‘I wish I’d never worked for the UK government’
By Yogita LimayeBBC News, Kabul Published 22 minutes ago In a nondescript white plastic bag, Ammar carried a clutch of papers that are among his most precious belongings right now. […]
The Taliban a year on: imposing misery, exporting instability
BARIA ALAMUDDIN August 15, 2022 Short Url During their first year in power the Taliban have presided over one of the fastest declines of any nation in history. Not only […]
The librarian who defied the Taliban
Published1 day ago bbc.com Wahida Amiri worked as an ordinary librarian before the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan last August. But when the militants started to strip women of their rights, […]
A year after US exit from Afghanistan, Biden strives to find footing
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON AUG 09, 2022 – DAILY SABAH U.S. President Joe Biden looks down after speaking, during a briefing about a counterterrorism operation that killed al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, […]
The killing of Zawahiri: A desperate need for a foreign policy success
Aug 08,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Amer Al Sabaileh The killing of the leader of Al Qaeda, Ayman Al Zawahiri this week is not a surprise. His health has been […]
The Courageous Women of Kabul Standing Up to the Taliban’s Burqa Decree
The Courageous Women of Kabul Standing Up to the Taliban’s Burqa Decree Despite the Taliban’s grip on power and recently introduced requirement that women cover themselves, some refuse to be […]
No Man’s Land A Journey To an Afghan Region Where the Taliban’s Grip Hasn’t Taken Hold
For a decade and a half, the forested and rugged region of Nuristan was Afghanistan’s most inaccessible province, a bastion of al-Qaida and the Islamic State. A team of DER […]
Taliban crackdown on rights is ‘suffocating’ women: Amnesty
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD JUL 27, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Afghan women chant and hold signs of protest during a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 26, 2022. (AP Photo) The lives […]
Voices from Afghanistan
Masom Jan Masomy With the Taliban coming to power, the regional countries except India have increased their political, economic and security contacts with the Taliban. One of the fears was […]
UN human rights chief decries suppression of women in Afghanistan
BY AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE – AFP GENEVA JUN 15, 2022 – An Afghan girl reads a book inside her home in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 13, 2022. (Reuters Photo) The United Nations human […]
Wars don’t end for abandoned American allies
CONGRESS BLOG BY JOSEPH M. AZAM, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR – 06/03/22 Hours after the last C-17 transport jet departed Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport last Aug. 31, President Joe Biden addressed the nation […]
The West has a hand in Afghanistan’s bleak state
Analysis by Ishaan TharoorColumnist June 1, 2022 You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe, interesting ideas and […]
TTP peace talks
TTP peace talks Editorial Published May 20, 2022 – ANOTHER attempt to sue for peace with the outlawed TTP is being made, again facilitated by the Afghan Taliban that rule Kabul. According to a spokesman of the Afghan Taliban, there has been “significant progress” in talks between the government and the TTP […]
Afghanistan: The secret girls school defying the Taliban
By Secunder KermaniBBC News, Kabu Published11 hours ago Hidden away in a residential neighbourhood is one of Afghanistan’s new “secret” schools – a small but powerful act of defiance against […]
Taliban shut down Afghan human rights body
Taliban shut down Afghan human rights body AFP Published May 18, 2022 KABUL: Taliban authorities on Tuesday said they had dissolved Afghanistan’s independent human rights commission as it was “not considered necessary”. Since the Taliban seized power last August, they have closed several bodies that protected the freedoms of Afghans, including the […]
The Last Way Out of Afghanistan
Escaping the Taliban The Last Way Out of Afghanistan Every day, thousands of people are fleeing the Taliban through the last open route out of Afghanistan. It’s their last hope […]
OIC has key role to play in Afghan girls’ future
MAHA AKEEL April 27, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/rtt2f Afghanistan’s schoolgirls suffered a heartbreaking moment last month, when the Taliban reneged on their decision to allow them to return to school […]
Taliban’s broken promises leave Afghanistan’s girls and women in despair
Afghan women protest outside the Ministry of Education. (AFP file photo) Short Url https://arab.news/jjuef REBECCA ANNE PROCTOR April 22, 2022 Continued ban on girls’ secondary education among other repressive steps […]
Iran calls terrorist attacks in different Afghan cities ‘disgusting’
Politics April 22, 2022 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has expressed Tehran’s deep concern over repeated bitter terrorist attacks in different cities in Afghanistan. […]