He Was Once a Covert Taliban Operative. Now He’s the Friendly Taxman.
Abdul Qahar Ghorbandi, head of Afghanistan’s Taxpayers Services Directorate, has the hard job of raising money in an ...
Mutiny brewing within Afghan Taliban? Sirajuddin Haqqani quits amid rift with Supreme Leader Akhundzada due to...
Sirajuddin Haqqani, the chief of the powerful Haqqani network which is part of the Afghan Taliban-led ruling regime in ...
Afghan family arrives in California after leaving Taliban-run Afghanistan
When the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 2021, Mohammad Osmani worried about his family's safety because he had worked with ...
Editorials on Voice of America3d
Pressure Must Be Kept on the Taliban
"The Taliban’s repressive policies and Afghanistan’s struggling economy are drivers of human displacement, which strains the ...
'Focus On Resolving Your Own Security Problems': Taliban Reject Pakistan's Claim Of Afghanistan Link To Jaffar Express Hijack
Rejecting Pakistan’s claims, Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spokesperson for Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that ...
Taliban insist Afghan women’s rights are protected as UN says their bans cannot be ignored
The Taliban say Afghan women live in security with their rights protected. Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in ...
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Afghans who helped Americans fear Taliban retribution after U.S. suspends refugee program
Some 200,000 Afghans left behind during the 2021 U.S. withdrawal are now left in further limbo by the Trump administration’s refugee program suspension. Many fought alongside the U.S. and received ...
The history of the Taliban is crucial in understanding their success now – and also what might happen next
One of the keys to the Taliban success was they offered an alternative. They said, “Look, the mujahedeen fought heroically to liberate your country but have now turned it into a war zone. We offer ...
The Advocate6d
Hunted by the Taliban, a family finally finds refuge in Louisiana: 'This is freedom'
After living in hiding from the Taliban for years, an Afghan prosecutor, her husband and two children finally escaped to ...
City taxpayer dollars fund group whose youth instructor appeared to praise the Taliban
Baltimore City taxpayer dollars fund an organization that uses a youth instructor who appeared to praise the Taliban and celebrate terrorist attacks in Israel.
The Diplomat11d
The Taliban-US Deal 5 Years Ago Remade Afghanistan. Was It Worth the Cost?
A call from Helmand on February 29, 2020, underscored the shock and uncertainty felt in Afghanistan over the deal.
Taliban rejects Trump's claims about Chinese presence at airfield
In an interview with Afghanistan's state-run television RTA, released Sunday, the Taliban government’s chief spokesman ...