Taliban regime

The crisis unfolding in Afghanistan today is not just a repetition of history. It is an amplified version, with even fewer lifelines for an even larger group of suffering Afghans. 

The ISK is criticizing the Taliban for paying lip service to the Palestinian cause and shying away from sending its fighters to fight against Israel.

Two different teams are representing Afghanistan: the Taliban-approved team, and a team of diaspora athletes – including women – competing under the old flag.

Unlike the mid-1990s, Afghanistan under the Taliban has not become a hub of jihadists. However, the threat level has risen.

Fifty-four of the 80 edicts issued by the Taliban explicitly target women and girls and dismantle their rights.

At first, a Taliban victory in Afghanistan was considered synonymous with Pakistan’s victory. But disappointed hopes on both sides now have the neighbors at loggerheads.

Akhundzada has played a bigger role of late in directing domestic policy, including banning girls' education and role in public life.

Last week, they banned female Afghan staffers working for the UN from reporting for work.

“The Trump administration committed, and the Biden administration gave, everything the Taliban needed [to return to power] without getting anything in return.”

Without naming Taliban chief Akhundzada, Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani criticized his decision-making for “hurting the reputation" of the regime.

Instead of being supportive, Australia is taking away Afghans' only reason for happiness, an Afghan cricketer said.

Afghan society has always frowned upon women participating in sports, but unlike the Taliban, previous governments encouraged girls to play.

Women are vital for the delivery of lifesaving assistance in Afghanistan, and aid agencies are calling for a reversal of the ban on Afghan women working at NGOs.

The international community must prioritize evacuating and settling Afghanistan's embattled female population at the earliest possible opportunity.

The decision will hurt the regime’s efforts to win recognition from foreign governments and international donors.

The shelling has come at a time of mounting bilateral tensions over Pakistani border posts and Taliban sheltering anti-Pakistan militants.

The lashings came a day after Taliban authorities publicly executed a man.

There is clear evidence of the Taliban carrying out an “orchestrated purge" of resistance fighters in Panjshir Valley.

The India-Taliban-Pakistan triangle provides a window into the Taliban’s desire to pursue both material and ideological interests.

That al-Qaida chief al-Zawahiri was living in Kabul and not in rural Afghanistan shows the extent of protection he enjoyed from the Taliban regime.

A new U.N. report says that with the onset of better weather, violence in Afghanistan could increase as anti-Taliban groups escalate operations.

However, the deal left more questions than answers, as Qatar and Turkey were in line to run the airports.

Akhundzada’s hardline orders to impose the full burqa on women and keep them out of schools does not have the support of more pragmatic Taliban leaders.

Militant attacks in Pakistan have grown since the Taliban came to power last year.