Tag
Taliban regime

October 18, 2022
Taliban Killed Captives in Restive Afghan Province: Report
By Rizat Butt
There is clear evidence of the Taliban carrying out an “orchestrated purge" of resistance fighters in Panjshir Valley.

October 17, 2022
India, the Taliban, and the Country In Between
By Don McLain Gill
The India-Taliban-Pakistan triangle provides a window into the Taliban’s desire to pursue both material and ideological interests.

August 03, 2022
US Strike Shows Afghanistan Still Terror Base
By Aamer Madhani, Zeke Miller, Nomaan Merchant, and Lolita C. Baldor
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.

June 03, 2022
Taliban Faces Threat From Islamic State, New Resistance
By Edith M. Lederer
A new U.N. report says that with the onset of better weather, violence in Afghanistan could increase as anti-Taliban groups escalate operations.

May 25, 2022
Taliban Say Deal Signed With UAE Firm to Manage Airports
By Rahim Faiez
However, the deal left more questions than answers, as Qatar and Turkey were in line to run the airports.

May 09, 2022
Taliban Divisions Deepen as Afghan Women Defy Veil Edict
By Kathy Gannon
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.

April 18, 2022
Pakistan Warns Afghanistan Not to Shelter Militants
By Kathy Gannon
Militant attacks in Pakistan have grown since the Taliban came to power last year.

April 13, 2022
China’s Embrace of the Taliban Complicates US Afghanistan Strategy
By Zane Zovak
China’s willingness to partner with the Taliban undermines American efforts to influence the extremist group’s behavior through pressure campaigns and sanctions.

March 18, 2022
Taliban Detain Journalists Over Report on TV Show Censoring
By Kathy Gannon
Afghanistan's new rulers didn't like a story TOLO TV aired on their decision to ban foreign drama series from being shown on local television.

February 22, 2022
India Sends Wheat to Afghanistan After Deal With Pakistan
By Associated Press
Afghan trucks are ferrying some 50,000 tons of wheat and medicines overland via Pakistan.

February 15, 2022
Afghanistan Under the Taliban: Tense Present, Bleak Future
By Kathy Gannon
Six months after the Taliban returned to power, Afghans are safer, poorer, and less hopeful.

February 09, 2022
New COVID-19 Wave Batters Afghanistan’s Crumbling Health Care
By Kathy Gannon
Nearly half the samples in public laboratories in Afghanistan between January 30 and February 5 tested positive for COVID-19.