Taliban

Fundamental to the Taliban’s vicious pursuit of power is the strategic use of corruption and kleptocracy. 

An unending refugee and humanitarian crisis the world seems to have forgotten.

Resolving the complex issues that Afghans face demands more than just external envoy efforts. It necessitates direct engagement with the people of Afghanistan. 

Tajikistan is the strongest critic of the Taliban in Central Asia and continues to host dialogues featuring a diversity of Afghan voices.

The hardliners within the Taliban have consolidated their position, and the specter of the group’s implosion seems improbable in the near term. 

The talks in the Russian city of Kazan came as Moscow is trying to maintain its influence in Central Asia even as it wages war on Ukraine.

Two years after the Taliban’s reconquest, rates of poverty and malnutrition have skyrocketed among the country’s young.

The Federation of Afghan Journalists in Exile reports that the return of the Taliban has led to a substantial reduction in activity among Afghanistan’s once-vibrant media.

None of Washington’s errors in Afghanistan was greater in scope than the peace agreement signed with the Taliban in February 2020.

Ultimately, the Taliban exploit the good intentions of the U.N. and other donors whose main interest is seeing at least some aid get to the Afghan people, even if the Taliban get to claim credit. 

"Getting into another warlike situation with the Taliban is unlikely to improve the plight of ordinary Afghans or the nature of Afghanistan’s reality today."

"I am the only supporter of my three daughters and a jobless husband and this beauty salon is the only source of income for my family," one salon owner said, highlighting the impact of the new decree.