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Terrorism in Afghanistan

August 01, 2022
Justine Fleischner on the State of Afghanistan After 1 Year of Taliban Rule
By Catherine Putz
A year after the Taliban retook Afghanistan, economic collapse, human rights abuses, and terrorist threats loom large.

May 13, 2020
Militants Storm Maternity Clinic in Afghan Capital, Kill 14
By Associated Press
Police engaged in an hours-long shootout after militants stormed a maternity hospital in western Kabul.

July 02, 2019
Taliban Bombing Kills 6, Wounds Scores in Downtown Kabul
By Amir Shah and Kathy Gannon
The attacks represent an escalation amid ongoing U.S. talks with the Taliban.

September 05, 2018
Taliban Announce Death of Jalaluddin Haqqani, Founder of the Haqqani Network
By Ankit Panda
The Haqqani Network's founder is dead.

January 25, 2017
Security Sector Reform: Long Overdue in Afghanistan
By Samim Arif
Afghanistan’s failure to bring reform to its security apparatus is long overdue for a fix.

January 23, 2017
A Russian Volte Face on South Asia
By Harsh V. Pant
Has Russia changed its tune on Afghanistan and Pakistan for good?

November 15, 2016
Islamic State Khorasan Province: Pakistan’s New Foreign Policy Tool?
By Khyber Sarban
ISKP is nothing but Pakistan’s new terror syndicate to prolong the war in Afghanistan under the banner of ISIS.

July 28, 2016
Speaking to an Afghan Disciple of the Caliphate
By Franz J. Marty
An interview with a commander of the self-declared Islamic State in Afghanistan

January 21, 2016
Terror in Afghanistan and Pakistan Underlines Importance of Trust, Peace Talks
By Sanjay Kumar
Two horrifying terror attacks on the same day demonstrate that current strategy against the Taliban isn't working. Time to do something about it.

September 16, 2015
India and Afghanistan: A Growing Partnership
By M. Ashraf Haidari
Historically close, ties today are being driven forward by many shared interests.

August 03, 2015
Will Mullah Omar's Death Change the Taliban?
By Sanjay Kumar
Anand Gopal, a veteran journalist who embedded with the Taliban, speaks with The Diplomat about Mullah Omar's death.

May 29, 2015
Terrorizing Afghanistan in the Name of Islam
By M. Ashraf Haidari
Has a shared religion helped Afghanistan in its dealings with the Muslim world?
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