Amir Daftari is a Newsweek reporter based in London, specializing in global affairs with a focus on the Middle East. He joined Newsweek in 2024 from the United Nations and has previously worked at ...

The region has served as a transit area for Taliban and al Qaeda fighters infiltrating from Pakistan ... We grieve each death and mourn with their families. Each loss, whether from our force or the ...

That is the narrative promoted by the Afghanistan-based branch of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group as it looks to recruit belligerent Taliban fighters into its ranks. To lure Taliban ...

It seems unlikely that many fighters would abandon the Taliban for the Islamic State, whose religious and political views are anathema to Afghans. But nearly four decades of war have ...

With the nearest Taliban positions just half a mile away, the atmosphere is understandably tense. And I'm grateful for the psychological reassurance my bulky bulletproof vest provides. The general ...

Najia was at home with her three young sons and daughter in a small village in northern Afghanistan when Taliban fighters knocked ... tears left in my eyes to mourn. We have been in mourning ...

The Taliban said Tuesday their security forces had killed at least eight fighters from an armed opposition group in northern Afghanistan. The fighting, about 120 kilometers north Kabul in Parwan ...

In the afternoon of Aug. 15, 2021, the day the U.S.-backed Afghan government fell, a young Taliban fighter strutted into Kabul, basking in victory in a war he had dedicated half of his life to.