How Afghan women are fighting a brutal Taliban regime where even looking out of the window is banned
Women in Afghanistan are living in one of the cruellest regimes on earth. But a movement is stirring at a grassroots level, ...
He Was Once a Covert Taliban Operative. Now He’s the Friendly Taxman.
Abdul Qahar Ghorbandi, head of Afghanistan’s Taxpayers Services Directorate, has the hard job of raising money in an ...
In their own words: Spend a day with Afghan women living under Taliban rule
The BBC spends the day with women across Afghanistan to understand what their lives look like under the Taliban government.
The history of the Taliban is crucial in understanding their success now – and also what might happen next
One of the keys to the Taliban success was they offered an alternative. They said, “Look, the mujahedeen fought heroically to liberate your country but have now turned it into a war zone. We offer ...
Afghan women forced to make do with AI friends ‘to give yourself fake hope’ under oppressive Taliban rule
Women in Afghanistan have been forced to turn to artificial intelligence for friendship after the Taliban government ...
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Pressure Must Be Kept on the Taliban
"The Taliban’s repressive policies and Afghanistan’s struggling economy are drivers of human displacement, which strains the ...
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From Taliban prisoner to hometown hero: Ryan Corbett’s emotional homecoming after 893 days in captivity
That's how long Ryan Corbett of Livingston County was held prisoner by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Corbett returned to U.S.
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Hunted by the Taliban, a family finally finds refuge in Louisiana: 'This is freedom'
After living in hiding from the Taliban for years, an Afghan prosecutor, her husband and two children finally escaped to ...
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Afghans who helped Americans fear Taliban retribution after U.S. suspends refugee program
Some 200,000 Afghans left behind during the 2021 U.S. withdrawal are now left in further limbo by the Trump administration’s refugee program suspension. Many fought alongside the U.S. and received ...
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The Taliban-US Deal 5 Years Ago Remade Afghanistan. Was It Worth the Cost?
A call from Helmand on February 29, 2020, underscored the shock and uncertainty felt in Afghanistan over the deal.
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Lawmakers Call on Trump Administration To End Biden-Era Afghan Aid Programs Sending Billions to the Taliban
“Legend,” who was of Afghan descent, discovered the Taliban’s scheme. “People don’t realize that we are sending billions and billions of dollars to Afghanistan — a country we have pulled out of — ...
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Afghanistan: Top UN envoy calls for ‘a moment of realism’, as Taliban’s isolation grows
The top UN envoy for Afghanistan on Monday underscored the need for realistic engagement with the country as humanitarian and ...