By bnm Gulf bureau Israel’s military strikes on Iran and now Tehran’s knee-jerk expulsion of Afghan residents have created a ...

As President Donald Trump floats "regime change" in Tehran, previous U.S. attempts to remake the Middle East by force in ...

Influencers boost one another’s content, tag diplomats, appear on one another’s Twitter Spaces, and push traffic to Taliban-friendly outlets to shape media narratives for the Taliban.

Providing humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people has been a tool used by India for both opposing the Taliban in the ...

Past foreign-led efforts to bring about regime change in the Middle East have all too often unleashed instability, extremism, ...

As President Donald Trump floats “regime change” in Tehran, previous U.S. attempts to remake the Middle East by force in ...

As President Donald Trump floats “regime change” in Tehran, previous U.S. attempts to remake the Middle East by force in ...

In Kandahar and beyond, there is likely to be lingering skepticism of Pakistan’s motives in Afghanistan. The Taliban has a long and complex history with Pakistan’s intelligence service, which ...

Unlike its brutal regime in the 1990s, the current Taliban government has imposed censorship gradually. It suppressed dissent by targeting various segments of the Afghan society.

Since retaking power, the Taliban has banned certain music, barred women from parks, and now outlawed chess. Authoritarians don’t just crush dissent—they criminalize joy.

Since retaking power, the Taliban has banned certain music, barred women from parks, and now outlawed chess. Authoritarians don’t just crush dissent—they criminalize joy.

As President Donald Trump floats the idea of "regime change" in Tehran, previous US attempts to remake the Middle East by ...