Afghanistan: Opium prices soar after Taliban banned poppy farming, UN says traffickers earning 'massive profits'
Opium prices in Afghanistan have skyrocketed, nearing record highs and primarily benefiting large traffickers and organised ...
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Cutting Aid to Afghanistan Could Push Taliban Closer to Russia and China, Foreign Policy Expert Tells TML
A January 2025 SIGAR report emphasized that the Taliban—whom the US does not recognize as Afghanistan’s government and has ...
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 ...
TTP, BLA, ISK, Taliban: Will Pakistan succumb to 'Quad of terror'?
Pakistan is experiencing a severe security crisis, fighting four interconnected militant groups: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, ...
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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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Iran Is Moving Closer to Recognizing the Taliban
Despite their troubled history, Iran has pursued a pragmatic approach to relations with Afghanistan under the Taliban. But ...
Taliban insist Afghan women’s rights are protected as UN says their bans cannot be ignored
The Taliban say Afghan women live in security with their rights protected. Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in ...
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 ...
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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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Suicide bombing at Pakistan Islamic seminary kills six, including Taliban-linked cleric
A bomb blast at an Islamic seminary in northwestern Pakistan known as a historic training ground for the Afghan Taliban ...
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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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Ryan Corbett recounts harrowing Taliban captivity and lessons of faith and resilience
After more than two years of captivity in Afghanistan, Ryan Corbett was welcomed home by an overjoyed Dansville community.