Afghans Hold Rare Public Protests Against Taliban Rules

The United Nations said it was “deeply concerned” about the arrests of dozens of women, and reported that two people were ...
The Diplomat

Do the Taliban Have a Foreign Policy?

In mid-August, the Taliban marked the fourth anniversary of their ascension to power in Afghanistan. During this period, the movement has maintained control over Afghanistan and succeeded in ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Communications Restored In Afghanistan After 2-Day Blackout

The Taliban has imposed a nationwide telecommunications shutdown in Afghanistan, cutting off Internet and mobile networks. The blackout has disrupted flights, banking, e-commerce, online jobs, and ...
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Trump wants Bagram back. Satellite images show how the Taliban are using it

For two decades, Bagram Airfield was the nerve center of the U.S.-led counterterrorism campaign across Afghanistan and the main hub for Special Operations troops. August 2021 But as U.S. forces were ...
The Diplomat

Why Is Tajikistan Recalibrating Its Approach Toward the Taliban?

Charting the Future of the Indonesian Military’s Involvement in Counterterrorism A high-level Tajik delegation visited Kabul this week for the first time since the Taliban took control of ...
CNN

Taliban minister confronted by rare challenge on trip abroad: women journalists

Three days after being excluded from a press conference fronted by Taliban’s foreign minister in India, women journalists took their seats in a powerful show of force to question him about the ...
EurekAlert!

Taliban “maintaining a balancing act” in relationships with other local jihadi groups, study shows

Taliban leaders have chosen to maintain a delicate balancing act in their relationships with other local violent jihadi groups since taking power in Afghanistan, new research shows. Relationships ...
Human Rights Watch

Taliban’s Internet Ban Further Silences Afghan Women, Girls

Last week, the Taliban ordered an internet ban across several of Afghanistan’s northern provinces. On September 30, they fully shut down the internet, both mobile and fibre optic, nationwide. The ...
Long War Journal

Taliban rejects US attempt to return to Afghanistan’s Bagram Air Base

Hurriyat Radio English, a Taliban media outlet, published this image rejecting a US return to Afghanistan. The Taliban immediately spurned US efforts to return to Bagram Air Base after President ...
CNN

‘They do not teach us what we need’: Inside the expansion of religious schools for girls across Afghanistan

“I want” – the girl stops herself – “I wanted to be a doctor in the future. But when the Taliban came to Afghanistan, all the doors of schools were closed.” Inside the Taliban-approved ...

The Women Running Businesses Under Taliban Rules

With secondary education and most jobs out of reach, thousands of Afghan women have turned to entrepreneurship as the only ...