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 ...
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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 ...
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.
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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.
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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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 ...
Thousands of mourners attend funeral of Taliban-linked cleric killed in Pakistan suicide blast
Pakistani authorities are offering a reward for information about a suicide bomber who attacked a mosque in the northwest and ...
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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 ...
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Blast at Taliban-linked Pakistani seminary kills six people, injures 20
A religious scholar is killed at the influential seminary. Does this signal a growing threat from the armed group ISKP?
Inside the women’s underground fightback against the brutal Taliban
In a country where even looking out the window is banned, women in Afghanistan are living in one of the most brutal regimes on earth. But a movement is stirring at a grassroots level, says Shabnam ...
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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 — ...