The Taliban take over Afghanistan’s only luxury hotel, more than a decade after attacking it
The Taliban are taking over the operations of Afghanistan's only luxury hotel, more than a decade after launching a deadly ...
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Cash-keen Taliban betting on Afghanistan's mines
A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of ...
Afghanistan's female cricketers reunite for a match after 3 years in exile due to Taliban ban
Cricketer Firooza Amiri says her team will "represent millions of women in Afghanistan who are denied their rights” when the ...
Americans freed in Afghanistan-U.S. prisoner swap, Taliban says
Americans Ryan Corbett and William W. McKenty III were freed, their families said. The Taliban said Khan Mohammed, an Afghan ...
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Two Americans held in Afghanistan traded for Taliban prisoner in final Biden deal delayed until Trump took office
In the very last hours of President Joe Biden’s time in office, a prisoner exchange years in the making was finally struck: ...
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Taliban at the Helm: Afghanistan’s Foreign Aid Crisis
How can the international community ensure that aid reaches the needy without empowering the Taliban or helping them ...
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Trump 2.0 and the Taliban’s Afghanistan
Afghanistan, now under the Taliban, is no longer a conflict begging to be solved with a deal. It needs a more nuanced ...
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The Taliban Is Selling America’s Lost Afghanistan Arsenal
Given the Taliban’s contacts during their twenty-year insurgency, it should come as little surprise that American weapons are ending up in the hands of the world’s worst rogues’ gallery.
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Taliban say 2 Americans held in Afghanistan were freed in a prisoner exchange
Afghanistan’s Taliban government has announced the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange ISLAMABAD -- A prisoner ...
The Taliban say a Chinese national has been killed in northeastern Afghanistan
An Afghan police official says a Chinese citizen has been killed in the country's northeast. The killing of foreigners is ...
Taliban ambassador warns Rubio against bounty threat over Americans detained in Afghanistan
A Taliban ambassador is warning new U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio against making threats after he said he would place bounties on Afghanistan’s rulers for their continued detention of U.S. natio ...
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The resurgence of the Taliban in Pakistan
The Pakistani Taliban has been growing in power and ambition since its ally across the border retook control of Afghanistan in 2021. In recent months, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP ...