The Economist2d
Pakistan is furious with the Afghan Taliban
Instead, the powerful unelected generals who run Pakistan have mostly received a middle finger. In December, 16 Pakistani ...
Turkey ends former Afghan government’s diplomatic tenure, paving way for Taliban-appointed mission
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has terminated the mission of diplomats appointed by Afghanistan’s former pro-Western government ...
Ex-USAID hits back at allegation agency gave condoms to Taliban
Andrew Natsios, head of USAID during the George W. Bush administration, joins CNN’s Jake Tapper to discuss President Donald ...
Taliban raids and suspends Afghanistan’s only nationwide women’s radio station
The Taliban suspended the operation of Afghanistan’s only women’s radio station after raiding its premises on Tuesday, ...
CNN anchor stunned by Republican’s wild claim that US spent ‘$15 million for condoms for the Taliban’
Are you conflating things? Are you talking about the $50 million that was supposedly meant for condoms in Gaza? Are you ...
The Diplomat18h
Iran’s Taliban Charm Offensive
Tehran’s growing engagement with Kabul underscores a calculated effort to navigate its own economic and geopolitical ...
A Taliban highway could lead to the future. But it’s stuck in the past.
Taliban officials have a plan to turn one of the country’s most remote corners into a global trade hub by linking the Afghan ...
Taliban using abandoned U.S. weapons in Afghanistan
More than three years after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the country's new leaders insist they have improved ...
The National Interest6d
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.
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban vow to stay united despite "enemy" bids to cause rifts
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers will stay united despite enemies' efforts to create divisions among the movement's leaders and ...
Taliban Warns Rubio Over Bounty Threat for Detained Americans
A Taliban envoy cautioned U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio against rising tensions with threats of bounties on Afghan leaders.
CNN3d
Taliban raids and suspends Afghanistan’s only nationwide women’s radio station
The Taliban suspended the operation of Afghanistan’s only nationwide women’s radio station after raiding its premises on Tuesday, deepening the exclusion of women from public life and society ...