Ethnomusicologist Richard Wolf has been contemplating the rupture between two countries in his a film about poet-singers in Tajikistan and in Afghanistan.
British army to cut armored vehicles acquired for war in Afghanistan
July 13 (UPI) –The British army intends to cull massive armored trucks using during the war in Afghanistan because, officials say, they have no practical purpose now, a plan revealed this month …
Pompeo spoke with Russia’s Lavrov about Afghanistan – U.S. State Department
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the situation in Afghanistan with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday, the U.S. State Department said, following media reports Russia offered …
Dozens die in wave of Taliban attacks in northern Afghanistan
July 13 (UPI) –The Taliban led a wave of attacks Sunday and Monday through northern Afghanistan killing dozens of security force members in the latest sign of the breakdown in peace talks between the …
Taliban Stage a Major Attack, as Violence Intensifies in Northern Afghanistan
A squad of insurgents detonated a car bomb at the entrance of the Afghan intelligence headquarters in Aybak, and then stormed the offices in a sustained gun battle.
Taliban bomber, battle kill at least 9 in north Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – A Taliban suicide car bomber struck Monday in northern Afghanistan, setting off a gunbattle between insurgents and government forces that killed at least nine people and …
Pakistan says it will restore Afghanistan’s exports through Wagah border from Wednesday
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Monday that it will restore Afghanistan’s exports through the Wagah border with India from Wednesday at the special request of Kabul and to faciliate Afghan Transit Trade.
Taliban clashes internally over Afghanistan’s future
In talks in Doha and in Kabul, the Taliban’s leaders have struck a conciliatory tone: Issues of human rights, democracy and power sharing are open for discussion, they said, and will be worked out …
Within the Taliban, clashing views of Afghanistan’s future
Taliban commanders and fighters in eastern Afghanistan speak not of peace but of toppling the Afghan government in Kabul, and they boast of a hard-fought “military victory” over American forces in the …
Why there’s not much the US can do in response to reports of Russian bounties on US troops in Afghanistan
Because of the lack of certainty and the polarization of US politics, a substantive reaction to the alleged bounties likely isn’t forthcoming.