Reports suggest Al-Qaeda is regaining foothold in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. Learn about the resurgence and its implications.
She secretly educated herself to escape Afghanistan. Now, she’s working to help women still there
She secretly educated herself to escape Afghanistan. Now, she’s working to help women still there …
How the Taliban’s return made Afghanistan a hub for global jihadis
Less than a year after the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan following the US’s chaotic 2021 withdrawal, President Joe Biden vowed the country that once harboured Osama bin Laden would “never again …
Barren fields and empty stomachs: Afghanistan’s long, punishing drought
Those who remain pick apart the abandoned homes and burn the bits for firewood. They speak of the lushness that once blessed this corner of southwestern Afghanistan. Now, it’s parched as far as the …
Humanitarian Needs in Afghanistan Improve Slightly, Millions Still in Crisis
“In Afghanistan, a fragile progress has tenuously stabilized conditions, reducing immediate needs,” the U.N. Global Humanitarian Overview 2024 states. The reported decrease in humanitarian needs has …
For Medal of Honor Day, recipient recounts tackling suicide bomber in Afghanistan to protect Army ‘brothers’
Ret. U.S. Army Capt. Flo Groberg received the Medal of Honor in 2015 for his courageous actions in the face of terrorism in Afghanistan. The veteran shares his story of heroism and recovery.
Lucas: General disaster: Testimony on Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal too little, too late
A U.S. general out of uniform is like an actor without a job. That is one takeaway from the appearance of the top two U.S. generals, now retired, who oversaw Joe Biden’s disastrous pullout from …
Police destroy poppy farms in north Afghanistan
Afghan counter-narcotics police have smashed poppy farms on 200 acres of land in north Afghanistan”s Balkh province over the past two months, provincial police chief Abdul Razaq Rashed said on Monday …
Attack in Moscow a ‘very dangerous echo’ of Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal: Sen. Cotton
Sen. Tom Cotton said the attack on Russia at a concert venue that left more than 130 people dead is a “dangerous echo of President Biden’s failed withdrawal from Afghanistan.” …
Pakistan delegation to arrive in Afghanistan today for trade talks
Pakistan and Afghanistan are set to hold trade talks as a Pakistani commerce ministry delegation is scheduled to arrive in the Afghan capital Kabul today (Monday), to remove obstacles in transit and …