The impact of Chinese investment in Afghanistan is far reaching and has significant implications for the country and the region as a whole. Infrastructure development will help improve the Afghan …
State Department offers to share classified dissent cable on Afghanistan withdrawal with key lawmakers
The cable was written by 23 of the department’s employees in Kabul, Afghanistan, and according to the Wall Street Journal, warned that Kabul would fall after the Biden administration’s planned …
Afghanistan’s exports surpass $1800 million mark
Afghanistan’s exports jumped 70 percent and reached $1,865 million last year, the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment said on Sunday. Mohammad Younis Momand, first deputy of the chamber, …
Jennifer Lawrence’s secret filming in Afghanistan
The Oscar-winning actress speaks to the BBC ahead of the premiere of her documentary on Afghanistan’s women.
Maine veterinarian brings life-saving skills and training to Afghanistan
Working under Taliban rule the last two years, Susan Chadima of Topsham has continued to train Afghan veterinarians and care for animals in a culture ‘vastly different than ours.’ …
After Marine’s Testimony, Republicans Seek Answers from Pentagon on Bombing During Afghanistan Withdrawal
Top House lawmakers want the Pentagon to give more details on the lead-up to a suicide bombing outside Afghanistan’s Kabul airport in 2021 that killed 13 U.S. troops.
Cannes: Behind the Jennifer Lawrence-Produced Doc ‘Bread and Roses’ About Women in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan
In August 2021, the fall of Kabul was seen in news coverage taking place in real time, as the Taliban took hold of Afghanistan’s capital only a few days after the American armed forces pulled out of …
Zelensky links Russian invasion to Iraq and Afghanistan wars in appeal to Arab world
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Arab leaders to back Kyiv while tying Russia’s invasion to a history of “long-term wars” that include Western military interventions in Afghanistan and …
Cori Bush’s $14 trillion reparations proposal would equal nearly 7 Afghanistan wars in spending
Missouri Democratic Rep. Cori Bush’s reparations proposal, which would carry a price tag of $14 trillion, would cost nearly seven times the amount of the Afghanistan war.
Taliban regain control of Afghanistan after 20 years
The war in Afghanistan “is over,” a spokesman for the Taliban’s political office announced, adding that “soon” it will be clear what kind of government there will be under the Taliban 20 …