Taliban
The Taliban Comes Out Against Nepo Babies
Afghanistan’s fundamentalist leader has instructed Taliban officials to sack their sons and other relatives from government posts, and rehire people from outside the family tree.
Afghan Women Call Out BBC Investigation Into ‘False Footballers’ Fleeing Taliban
The BBC report said 13 women who weren’t top players were evacuated alongside Afghan women footballers in 2021. But team members have described the investigation as “sad,” and said they felt attacked.
This Is The Dystopian Reality Of Being a Woman in Afghanistan Right Now
A mother-of-two living under Taliban rule tells VICE World News she feels like a “prisoner” inside her own home.
ISIS-K Is Waging a New War in Afghanistan—This Time Against China
The Afghanistan arm of the Islamic State is targeting Chinese nationals in a bid to “avenge” Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.
Taliban Bureaucrats Hate Working Online All Day, ‘Miss the Days of Jihad’
Interviews with five former Taliban fighters reveal the crushing ennui of office life in the big city.
Pakistani Taliban Claim Mosque Bombing That Killed Dozens of Cops
The Afghan Taliban condemned the mosque bombing calling it a “heinous terrorist attack.”
Assailants Shoot Dead 30-Year-Old Female Afghan Politician in Her Home
Mursal Nabizada, a vocal Taliban critic, is the first legislator with the previous US-backed government to have been killed under the Taliban regime.
The Afghan Commander Who Was Left Behind
Thousands of Afghan forces were abandoned by the U.S. One commander looks back.
Why Did the Taliban Welcome This Woman to Afghanistan With Big Smiles?
Analysts say Pakistan made a power move by sending a female minister to talk shop with the all-men government of Afghanistan.
The Taliban Is Flogging People In Football Stadiums For ‘Adultery and Gay Sex’
The public punishments have come a week after the Islamist group announced it will be “implementing Sharia Law” in full force across Afghanistan.
‘Pablo Escobar of Heroin’ Released in US Prisoner Exchange
Afghan drug lord Bashir Noorzai was given a hero’s welcome by the Taliban after a prisoner swap that saw US hostage Mark Frerichs freed.
Watch the Taliban Crash a Black Hawk Helicopter in Afghanistan
The U.S. left behind a wealth of military equipment when it left Afghanistan. That doesn’t mean the Taliban knows how to use it.