Afghan Taliban

Taliban goes for the kill in Panjshir with ISI Chief in command

<p> <strong>Fahim Dashti, a spokesman of Ahmad Massoud’s National Resistance Front (NRF) was killed in fighting in Panjshir province on…

3 years ago

Afghanistan under Taliban is ‘a country without artists’ – Sahraa Karimi

<p> <strong>Over the weekend, the ongoing Venice Film Festival saw concern voiced by artists about the situation in Afghanistan following its…

3 years ago

Desperate Taliban knocks on UN door for aid as starvation looms in Afghanistan

<p> <strong>Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the front-runner for the top job in Taliban government, and his colleagues met the U.N.…

3 years ago

Why is Africa worried about the Taliban’s Triumph in Afghanistan?

<p> <strong>Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan has many African nations worried about its likely impact on the terrorism in Africa. When…

3 years ago

Hamid Karzai urges end to fighting between Panjshir resistance and a fractured Taliban

<p> As fighting between the resistance front mounted from the Panjshir valley and the Taliban rages on, former Afghan President…

3 years ago

Will the EU create its own military force after the Afghan debacle?

<p> The Afghan debacle is forcing the European Union (EU) towards introspection. The West's 20-year presence in Afghanistan, which was…

3 years ago

250 Afghan women judges who jailed militants fear for their lives as Taliban has freed prisoners

<p> As many as 250 women judges in Afghanistan fear their lives are in danger from militants they had sentenced…

3 years ago

Fierce battle rages as Panjshir fighters repulse Taliban attack

<p> Even as Taliban leaders in Kabul are working to form a government, fierce fighting is still raging in the…

3 years ago

Dragon Dreams: How China is Trying to Take Advantage of Taliban’s Takeover of Afghanistan

<p> <strong>A report by Brookings, a think tank is predicting  how <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/08/18/how-will-china-seek-to-profit-from-the-talibans-takeover-in-afghanistan/">America’s withdrawal</a> from Afghanistan will impact China’s regional…

3 years ago

Tajikistan confers highest awards to resistance icons Ahmad Shah Massoud and Burhanuddin Rabbani

<p> On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of state independence of the Republic of Tajikistan, the President  Emomali Rahmon…

3 years ago

American military hardware abandoned in Afghanistan surfaces in Iran

<p> Photographs tweeted by General Bismillah Mohammadi, the defence minister in Ashraf Ghani's government, of military vehicles belonging to the…

3 years ago

US to go hard at ISIS-K, the group responsible for deadly Kabul airport attack

<p> <strong>The US has announced that it will go hard against ISIS-K, the terror group, which has claimed responsibility for…

3 years ago

Taliban rejects Panjshir Talks, vows to fight Massoud’s forces and crush resistance

<p> <strong>It is official - the Taliban has said that reconciliation talks with the Northern Alliance or National Resistance Force…

3 years ago

Rigid Taliban frustrates Govt over intra-Afghan talks

The way intra-Afghan peace talks are proceeding, it would have been amusing but for the unending bloodshed. Even as the…

4 years ago