Afghanistan

July 28, 2024

PREVIEW: ‘Hollywoodgate’ reveals the Taliban’s American bonanza

When the US and allied forces hastily left (or abandoned) Afghanistan after 20 years and the Taliban took power in...

June 27, 2024

The Afghans: Åsne Seierstad’s gripping depiction of life under Taliban rule

Review: The Afghans: Three Lives Through War, Love and Revolt – Åsne Seierstad (Hachette) In August 2021, the world...

November 9, 2023

‘Millions of Afghans being forcefully deported face a dire situation’: Heela Najibullah

With these expulsion orders ahead of winters, an estimated 1.7 million undocumented Afghan migrants are facing an uncertain fate with...

September 16, 2023

Western arms proliferate in Afghanistan, spike violence

A huge cache of arms, ammunition and sophisticated military equipment was left behind by the United States and its NATO...

August 10, 2022

Taliban’s ‘suffocating crackdown’ destroying lives of women and girls – new report

The lives of women and girls in Afghanistan are being devastated by the Taliban’s crackdown on their human rights, Amnesty...

August 3, 2022

Afghanistan a year after the Taliban occupation: War on human rights

The word “anniversary” usually brings about happy and memorable moments. But Aug. 15 marks one year since the Taliban takeover...

July 3, 2022

Australian-Afghani community welcomed at the Officer Sikh Temple

MELBOURNE, 3 July: A big delegation of the Australian-Afghani community members were today welcomed at the Gurdwara Siri Guru Nanak...

June 23, 2022

Targeted attacks force Sikh minority to flee from Afghanistan

At least 111 Sikhs have been granted emergency visas in neighboring India after a Sikh gurdwara was stormed by extremists...

May 25, 2022

Why there’s likelihood India may resurrect its presence in Kabul

By Anand K Sahay* Since India evacuated its mission in Afghanistan once the Taliban re-took Kabul last August practically under...

January 28, 2022

The West Co-opts the Taliban

The series — Reflections on Events in Afghanistan-40— points out how the recent three-day conclave in Oslo between a crore...