Taliban

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...

December 3, 2023

Transgender refugees fear ‘Death March’ to Afghanistan

PESHAWAR, December 3, 2023: Amidst the forced mass exodus of Afghan migrants, the most vulnerable of Afghans are hoping against all...

November 27, 2023

Why Is Pakistan scapegoating Afghan refugees?

November 18, 2023: The scenes from major crossings along the Durand Line are heart-wrenching. In videos emerging from Torkham and...

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...

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...