Afghanistan and Pakistan on the brink of war
The tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan are deeply rooted, and recent clashes between the two are only the tip of ...
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In court, Netanyahu shares dramatic interaction with Obama on Iran
In nearly three hours of testimony in the Tel Aviv District Court, Netanyahu pushed back against prosecutors' portrayal of him ...
Trouble on all fronts: Iran shoots refugees, deports millions, and builds border wall
Tehran is struggling to control its eastern border, which has been a gateway for over a million refugees fleeing Taliban ...
Taliban employs female spies to rat on dissidents
These informants are tasked with monitoring social media and patrolling public spaces to catch women violating the regime's strict rules.
Afghan women defy Taliban with singing protest
Afghan women are uploading videos of themselves singing in defiance of new restrictions imposed by the Taliban that order them ...
Taliban orders Afghan women to cover faces in public
New rules require women to cover their faces and bodies in public, and men to grow beards; Violations may lead ...
Taliban shaves off hundreds of officers for lack of beards
The Taliban has fired hundreds of men from Afghanistan's security forces due to their inability to grow beards, claiming that ...
Raped activist defies Taliban despite threat of video release
The Guardian has obtained video evidence from a former prisoner, showing the gang rape of a female Afghan human rights ...
Islamic State carries out over 2,700 terrorist attacks in 2021
Afghanistan, Iraq and Africa saw the greatest number of ISIS incidents.
Starving Afghan parents selling off their children
Many of Afghanistan’s growing number of destitute people are making such desperate decisions as their nation spirals into a vortex ...