Biden, Taliban negotiate prisoner swap of bin Laden associate
Negotiations center on potential release of three Americans in exchange for Guantanamo detainee with al-Qaeda ties.
Tag: Taliban
Once, the US set out to fight terrorism, and it happened on October 7
The United States, too, once set out on October 7 to battle in the Middle East in the fight against ...
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 ...
Podcast sheds light on Trump's threat to Taliban
Rep. Wesley Hunt, a Texas congressman, recounted Trump's dramatic gesture: "Reached into his pocket, pulled out a satellite photo of ...
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 ...
UN suggests paying Taliban $6M to provide security
Plan to subsidize Taliban fighters' monthly wages to guard UN facilities underscores ongoing insecurity in Afghanistan following US pullout.