DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As Israeli strikes kill top Iranian generals, take out air defenses and damage nuclear sites, many wonder if President Donald Trump will deepen U.S. involvement in ...

As tensions simmer between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Islamabad is shifting from coercive diplomacy to managed escalation to ...

The ongoing power struggle between the Kandahari and Kabuli factions of the Taliban has garnered significant attention in post-Soviet media spaces. This internal conflict, which could potentially lead ...

As an Islamabad-based research institute prepared to host Afghan leaders and women activists this week to discuss regional peace and stability, an unexpected rebuke came from Zalmay Khalilzad, the ...

A monitoring organisation claims that, with or without Taliban cooperation, Al-Qaeda has “blended itself with the TTP.” The ...

The Taliban has for years presented a united front to the outside world and kept a tight lid on dissent within its ranks. But unprecedented displays of discord have laid bare the rifts in the ...

Here is a look at key dates since the Taliban returned to power four years ago, as United States and NATO forces withdrew from the country: 2021 August 15: The Taliban march into Kabul, returning to ...

In mid-August, the Taliban marked the fourth anniversary of their ascension to power in Afghanistan. During this period, the movement has maintained control over Afghanistan and succeeded in ...

The Bush administration is debating whether to make the overthrow of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan an explicit objective of the upcoming military campaign against Saudi exile Osama bin Laden and ...

The Taliban have gutted Afghan media since taking control of the country in August 2021 through the use of surveillance and censorship and by punishing media workers for perceived criticism. As the ...

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