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Key discussions at the meeting include the appointment of a UN special envoy for Afghanistan and exploring ways to unify regional countries and the West in their approach to Afghanistan.
Senior Taliban leaders rarely publicly disagree with official policies issued by the group’s supreme leader, but there are signs of increasing internal dissent as the Taliban struggles to gain international recognition after one and a half years in power. The Taliban's acting defense minister, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob...
In December – as many around the globe were preparing for the holidays – Sama, a former attorney, remained hunkered down in her house in Kabul, Afghanistan, trying to comprehend how her world had changed. The Taliban had just released a series of edicts robbing Afghan women of more of their hard-won freedoms...
The sunrise missile strike that shredded the leader of Al Qaeda on the balcony of a house in Kabul finally validated President Biden’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan. Or perhaps the strike discredited it. Or maybe some combination of both. The coming anniversary of the chaotic American withdrawal from...
Top aides to President Joe Biden are slamming the Taliban for letting al Qaeda’s leader live in Afghanistan’s capital and are promising to hold the militant group accountable — intensifying tensions between Washington and Kabul. Speaking days after a U.S. drone strike killed Ayman al-Zawahri, senior U.S. officials warned...