Afghanistan
Afghan women’s org. push back after US scholar says Afghan refugees ‘should not fear repatriation’
Analyst Cheryl Benard defended her controversial essay, which women’s rights activists say whitewashes the Taliban’s gender apartheid policies
Kazan Forum 2025: Russia courts Islamic world as Taliban sends its first delegation
Iran eyes peace, trade, and drone deals in growing partnerships with Central Asia
Taliban bans chess over fear of gambling, whether it is permitted in Islamic law
Afghans in US feel betrayed as Trump ends deportation protection
After fleeing the Taliban, public prosecutor Roya now fears deportation as the Trump administration ends TPS for Afghans. Advocates warn the move endangers thousands who supported the US.
Guardian forced Afghan man into hiding after using his picture in LGBT-related article - lawsuit
The man's lawyer claimed, “He was forced to go into hiding due to the extremists and homophobic views that are prevalent in the Iranian and Afghan community."
Pakistan security forces kill 54 Afghan-based terrorists in major border operation
A significant cache of arms, ammunition, and explosives was recovered from the scene.
America's rushed Afghan pullout allowed Taliban to traffic US weapons to Houthis - report
Sources claim that half the weapons left behind by the US have been lost, sold or smuggled.
Afghan national pleads guitly to plotting 'ISIS-inspired' US election-day terror attack
Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, and Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, were arrested and charged with attempting to carry out an ISIS-inspired plot during the 2024 US Presidential Election.
Taliban release detained US citizen Faye Hall
Faye Hall was received at the Qatari embassy in Kabul and confirmed to be in good health after undergoing a series of medical checks.
‘With frail bodies and empty stomachs’: Afghan children risk lives at Torkham border
Experts warn that poverty and desperation are forcing young children into cross-border smuggling, exposing them to physical danger and abuse.
The US must let Iranians choose their own fate, not dictate their future - opinion
US think tanks weaken the real resistance inside Iran; Pahlavi at Israeli-American Council summit: Iranians seek a strategic partnership, not Western intervention.
Trump: ‘We were going to keep Bagram, not because of Afghanistan but because of China’
The US president says Bagram Air Base is a critical asset for countering China, as experts debate the feasibility of reclaiming abandoned US military equipment in Afghanistan.
ISIS-K member charged with 2021 bombing, US State Dept. says
Sharifullah is expected to appear in the Eastern District of Virginia later today, and, if convicted, faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.
Afghan national confesses to Munich car ramming that injured 36, prosecutor says
At least 36 people including a toddler were hurt on Thursday when the 24-year-old man plowed into demonstrators gathered in the city center.
