5 of the Worst USAID Scandals in History
Foreign aid often is connected to wars overseas. The top five recipients of U.S. aid (including both USAID and non-USAID ...
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Herat – Kandahar railway design contracts awarded
AFGHANISTAN: Acting Minister of Public Works Mohammad Issa Sani has signed five contracts for domestic companies to produce ...
While the Taliban try to change Afghans, the reverse is also true: Saad Mohseni
Saad Mohseni, dubbed the Rupert Murdoch of Afghanistan, has significantly influenced Afghan media. Despite the Taliban's ...
Afghan journalist barred from U.S. under Trump refugee ban says he has ‘no plan left’
On the morning of Jan. 21, in a dimly lit house in Islamabad, Abdul, a 30-year-old Afghan journalist, opened his laptop to see that President Donald Trump had indefinitely suspended refugee admissions ...
Taliban tell Trump they want to reset relationship with US – but don’t expect to get Humvees back
The Taliban have signalled their willingness to start afresh with the US administration of Donald Trump but claimed ownership ...
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Taliban’s Aggressive Actions Spark Fear of Escalation Along Afghanistan-Pakistan Border
The Taliban's recent moves in Helmand province are causing panic among civilians. Discover how their actions threaten ...
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What the West can do now in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
The country is suffering a humanitarian crisis that will deepen if US aid is halted permanently. And turning the country into ...
Why a top Taliban leader’s quiet exit to UAE is fuelling internal rift rumours
Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai created a flutter by calling on the Taliban to reopen secondary schools to girls during a ...
War in Taliban, Hibatullah Akhundzada captures…, Sirajuddin Haqqani flees from Afghanistan, this may lead to…
Internal conflicts within the Taliban have now become more visible. The group's supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has deployed his loyal fighters to key strategic locations in Kabul, including Ba ...
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Afghan Taliban rule out prospect of civil war
Some analysts and diplomats have voiced concern that divisions in the Taliban, which fought a 20-year war against foreign forces and took over Afghanistan in 2021, might spill over into instability as ...
Taliban minister ‘forced to flee’ Afghanistan after supporting girls’ education
One of the few officials in Afghanistan ’s Taliban government to support reversing the ban on girls’ education appears to ...
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Taliban official who criticised girls' education ban leaves Afghanistan
Taliban has enforced a three-year ban on female education, preventing girls from attending school beyond grade six ...