Afghanistan, now under the Taliban, is no longer a conflict begging to be solved with a deal. It needs a more nuanced ...

While trends in insurgency and terrorism across South Asia have been broadly encouraging, with dramatic declines in fatalities in most theatres, Pakistan stands ...

though official recognition of the Taliban government remains limited. This family photo shows Ryan Corbett holding rabbits with his daughter Miriam and son Caleb in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2020.

A US watchdog report has alleged that terrorist groups are still operating in Afghanistan and accused the Taliban government ...

Qatar was the location of talks between the United States and the Taliban, which culminated in a peace deal in 2020, and it has since late 2021 acted as the United States’ “protecting power ...

This withdrawal was a result of a February 2020 agreement negotiated between then-President Donald Trump’s administration and the Taliban, with Stanikzai leading the insurgents in the discussions.

That year, the Taliban captured Kabul ... one of the leaders at the Ministry of State for Peace in Afghanistan in 2020. The government institution was created to oversee and coordinate efforts ...

Biden has argued the withdrawal was forced on his administration by Trump who struck a deal in early 2020 with the Taliban to pull all US troops out. This deal comes in the first days of a tenuous ...

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The foreign troop exit stemmed from the February 2020 Doha Agreement that the first Trump administration negotiated with the then-insurgent Taliban. Biden completed and defended the military ...

Attorney John C. Eastman is among the most prominent voices who helped propel the idea of curbing automatic citizenship into ...

The Taliban have been seeking recognition on the global stage, partly as a means to address the economic crisis triggered by their takeover. Billions of dollars in international funds remain ...