Dec 25 Pakistani airstrikes kill 46 people in eastern Afghanistan, mostly women and children, Taliban official says By Riaz Khan, Munir Ahmed, Associated Press On Wednesday, the Pakistani military said security forces killed 13 insurgents in an overnight operation in an intelligence-based operation in South Waziristan. Continue reading
Nov 11 Afghanistan sends delegation to U.N. climate talks for 1st time since Taliban’s return to power By Sibi Arasu, Associated Press Matuil Haq Khalis, who's head of the country’s environment protection agency, told The Associated Press that Afghanistan needs international support to deal with extreme weather like erratic rainfall, prolonged droughts and flash floods. Continue reading
Sep 16 UN: Taliban suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan By Riazat Butt, Associated Press It’s a devastating setback for polio eradication, since the virus is one of the world’s most infectious and any unvaccinated groups of children where the virus is spreading could undo years of progress. Continue reading
Sep 11 WATCH: Harris slams Trump for Taliban negotiations By Vivian Hoang Vice President Kamala Harris defended President Joe Biden's decision to leave Afghanistan in response to a debate question on whether she, as vice president, bore any responsibility for the way the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan played out. Continue reading
Sep 04 House GOP subpoenas Blinken to testify on U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Matthew Miller, a State Department spokesman, said Secretary Antony Blinken is unable to testify on the dates proposed by the committee as he will be traveling for diplomatic work, and claimed the committee denied “reasonable alternatives.”… Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch 4:56 Women in Afghanistan describe Taliban’s brutal repression, 3 years after U.S. withdrawal By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi This week marks three years since the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. and NATO allies from Afghanistan. It also marks three years of intensifying repression of women under the Taliban regime in what the UN has described as a "striking erasure… Continue watching
Aug 30 Watch 5:28 Activists secretly educating Afghan children amid Taliban crackdown By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi To discuss how the Taliban regime has impacted education, Amna Nawaz spoke with Afghan education activist Pashtana Durrani. She is the founder of Learn Afghanistan, a grassroots group working to expand education access there. Durrani is currently a visiting fellow… Continue watching
Aug 15 Taliban deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling, United Nations agency says By Riazat Butt, Associated Press The Taliban have deliberately deprived at least 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans. That's according to new data released Thursday by UNESCO. Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch 7:06 Documentary captures journalist’s gender transition while embedded with Taliban By Teresa Cebrián Aranda A new documentary now available on Amazon Prime and AppleTV offers an in-depth look at the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. "Transition" follows Australian filmmaker Jordan Bryon as he undergoes a gender transition while embedded with a Taliban unit. Bryon and… Continue watching
Mar 19 WATCH: Top former generals say planning failures of Biden administration drove chaotic fall of Kabul By Tara Copp, Associated Press The final two weeks of the U.S. presence was marred by a deadly Abbey Gate suicide bombing in Kabul that took the lives of 13 service members. Continue reading