In this episode, we are joined by Zuhra Bahman, the Afghanistan country director for the peacebuilding NGO Search for Common Ground. A year ago, when the Taliban captured Kabul and became the de-facto authorities, Zuhra Bahman happened to be out...
The Taliban-U.S. Deal, Explained On February 29th, the United States and the Taliban entered into an agreement that would see the complete pullout of US troops from Afghanistan. In return, the Taliban would renounce international terrorist groups like al Qaeda...
What is Life Like Under The Taliban in Afghanistan? UPDATE: On March 1, 2020 the United States and the Taliban signed an agreement in which the United States promises to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. For their part, the Taliban agreed...
The United States is deep into negotiations with the Taliban over some sort of political arrangement that would enable the Taliban’s entrance into Afghan politics while the US drew down its troop levels. The specifics of these negotiations are opaque–not...
The International Criminal Court is likely to open an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Afghanistan. Much of the focus of the investigation would be crimes committed by the Taliban, but actions by Americans could...
For the first time since 2002, when a US-lead intervention toppled the Taliban government, the rate of children not in school in Afghanistan is rising. According to a new report by UNICEF and the Afghan government this week, almost half...
Afghanistan was rocked by violence once again this past Sunday when at least 57 people were killed in Kabul as they lined up to register to vote for upcoming elections. On the same day, another attack on a voter registration...
Journalist Steve Coll is a staff writer at the New Yorker, dean of the Colombia School of Journalism and former president of the New America Foundation think tank. Tn 2005 he wont he Pulitzer for his book Ghost Wars,...
16 years ago, a girls’ robotics team from Afghanistan could not even exist. During the brutal rule of the Taliban, Afghan girls were not allowed formal education. At all. Yesterday, a team of Afghan girls who participated in an international robotics...