Posts Tagged: afghanistan
How the Media’s 9/11 Anniversary Coverage Shifted From a Critical Look at Al-Qaeda to Attacking America
Whispered first -- and then shouted from the dust and wreckage of the morning of September 11, 2001, came the words that have become a...
Afghan Girls Stuck at Home, Waiting for Taliban Plan to Reopen Schools
As the weeks pass in Afghanistan, the new Taliban administration has yet to announce when it will reopen secondary schools for girls, leaving them stuck...
Afghanistan on Verge of Socioeconomic Collapse, EU’s Top Diplomat Says
Afghanistan is facing a breakdown of its economic and social systems that risks turning into a humanitarian catastrophe, the European Union's foreign policy chief said...
Afghan Pavilion at Dubai World Fair Stays Shut After Taliban Takeover
Hours after the world expo fair opened in Dubai on Friday, Afghanistan's exhibition remained closed to visitors in a sign of the challenges facing the...
Continuing to Try to Save Afghan Women Is ‘the Only Thing We Can Do’
We now know that the stubborn, almost incomprehensible way in which President Biden pulled out of Afghanistan was against military advice; that it led to...
We Must Investigate America’s Longest War
According to official estimates, the US expended a staggering $982 billion on the Afghanistan war effort. However, the Costs of War Project at Brown University assesses...
Taliban Hang Up Bodies of Alleged Kidnappers in Afghan City
Taliban authorities in the western Afghan city of Herat killed four alleged kidnappers and hung their bodies up in public to deter others, a local...
Taliban Ask Airlines to Resume International Flights to Afghanistan
The Taliban government in Afghanistan appealed on Sunday for international flights to be resumed, promising full cooperation with airlines and saying that problems at Kabul...
Afghanistan’s Woes Will Haunt America
The beginning of Afghanistan’s miseries, which led to the disastrous rise of the extremist Taliban and is turning the failed state into a major threat...
We Won’t Let Islamic State Establish Presence on Our Border, Iran’s Raisi Vows
i24 News – Iran will not allow the Islamic State group to establish a presence on the country's border with Afghanistan, President Ebrahim Raisi warned...
Initial Taliban Moves Don’t Convince Afghanistan’s Neighbors of a New Regime
The Taliban’s record in recent weeks on making good on promises to respect human and women’s rights as well as uphold freedom of the press...
Western Islamists and Afghanistan
The American withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban's declaration of victory have inspired Islamists across the world. The Taliban announced its intent to enforce strict...
Taliban Have Broken Promises on Rights, Outgoing Afghan Envoy Says
The Taliban have already broken their promises to safeguard women and protect human rights, and the international community must hold them to account, the former...
Senate Panel May Subpoena US Defense Secretary Austin to Testify on Afghanistan —Menendez
The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bob Menendez, said on Tuesday he was disappointed US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin did not agree to...
