Although not quite as extreme as when they previously ruled from 1996 to 2001, the hard-line Islamist regime has reinstated ...

The UN’s latest assessment of Afghanistan is sobering but not surprising. For those of us who served there, it’s personal. I ...

This year marks five years since the Taliban recaptured Afghanistan. The guns have largely fallen silent within the country, but it teeters on the brink of war with neighboring Pakistan. Food ...

Persistent denial by the de facto Taliban regime regarding the presence of terrorist safe havens in Afghanistan stands ...

Fawzia Koofi has survived assassination attempts, navigated Afghanistan’s turbulent political landscape, and negotiated directly with the Taliban. As a three-time elected member of Afghanistan’s ...

The Taliban have gutted Afghan media since taking control of the country in August 2021 through the use of surveillance and censorship and by punishing media workers for perceived criticism. As the ...

On October 7, 2001, the U.S. invaded Afghanistan following the September 11 attacks. Captain Ahmad Khalid Noori served as an ...

In August 2021, the world watched as the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, sweeping away two decades of progress toward democracy, human rights and gender equality. While international ...

Almost 25 years ago, just days after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, President George W. Bush addressed the nation, making the case for war against al-Qaeda, whose leader, Osama ...

August 15 marks five years since the Taliban returned to power, and throughout that time, the group has presented Afghanistan as a country completely under its control. The small armed opposition in ...

Fatema Uzgun Nusrat runs an online school called the Behdukht Academy for girls in Afghanistan. Today Afghanistan remains the only country in the world that bans secondary education for girls and ...