Month: August 2025

The Unrelenting Taliban War Against Women

Since August 2021, the Taliban has launched a ruthless and determined war…

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With the Taliban’s Return, Afghanistan Reemerges as a Terrorist Haven

Several reports demonstrate that since the Taliban takeover in 2021, the threat…

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What is the Taliban?

The Beginning – 1978-1996 The Taliban is a terrorist group that seized…

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Being a Woman Is a Silent Crime

A Woman’s Story from Panjshir, Passing Through Taliban Checkpoints Panjshir, July 30,…

Richard Bennett: Taliban Rule Is Not Permanent—Change Is Inherent in Afghanistan’s History

Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights…

Saleh Mohammad Khaliq: Guardian of Balkh’s Identity and Voice of Cultural Resistance

In the tumultuous history of contemporary Afghan literature, Saleh Mohammad Khaliq (1955–2025)…

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Afghanistan in the Taliban’s Grip: Four Years of Suppression, Terror, and Crisis

Four years after the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul on August 15, 2021,…

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Taliban Flog 23 People, Including a Woman, in Four Provinces

In yet another instance of harsh punishment, the Taliban publicly flogged 23…

UN Report: Taliban Harbors Terrorist Groups, Poses Global Security Threat

 United Nations experts, in a report to the Security Council, state that…

Taliban’s Tourism Diplomacy: Foreign Women Enjoy Freedoms Denied to Afghan Women

As the Taliban detains Afghan women and girls in public and denies…