List of Afghanistan articles
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Afghan resistance forces take a rest as they patrol on a hilltop. Afghan Resistance Groups Eye Spring Offensive
But internal divisions and the Taliban get a vote, too.
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Women wait in line during a World Food Program food distribution on the outskirts of Kabul. Afghanistan’s Hungry Will Pay the Price for Putin’s War
The knock-on effects of Russia’s war on Ukraine are hammering wheat-dependent countries such as Afghanistan.
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A meeting of foreign ministers of China, Afghanistan, and Pakistan The Taliban Didn’t Get Chinese Recognition, but They’re Getting Chinese Help
Multilateral talks in China this week shied from recognizing the Taliban, but Beijing is still playing ball.
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Men gather around bags containing heroin and hashish as they negotiate and check quality at a drug market on the outskirts of Kandahar on September 24, 2021. The New Geopolitics of the Taliban’s Opium Economy
Afghanistan’s narcotics trade is booming under fresh leadership.
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Girls attend class in Afghanistan. Taliban Reversal on Girls’ Education Ignites World’s Anger
The sudden about-face could undercut the Taliban’s hopes for international recognition.
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Vendors work at a market in Kabul. As the World Watches Ukraine, Afghanistan Goes Full Taliban
The Taliban are using detentions, repression, censorship, and killings to tighten their grip on power.
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A wall mural painted on the wall of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. ‘Nowhere to Turn to’: U.S. Forces Closure of Afghan Embassy
Afghan diplomats wanted to keep the flag raised but were running out of cash.
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In this picture taken on October 1, 2020, women wait with their children at a government-run maternity clinic in a rural area of Dand district in Kandahar province. The Taliban Are Harming Afghan Women’s Health
Afghanistan’s new government is imposing discriminatory restrictions on the health care system.
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Members of the Uzbek Taliban Taliban Struggle to Maintain Unity Six Months Into Their Reign
“People don’t trust us yet, but we’re working on it,” one Taliban commander said.
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Residents of Quetta hold candle lights beside photographs of security personnel who were killed in militant attacks on security camps in the Nushki and Panjgur areas of Balochistan province. Pakistan Faces ‘Peace of Wolves’ as Regional Tensions Rise
After 20 years of supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan, Pakistan finds the tables are turning as militancy comes home.
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Protesters hold signs including one showing a cartoon of a U.S. soldier handing a child with missing arms a piece of candy, with the caption "Gift." A Better Use of Frozen Afghan Funds
The reserves belong to the Afghan people, not the United States or the Taliban.
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Afghan men line up for food ration distribution. The Afghan Crisis Demands a Coordinated Response on Refugees
This is a chance to display democratic values—and establish a better order.
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Food packets prepared by the World Food Program are pictured before their distribution to needy Afghan families in Kandahar. ‘Not His Money’: Biden Splits Afghanistan’s Reserves
“This is the worst thing he could do right now,” one expert said.
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Then-Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh speaks. Former Afghan VP: ‘We Will Resist Until Our Aim Is Achieved’
Amrullah Saleh, a leader of the exiled Afghan resistance, called for elections to give Afghans, not the Taliban, control of the future.
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Members of the Taliban enter the compound of the Ministry of Women's Affairs in Kabul on Sept. 10, 2021. ‘I Wanted to Stay for My People’
Thousands of Afghans fled the Taliban. Many civil servants stayed behind to keep the lights on—whatever the cost.
