List of Taliban articles
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Pakistani children of the EDHI welfare foundation watch the Burka Avenger cartoon on television in Karachi on July 28, 2013. A new cartoon superhero disguised in a flowing black burka is set to debut on Pakistani television next month in an animated series which follows her battle for girls' education in Pakistan. AFP PHOTO/ASIF HASSAN (Photo credit should read ) Can Cartoons Save Pakistan’s Children From Jihad?
A bold movement of progressive publishers and artists is bringing new comic book heroes to Pakistan’s at-risk children.
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TO GO WITH AFGHANISTAN-US-ARMY-CONFLICT-FOCUS BY GUILLAUME DECAMME In this photograph taken on August 12, 2015, a US army soldier stands guard at an Afghan National Army (ANA) base in the Khogyani district in the eastern province of Nangarhar. From his watchtower in insurgency-wracked eastern Afghanistan, US army Specialist Josh Whitten doesn't have much to say about his Afghan colleagues. "They don't come up here anymore, because they used to mess around with our stuff. "Welcome to Forward Operating Base Connelly, where US troops are providing training and tactical advice to the 201st Afghan army corps as they take on the Taliban on the battlefield. AFP PHOTO / Wakil Kohsar (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images) Obama Slows Withdrawal From a War He Pledged to End
With the Taliban on the move, the president opts to keep more U.S. troops in Afghanistan, extending America’s longest war.
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Pakistani Shiite Muslim protesters shout slogans beside lighted oil lamp to pay tribute to Sufi musician Amjad Sabri who was killed in an attack by unknown gunmen, in Islamabad on June 22, 2016. One of Pakistan's best known Sufi musicians was shot dead by unknown assailants riding a motorcycle in Karachi on June 22, triggering an outpouring of grief over what police described as an "act of terror". Amjad Sabri, aged around 45, was travelling by car from his home in the city's eastern Korangi area to a television studio, when a motorcycle pulled up alongside the vehicle and the attackers opened fire, Farooq Sanjarani, a police officer told AFP. / AFP / AAMIR QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images) Watch Some of Murdered Pakistani Singer Amjad Sabri’s Most Popular Performances
Amjad Sabri was gunned down in Karachi Wednesday by assailants on motorcycles.
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Afghan former Taliban fighters are photographed holding weapons before they hand them over as part of a government peace and reconciliation process at a ceremony in Jalalabad on February 8, 2015. Over twenty former Taliban fighters from Achin district of Nangarhar province handed over weapons as part of a peace reconciliation program. AFP PHOTO / Noorullah Shirzada (Photo credit should read Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images) Ethnic Minorities Are Fueling the Taliban’s Expansion in Afghanistan
The Taliban is gaining dangerous leverage by recruiting Tajiks, Turkmen, and Uzbeks.
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392910 17: (NEWSWEEK, US NEWS & WORLD REPORT OUT) A water boy, center, rests on a ridge May 2001 while carrying water to the Sar-e-sang lapis lazuli mine in the Hindu Kush mountain range above Madan, Afghanistan. Afghani opposition leader Ahmed Shah Massoud, who controls the region, is using a tax on gems mined and sold in the valley to buy armaments to continue his guerrilla war with the ruling Taliban. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images) Blood Lapis: How Mining Funds Afghanistan’s Violence
A Global Witness report details how lapis has become a conflict mineral in Afghanistan.
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In this photograph taken on December 27, 2015, an internally-displaced Afghan woman holds a child as she sits in front of her tent at refugee camp on the outskirts of HeratAFP PHOTO/AREF KARIMI / AFP / Aref Karimi (Photo credit should read ) The Millions Left Behind in Afghanistan
With war intensifying as U.S. and NATO troops head home, promises made to help the millions of internally displaced are woefully unfulfilled.
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In this photograph taken on November 3, 2015, Afghan Taliban fighters listen to Mullah Mohammad Rasool Akhund (unseen), the newly appointed leader of a breakaway faction of the Taliban, at Bakwah in the western province of Farah. A breakaway faction of the Taliban has appointed its own leader in the first formal split in the Afghan militant movement under new head Mullah Mansour, posing a fresh hurdle to potential peace talks. Mullah Rasool was named the leader of the faction in a mass gathering of dissident fighters this week in the remote southwestern province of Farah, according to an AFP reporter who attended the meeting. AFP PHOTO / Javed Tanveer (Photo credit should read JAVED TANVEER/AFP/Getty Images) What Was Mullah Mansour Doing in Iran?
In the wake of the Taliban leader’s death, we’re only now coming to understand just how ties between Tehran and the Taliban are evolving.
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In this photograph taken on November 3, 2015, Afghan Taliban fighters listen to Mullah Mohammad Rasool Akhund (unseen), the newly appointed leader of a breakaway faction of the Taliban, at Bakwah in the western province of Farah. A breakaway faction of the Taliban has appointed its own leader in the first formal split in the Afghan militant movement under new head Mullah Mansour, posing a fresh hurdle to potential peace talks. Mullah Rasool was named the leader of the faction in a mass gathering of dissident fighters this week in the remote southwestern province of Farah, according to an AFP reporter who attended the meeting. AFP PHOTO / Javed Tanveer (Photo credit should read JAVED TANVEER/AFP/Getty Images) Exclusive: Iran Teams With Taliban to Fight Islamic State in Afghanistan
Tehran and the Taliban have been at each other's throats for decades, but the Islamic State's rise has the two historical enemies teaming up like never before.
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Taliban1 Meet the Taliban’s New Mullah, Same as the Taliban’s Old Mullah
The rise of Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada shows that the Taliban’s old guard is still holding the reins of power -- and deciding the future of the Afghan war.
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A Pakistani demonstrator holds a burning US flag as others shout slogans during a protest in Multan on May 24, 2016, against a US drone strike in Pakistan's southwestern province Balochistan. Slain Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour used a Pakistani passport in a false name to make dozens of foreign trips over a ten-year period, mainly to the United Arab Emirates, officials told AFP. Mansour, who was killed in a US drone strike deep inside Pakistani territory on May 21 along with a driver, was travelling with a passport and ID card bearing the name "Muhammad Wali". / AFP / SS MIRZA (Photo credit should read SS MIRZA/AFP/Getty Images) The Magical Thinking of Killing Mullah Mansour
Why does anyone still think that bombing terrorist leaders still works?
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 24: Afghan security forces patrol the area during the clash against Taliban militants in Nanhargar district of Kabul, Afghanistan, on November 24, 2014. At least 35 Taliban militant were killed by Afghan forces. (Photo by ) Don’t Cry for the Taliban
Mullah Mansour's death may be a win for the endless U.S. war on the Taliban. But for the insurgency, it means more chaos -- which is exactly what they want.
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QUETTA, PAKISTAN - MAY 22 : Wreckage of a destroyed vehicle in which Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansour was allegedly traveling in Noshki, Balochistan province is seen after it was hit by US drone on May 22, 2016. According to reports a US drone attacked a vehicle said to be carrying Mullah Mansoor and his driver in Noshki, Balochistan province, Pakistan. (Photo by Barkat Tareen /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Obama Rolls the Dice With Killing of Taliban Chief
The drone strike in Pakistan shows the United States is betting on weakening the insurgency on the battlefield — not at the negotiating table.
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In this photograph taken on November 3, 2015, Afghan Taliban fighters look on as they listen to Mullah Mohammad Rasool Akhund (unseen), the newly appointed leader of a breakaway faction of the Taliban, at Bakwah in the western province of Farah. A breakaway faction of the Taliban has appointed its own leader in the first formal split in the Afghan militant movement under new head Mullah Mansour, posing a fresh hurdle to potential peace talks. Mullah Rasool was named the leader of the faction in a mass gathering of dissident fighters this week in the remote southwestern province of Farah, according to an AFP reporter who attended the meeting. AFP PHOTO / Javed Tanveer (Photo credit should read JAVED TANVEER/AFP/Getty Images) Afghanistan: Taliban Chief Killed in U.S. Strike
Mansour’s death comes as the Taliban expand attacks in Key Afghan districts
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Afghan security personnel stand near the crater of a bomb after fighting against Taliban militants at Charkhab in Kunduz province on April 23, 2016. Afghan security forces drove Taliban fighters back from Kunduz city, officials said, as the insurgents began the 2016 fighting season by targeting the northeastern provincial capital they briefly captured last year. / AFP / NASIR WAQIF (Photo credit should read NASIR WAQIF/AFP/Getty Images) The Taliban’s Newest Public Enemy: Traffic Scofflaws
A Taliban-affiliated website warns followers to stop speeding or face a jihad.
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KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 4: A damaged hospital aftermath of the clashes between Taliban and Afghan security forces is seen in Kunduz, Afghanistan on November 4, 2015. Afghan government forces took back the control of the city of Kunduz, three days after it was captured by the Taliban. (Photo by Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) No Criminal Charges for U.S. Personnel Involved in Deadly Afghan Airstrike
U.S.military brass admit fault for the incident but refuse to press charges.
