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How Central Asia is 'containing' Afghanistan

After abandoning hope of influencing the Taliban, Central Asian nations have sought to insulate themselves from Afghanistan’s ...
CNN

Leader of Afghanistan’s resistance movement says he will defeat the Taliban ‘no matter the odds’

Three years after the departure of the final US troops from Afghanistan, the situation in the country is bleak, with the Taliban tightening its grip as it introduces increasingly oppressive laws that ...
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What Languages Are Spoken In Afghanistan? (Find Out!)

Afghanistan has two nationally recognized official languages: Pashto and Dari Persian. Dari Persian is the most common language, with 78% of people in Afghanistan able to speak the language. Pashto is ...
Reuters

Q+A - What is Afghanistan's loya jirga; what does it do?

(Reuters) - After his inauguration on Thursday, re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced he would organise a "loya jirga" -- a large assembly of Afghan leaders. Loya jirgas have ...
The New York Times

An ‘Economic Storm’ of Crises Is Battering Afghanistan

Afghanistan was on a timid recovery path. But four years after the Taliban retook power, it has been badly hit by aid cuts and an inflow of two million Afghans forced out of Iran and Pakistan.
The New York Times

Is Afghanistan’s Most-Wanted Militant Now Its Best Hope for Change?

Sirajuddin Haqqani has tried to remake himself from blood-soaked jihadist to pragmatic Taliban statesman. Western diplomats are shocked — and enticed. Sirajuddin Haqqani has tried to remake himself ...
International Rescue Committee

Crisis in Afghanistan: What you need to know and how to help

Afghanistan features on this year’s Emergency Watchlist as some 23.7 million people—just over half of the population—urgently need humanitarian support. The crisis in Afghanistan largely stems from ...
NPR

Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to maintain a ceasefire — for now. Here's what to know

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After five days of on-and-off talks in Istanbul to resolve hostilities that flared in the first half of October, Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to continue a ceasefire they ...
CNN

‘They do not teach us what we need’: Inside the expansion of religious schools for girls across Afghanistan

“I want” – the girl stops herself – “I wanted to be a doctor in the future. But when the Taliban came to Afghanistan, all the doors of schools were closed.” Inside the Taliban-approved Naji-e-Bashra ...
Forbes

Afghanistan Is A Cricket Fairytale, But Women’s Team Uncertainty Hovers

Afghanistan has made the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup (Photo by Darrian Traynor-ICC/ICC via Getty Images) Public revelry and an outpouring of euphoria is normally forbidden in Afghanistan under ...
The Diplomat

EU-Afghanistan Trade Is Expanding, But Trade Is Not Recognition

Despite sanctions against the Taliban regime, trade between European countries and Afghanistan has seen a slight increase this year. The Taliban’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce said that “trade ...