Jere Van Dyk: A historical perspective of the fight over Afghanistan
Jere Van Dyk is the author of "In Afghanistan" and a former reporter for The New York Times. In the early 1980s he covered the Afghan-Soviet war, living with the Afghan rebels. He received a Pulitzer ...
The Media Line2d
Cutting Aid to Afghanistan Could Push Taliban Closer to Russia and China, Foreign Policy Expert Tells TML
A January 2025 SIGAR report emphasized that the Taliban—whom the US does not recognize as Afghanistan’s government and has ...
SFGate9d
The history of the Taliban is crucial in understanding their success now – and also what might happen next
How did a leftist government help ferment the Taliban? After an initial purge ... and the old mujahedeen commanders turned into warlords – with different factions in different regions ...
The Diplomat9d
The Taliban-US Deal 5 Years Ago Remade Afghanistan. Was It Worth the Cost?
A call from Helmand on February 29, 2020, underscored the shock and uncertainty felt in Afghanistan over the deal.
Daily Mail5d
The horrifying rise of 'Bacha Bazi': How young Afghan boys from poor families are sold onto warlords, dressed up in skirts and make-up then forced to dance for groups of ...
When the Taliban first rose to power in the 1990s, they claimed one of their chief grievances was this 'perversion' among the warlords, and they outlawed the practice. But after the Taliban was ...
British pensioners detained in Afghanistan are ‘pawns’ in Taliban power struggle
Arrest of Peter and Barbie Reynolds is ‘political move’ in factional rebellion over women’s rights, sources say ...
The New York Times5d
He Was Once a Covert Taliban Operative. Now He’s the Friendly Taxman.
As director of the Taliban’s Taxpayers Services Directorate, Abdul Qahar Ghorbandi has the unenviable task of raising revenue for the government of a wretchedly poor, isolated nation.
The history of the Taliban is crucial in understanding their success now – and also what might happen next
One of the keys to the Taliban success was they offered an alternative. They said, “Look, the mujahedeen fought heroically to liberate your country but have now turned it into a war zone. We offer ...
Times Union9d
The history of the Taliban is crucial in understanding their success now – and also what might happen next
While the Taliban emerged as a force in the 1990s Afghan ... the new government collapsed and the old mujahedeen commanders turned into warlords – with different factions in different regions ...