Over 90 Afghan radio and TV stations have closed as fighting draws near, with some saying it is no longer safe to go out and report
Afghans are leaving their country in greater numbers due to increased violence between the government and the Taliban
But 'women and men who believe in democracy, citizen rights and human rights cannot live under the Taliban,' says one NGO worker who fears for her safety
Afghan government and US have long blamed Pakistan for not acting against the Afghan Taliban's sanctuaries in Pakistan
Taliban militants in Afghan areas under their control have ordered women to wear hijab and forced local radio stations to broadcast their propaganda amid US troop pullout
Eyewitnesses report increased fundraising by Afghan Taliban even as Pakistan claims to clamp down on collections
Once home to thriving minority groups, Afghanistan has seen its Sikh and Hindu communities shrink by some 250,000 since early ’90s
Zebulon Simentov has been the caretaker of Kabul’s only synagogue for decades; he plans to move to Israel, where his wife and two daughters went in the 1990s because of the civil war in Afghanistan
Verbal sparring tests relationship between Central Asian neighbors as US withdraws troops from Afghanistan
About 6,000 families have fled since the Taliban captured a district in Laghman province and launched an assault on its capital
Afghan government declares Tuesday a national day of mourning for victims of bomb attack
Groups call for victims’ rights and grievances to be placed at the center of the peace process
Among foreign nationals in Afghan custody are 408 ISKP members, including 173 women and children
Young Afghans say they are concerned over the US troop pullout from Afghanistan this year
Effort to more than double number of women in security forces comes amid surge in targeted killings
Three women working for a local media outlet in Jalalabad city in eastern Nangarhar province were killed this month in an attack claimed by Islamic State
More than 3,000 civilians were killed, and 5,800 others were injured in Afghanistan in 2020, according to a report published by the U.N. Assistance Mission
'Four years of Trump has really put them under a lot of pressure,' one analyst says, and they are 'coming to the table with the Biden administration from a position of relative weakness, so that means they need to gain leverage'
Group warns country might lose freedom of expression and press if the attacks continue
Allowing Fatemiyoun Brigade to fight terrorism in Afghanistan could incite more tension in conflict-ridden country, observers say
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