In the Afghanistan war, the Taliban's leadership council, or theQuetta Shura, has had 7 of its...Gopal, Anand
There has been talk of the Taliban moving the country’s capital from Kabul to its religious heartland Kandahar in Afghanistan’s southern borders on the Arghandab River. But the outfit still attaches a great deal of importance to the current capital. This was confirmed by its appointment of ...
Image:The Taliban has made large gains in Afghanistan Sky News looks at who theTalibanare, how they have come to power and what they want for Afghanistan. Who are the Taliban? The Taliban, which means "students" in the Pashto language, have been waging an insurgency a...
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Marzia says her future is uncertain. Once medically cleared, her goal is to return to her family in Afghanistan and go to school. "I want to the Taliban open the schools for girls [so] the girls can go to school or university. That is my dream," Marzia said. ...
Ahmad's uncle was formerly a Taliban commander who changed allegiance to the government and was appointed local police commander in Khas Uruzgan district, Khan said. The use of child soldiers is illegal inAfghanistan, but the charity Child Soldiers International says both government forces and insurg...
However, that support diminished amid rampant government corruption, weak leadership, and a resurgence of the Taliban. Likewise, Karzai was initially embraced by a broad spectrum of factions in Afghanistan, where ethnic and tribal identity dominates politics. But his influence throughout Afghanistan ...
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Freedom was a war mainly in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014, intending to end terrorism practices in the region and other parts of the world. The operation was also carried out in Trans Sahara, Horn of Africa, and the Philippines to end terrorist groups such as the Taliban and the Al Qaeda...
Of the many adjectives used to describe Mullah Mohammed Omar, the one-eyed leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan and elsewhere, the most apt is probably "elusive." On Monday,Afghan and, later, international media began churning out reportsthat Omar had been killed. He had been out of contact...