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Pakistani Taliban announce a 3-day cease-fire with security forces on Eid al-Adha holiday
Stars and Stripes· 6 days agoEid al-Adha will be celebrated in Pakistan on Monday amid a surge in violence. The cease-fire...
She stood up to the Taliban as a leading TV presenter. Now they’ve come for her family
The Independent via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoAfter an online clip of her challenging the Taliban went viral, Shabnam and two siblings fled to the...
Minister: Special forces had veto on Afghan troops
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHundreds of resettlement applications by members of the Triples were rejected following the Taliban takeover in 2021, when the veto was in place. Some of...
Olympic refugee team: Farzad Mansouri on his Kabul-Britain journey
BBC News· 3 days agoA coalition of foreign forces, led by the USA and including the UK, had been withdrawing from...
Somalia army vs al-Shabaab: as African Union troops leave, which is the stronger military force?
The Conversation· 3 days agoThe African Union (AU) has gradually reduced its troop numbers in Somalia since late 2017, from a peak of over 22,000 to about 14,000 today. Another 4,000 AU peacekeepers ...
Afghanistan: Negotiating A Big Reveal
Strategy Page· 4 days agoDecember 19, 2018: The United States is exploring the possibility of working out a peace deal with the Taliban. The major problem with that is getting Pakistan to cooperate ...
Afghanistan: Spring Stumbles Into View
Strategy Page· 2 days agoThis makes it more difficult for the Taliban to claim control of more of the 407 districts because the Afghan forces can more quickly respond to Taliban ...
Afghanistan: And Now For Something Truly Vile
Strategy Page· 5 days agoAchieving peace requires all the help it can get and most Afghans understand that and help has arrived in the form of the Taliban being declared an “enemy of Islam” by a growing ...
Winning: Protected And Respected In Afghanistan
Strategy Page· 5 days agoDecember 4, 2021: When the Taliban regained control of the Afghan government in August most foreign aid efforts ceased. The new IEA (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan)
Fleeing Kabul, chasing gold - the story of a refugee Olympian
BBC via AOL· 3 days agoFarzad Mansouri was the teenage flagbearer for his nation at the last Olympics. Three years on,...