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January 29, 2022
Pakistan's National-Security Adviser Holds Talks With Taliban Officials In Kabul

Pakistan's national-security adviser has met with high-ranked members of the Taliban-led government in Kabul, to discuss bilateral cooperation, border issues, and efforts to avert a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, officials said on January 29.

January 29, 2022
Taliban's Arrest Of Ethnic Uzbek Commander Sparks Clashes In Northern Afghanistan

Tensions are high in northern Afghanistan as online videos show Taliban fighters seizing villages and farmland from ethnic Turkmen and Uzbeks. Now violence has broken out in a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan after a local Taliban commander -- an ethnic Uzbek -- was arrested.
January 28, 2022
Afghan Children Starving To Death As Hunger ‘Rapidly Spreading’

The number of malnourished children in Afghanistan is rapidly rising, as witnessed by increased hospital admissions of starving children. Aid agencies warn that more than 1 million children could die of starvation this winter amid a deepening humanitarian and economic crisis.
January 28, 2022
Gandhara Briefing: Food For Work, Water Diplomacy, Secret TTP Talks

In this week’s Gandhara Briefing, we bring you insights on how the Taliban is misappropriating international aid, the Taliban’s use of water to appease Iran, and Pakistan’s new effort to negotiate with the TTP.
January 26, 2022
'People Have Gone Silent': Afghan Singer Describes Life Under Taliban

Afghan singer and artist Goodar Zazai He spoke about the situation in the in the country from undisclosed location to RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal.
January 26, 2022
UN Head Says Urgent Action Needed As Afghanistan 'Hanging By A Thread'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told the Security Council that Afghanistan is "hanging by a thread" and urged the body to "suspend the rules and operations" that are preventing the international community from providing urgent assistance.
January 26, 2022
In Sign Of Deepening Ties, Taliban Increases Afghanistan's Water Flow To Iran

The Taliban recently released water from a dam in southwestern Afghanistan into Iran, which is suffering from a severe drought. Many observers have seen the move as a sign of deepening cooperation between the Sunni militant group and Iran's Shi'ite clerical regime.
January 26, 2022
LGBT Afghans Subjected To Growing Taliban Threats, Discrimination, Watchdogs Say

Rights groups say LGBT Afghans are in an increasingly desperate situation after the Taliban takeover as they face serious threats to their safety.
January 26, 2022
Norway Says European Diplomats Made 'Tangible Demands' In Oslo Meeting With Taliban

Western diplomats said they linked humanitarian aid to an improvement in human rights in Afghanistan during meetings with a Taliban delegation in Norway.
January 25, 2022
Cash-Strapped Taliban Uses Foreign Aid Intended For Starving Afghans To Pay State Employees

The Taliban is forcing Afghans to do manual labor in exchange for food aid donated by other countries. Now the regime is expanding its "work-for-food" program by using international humanitarian aid to pay public sector workers.
January 24, 2022
Pakistan Sends Secret Delegation To Afghanistan In Bid To Revive Peace Talks With TTP

Pakistan is attempting to revive peace talks with the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan militant group, which has intensified its attacks since negotiations broke down in December. Islamabad recently sent a secret delegation to neighboring Afghanistan, where most of the TTP leadership resides.
January 24, 2022
Western Diplomats In Humanitarian Talks With Taliban In Oslo

Taliban representatives held talks with Western diplomats in Norway on January 24 on Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis and human rights -- their first official meeting in Europe since the hard-line Islamist group took over control of the war-torn country in August 2021.

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Afghanistan

Saturday 29 January 2022

Pakistan's National-Security Adviser Holds Talks With Taliban Officials In Kabul

Taliban's Arrest Of Ethnic Uzbek Commander Sparks Clashes In Northern Afghanistan

Afghan Children Starving To Death As Hunger ‘Rapidly Spreading’

Gandhara Briefing: Food For Work, Water Diplomacy, Secret TTP Talks

'People Have Gone Silent': Afghan Singer Describes Life Under Taliban

UN Head Says Urgent Action Needed As Afghanistan 'Hanging By A Thread'

In Sign Of Deepening Ties, Taliban Increases Afghanistan's Water Flow To Iran

LGBT Afghans Subjected To Growing Taliban Threats, Discrimination, Watchdogs Say

Norway Says European Diplomats Made 'Tangible Demands' In Oslo Meeting With Taliban

Cash-Strapped Taliban Uses Foreign Aid Intended For Starving Afghans To Pay State Employees

Pakistan Sends Secret Delegation To Afghanistan In Bid To Revive Peace Talks With TTP

Western Diplomats In Humanitarian Talks With Taliban In Oslo

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Returning Pakistani Taliban Employs Extortion As Control Grows

'Better To Die': Afghan Woman Accuses Taliban Official Of Rape, Forced Marriage

Amnesty Confirms Fresh Videos Show Taliban Executing Resistance Fighters

'No One To Protect Us': Afghan Journalists Who Fled To Pakistan Say Western Nations Have Abandoned Them

IMF Approves Latest Tranches Of Loan Program For Pakistan

Fleeing Afghans Who Reach Turkey Get No Respite From Violence, Persecution

Under The Taliban, Public Employees Must Pass Test Of Faith

Pakistani City's Decision To Close Women's Park Following Islamist Protests Sparks Uproar

Women's Rights: A Year After The Taliban Takeover

'We Are Left With Nothing': Deadly Floods Aggravate Afghanistan's Economic, Humanitarian Crisis

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Afghanistan

Saturday 29 January 2022

Pakistan's National-Security Adviser Holds Talks With Taliban Officials In Kabul

Taliban's Arrest Of Ethnic Uzbek Commander Sparks Clashes In Northern Afghanistan

Afghan Children Starving To Death As Hunger ‘Rapidly Spreading’

Gandhara Briefing: Food For Work, Water Diplomacy, Secret TTP Talks

'People Have Gone Silent': Afghan Singer Describes Life Under Taliban

UN Head Says Urgent Action Needed As Afghanistan 'Hanging By A Thread'

In Sign Of Deepening Ties, Taliban Increases Afghanistan's Water Flow To Iran

LGBT Afghans Subjected To Growing Taliban Threats, Discrimination, Watchdogs Say

Norway Says European Diplomats Made 'Tangible Demands' In Oslo Meeting With Taliban

Cash-Strapped Taliban Uses Foreign Aid Intended For Starving Afghans To Pay State Employees

Pakistan Sends Secret Delegation To Afghanistan In Bid To Revive Peace Talks With TTP

Western Diplomats In Humanitarian Talks With Taliban In Oslo

Top Trending

Returning Pakistani Taliban Employs Extortion As Control Grows

'Better To Die': Afghan Woman Accuses Taliban Official Of Rape, Forced Marriage

Amnesty Confirms Fresh Videos Show Taliban Executing Resistance Fighters

'No One To Protect Us': Afghan Journalists Who Fled To Pakistan Say Western Nations Have Abandoned Them

IMF Approves Latest Tranches Of Loan Program For Pakistan

Fleeing Afghans Who Reach Turkey Get No Respite From Violence, Persecution

Under The Taliban, Public Employees Must Pass Test Of Faith

Pakistani City's Decision To Close Women's Park Following Islamist Protests Sparks Uproar

Women's Rights: A Year After The Taliban Takeover

'We Are Left With Nothing': Deadly Floods Aggravate Afghanistan's Economic, Humanitarian Crisis

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Flood-Stricken Pakistan Gets $2 Billion Aid Pledge From World Bank

Taliban Harassment Of Couples A Blow To Afghan Restaurants

Gandhara Briefing: TTP Extortion, Afghan Journalists In Pakistan, Defiant Afghans

At Least Seven Killed, 41 Wounded In Kabul Mosque Blast

Latest Killings In Northwestern Pakistan Claim Lives Of Tribal Elder, Youth

Flooding In Pakistan Claims More Lives Amid Growing Threat Of Waterborne Illness

Returning Pakistani Taliban Employs Extortion As Control Grows

Angelina Jolie Visits Flood-Hit Pakistan

UN Envoy Angelina Jolie Visits Pakistan's Flood-Ravaged Areas