https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-soldiers-taliban-tajikistan/31351537.html
Staying in Afghanistan to fight against Taliban forces would have ended badly, several Afghan soldiers who recently fled to Tajikistan told RFE/RL's Tajik...
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https://www.wionews.com/south-asia/taliban-kill-afghan-folk-singer-days-after-having-tea-with-him-409240
WION (World Is One News) brings latest & breaking news from South Asia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and rest of the World in politics,...
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https://www.rferl.org/a/Taliban_Denies_Reponsibility_For_Massive_Afghan_Blast/1808003.html
The Taliban has denied responsibility for a massive attack in the southern city of Kandahar that killed and wounded dozens of Afghan civilians the previous day.
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https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-army-base-taliban-attack/28803513.html
The Afghan Defense Ministry says 43 soldiers have been killed and nine wounded in a Taliban attack on an army camp in the southern province of Kandahar.
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https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-women-taliban-arrests-islamic-dress-code-un-concerns/32770410.html
The UN Assistance Mission to Afghanistan has expressed deep concern over what it says are recent arbitrary detentions and arrests of Afghan women and girls...
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https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/asia/2021/07/15/afghan-government-denies-taliban-offered-ceasefire-plan/
Local media reports say Taliban leaders want prisoners released in exchange for three-month ceasefire
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https://www.kcur.org/news/2025-11-25/ice-missouri-afghan-taliban-deportation-arrest
Nov 25, 2025 - A Kansas City-based immigration attorney has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Mohammad Ali Dadfar’s warrantless arrest and detention. Hundreds of...
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https://bishnaw.com/impact-of-taliban-restrictions-on-afghan-womens-economic-conditions-and-mental-health/
2,112 women in 17 provinces were surveyed on how Taliban restrictions was affecting their economic conditions and mental health.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2008/11/23/taliban-to-target-afghan-convoys
Group spokesman promises more attacks on US and Nato supply convoys to show might.
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https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-taliban-women-prisoners/32783988.html
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has expressed concern over the treatment of Afghan women activists currently held in Taliban detention.
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https://www.rferl.org/a/afghan-musicians-taliban/31433750.html
Thousands of Afghan musicians, singers, and music teachers fear again being silenced as the country's hard-line Taliban rulers say they will not allow anything...
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https://www.rferl.org/a/Afghan_Minister_Wont_Confirm_Taliban_Talks/1292189.html
Afghanistan's foreign minister has declined to confirm a report that said the government was in contact with Taliban insurgents to negotiate an end to the...
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https://www.ndtv.com/video/afghanistan-crisis-afghan-resistance-leader-asks-for-end-to-war-seeks-talks-with-taliban-600715
The leader of the Afghan opposition group resisting Taliban forces in the Panjshir valley north of Kabul said on Sunday he welcomed proposals from religious...
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https://www.rferl.org/a/afghan-children-pakistan-schools-taliban/33528651.html
Sep 12, 2025 - Schoolchildren in an Afghan refugee camp near Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan say they fear their education will be severely disrupted if they're...
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https://www.rferl.org/a/1062329.html
22 October 2005 -- Police today said neo-Taliban militants killed nine Afghan policemen, including a unit commander, in fighting in the southern Helmand...
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https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/asia/afghan-president-ashraf-ghani-visits-ghazni-after-taliban-raid-1.760834
Insurgents were repelled only after five days of heavy fighting and heavy losses to security forces
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https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/c87b8633ea8d49caa2751e9a8750350e-DWyzgP_2/
It marks the latest development in a relentless Taliban offensive as American and Nato forces finalise their pullout from the war-torn country.
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https://www.rferl.org/a/taliban-takes-district-headquarters-says-it-will-not-negotiate-with-afghan-government-team/30514790.html
Taliban forces have taken control of a district headquarters in Afghanistan's northeastern province of Badakhshan, an overnight development that was followed...
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/15/afghan-president-ghani-flees-country-as-taliban-surrounds-kabul
Taliban fighters enter Kabul after President Ashraf Ghani leaves Afghanistan, saying he wanted to avoid bloodshed.
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https://tribune.com.pk/story/2042579/deal-us-will-not-stop-attacks-afghan-forces-taliban
Both groups have been negotiating in Qatar since 2018 on a deal centred on the withdrawal of US forces
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https://www.dvidshub.net/news/53215/taliban-facilitator-detained-afghan-and-coalition-force-kandahar
An Afghan and coalition security force detained two suspected insurgents in Kandahar province last night including a Taliban logistics officer for the Taliban...
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2011/4/7/taliban-claims-deadly-afghan-raid
Co-ordinated suicide blast and gun assault in Kandahar province leave six security officers dead.
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https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2021/07/05/more-than-1000-afghan-troops-flee-taliban-into-tajikistan/
Over recent days several bases and outposts have been surrendered to insurgents without a shot fired
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https://www.rferl.org/a/afghan-officials-taliban-kills-six-members-of-same-family/30386688.html
The Taliban has killed six members of the same family, including an infant girl, in a remote village in the country's north, Afghan officials say.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/video/us-intelligence-agencies-afghanistan-military-taliban-warnings/
The Biden administration is facing criticism over the chaos erupting across Afghanistan as the Taliban takes control. U.S. intelligence agencies say they...
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https://femena.net/2023/08/14/alone-but-determined-afghan-womens-ongoing-fight-for-rights-two-years-after-taliban-rule/
Aug 14, 2023 - On August 15, 2021, Afghanistan collapsed into the hands of the Taliban following a failed and illegitimate peace process led by the United States, which...
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https://www.foxnews.com/world/afghan-women-who-fled-taliban-rule-thrive-us-daring-rescue-us-charity
Vicki Mayo, the founder of the Mayo Family Foundation, reflected on the progress made by 147 Afghan women she helped evacuate as the Taliban swept to power two...
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https://www.digitaljournal.com/business/afghan-women-turn-to-entrepreneurship-under-taliban/article
When Zainab Ferozi saw Afghan women struggling to feed their families after Taliban authorities took power, she took matters into her own hands and poured
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https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/02/19/afghan-election-dispute-threatens-taliban-violence-reduction-agreement.html
Both main candidates in the Afghan presidential election claimed victory Tuesday.
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https://sgfcitizen.org/government/afghan-asylum-seeker-who-fought-the-taliban-now-held-by-ice-in-springfield/
Nov 25, 2025 - Mohammad Ali Dadfar has been held in the Greene County Jail since mid-October.
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https://www.voanews.com/a/afghan-official-taliban-kill-30-locals-in-northern-province/3974321.html
Shootings took place Saturday morning after Taliban seized control of strategic Mirzawalang area in Sayad district
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https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/apnewsalert/2021/08/11/id/1031903/
Afghan official, reports say president replaces army chief of staff after stunning blitz by Taliban across the country.
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https://www.tribuneindia.com/topic/afghan-taliban
Read articles related to afghan-taliban | Stay updated with The Tribune - your trusted source for breaking news, top headlines, in-depth analysis, and...
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https://www.digitaljournal.com/world/afghan-taliban-soften-stance-on-women-s-rights-activists/article/432872
The Afghan Taliban, condemned for their misogynistic ideology, were surprisingly open with female delegates who attended peace talks in Qatar, pledging
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https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/06/22/taliban-take-key-afghan-district-adding-string-of-gains.html
Taliban fighters took control of a key district in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province Monday.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/as-taliban-take-key-city-kunduz-isis-attacks-afghan-troops-in-achin-district-nangarhar-province/
Afghan president urges nation to trust Afghan troops and not give in to "fear and terror"
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https://www.rediff.com/news/report/cant-live-under-taliban-afghan-students-in-india/20210818.htm?print=true
The Taliban have been known for using violence to force the people to accept their agenda and views, he added. | Can't live under Taliban: Afghan students in...
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https://tribune.com.pk/story/1984403/former-afghan-president-mistakenly-claims-new-taliban-truce
Gaffe comes hours after Karzai, other Afghan opposition figures conclude two-day talks with Taliban in Moscow
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https://www.rferl.org/a/at-least-nine-afghan-police-killed-in-taliban-ambush/29903428.html
An Afghan official says at least nine police officers have been killed by a Taliban ambush on their convoy in the country's west.
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https://menafn.com/1109111429/Afghan-Taliban-Government-Announces-Prisoner-Swap-With-US
Afghan Taliban Government Announces Prisoner Swap With US. AFP Kabul: The Taliban government said Tuesday they had released American citizens from prison in...
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https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/imran-khan-death-rumours-afghanistan-taliban-tit-for-tat-ploy-pakistan-2827563-2025-11-28
Nov 28, 2025 - Imran Khan: Fawad Chaudhry, who served as a minister in the Imran Khan government, said speculation on the PTI chief's death was part of a broader...
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https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/12/11/the-afghan-government-should-not-be-sidelined-in-peace-talks
The US and Russia have bypassed the Afghan government and engaged the Taliban directly. This could be disastrous.
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https://www.voanews.com/a/taliban-unmoved-by-un-call-to-lift-bans-on-afghan-women-girls/7148616.html
Responding to the criticism from the U.N., the Taliban-led foreign ministry in Kabul called the remarks an interference in the country's internal affairs
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https://www.rferl.org/a/1079057.html
ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan; November 1, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Afghan and NATO-led troops have recaptured a district near Kandahar city recently seized by Taliban...
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https://www.outlookindia.com/international/pakistan-decides-not-to-back-afghan-taliban-after-it-fails-to-rein-in-ttp-terror-group-report-news-329708
At the same time, Islamabad will no longer extend any 'special privileges' to the interim Afghan Taliban government in a move that suggests a deterioration in...
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https://www.voanews.com/a/afghan-officials-say-police-have-been-killed-in-taliban-attacks/4073540.html
In southern Ghazni province, the insurgents stormed a security compound, using a suicide car, and killed at least seven policemen
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https://www.rediff.com/news/report/taliban-rejects-us-afghan-troop-withdrawal-plan/20130214.htm
Mullah Omer-led Afghan Taliban have asked the United States and its allies to withdraw all their troops from Afghanistan instead of 'troop reductions and...
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/19/afghan-president-replaces-security-ministers-amid-taliban-advance
Ashraf Ghani announced new defence and interior ministers as violence surges with the Taliban claiming more territory.
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https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/afghan-insurgents-supplying-taliban-intel-to-nato-officials/
From Reuters: A militant Afghan group is supplying intelligence on the Taliban to government and foreign troops leading to the capture or death of several...
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https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/afghanistan-mapping-the-conflict/2021/05/01/id/1019724/
Trying to map the long war in Afghanistan has become an increasingly challenging task ahead of the planned withdrawal of all U.S. forces.Since the U.S.-led...
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https://www.channelkindness.org/afghan-girls-success-gate/
May 24, 2024 - From the tender age of 16, my heart belonged to two passions: football and helping others, especially Afghan women and children. My days were filled with the...
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https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-taliban-affirm-their-alliance-with-al-qaida-afghan-peace-talks-in-doubt/
The new leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Mansour, accepted a pledge of loyalty from the emir of al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahiri, this week in an unusual...
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https://www.rferl.org/a/26990492.html
Qatar's state news agency, QNA, says Afghan and Taliban officials will hold two days of "reconciliation" talks in Doha, although both sides sought to downplay...
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https://www.newarab.com/news/taliban-attack-kills-over-100-afghan-military-base
Over 100 military personnel, mainly young recruits, were killed in the deadly Taliban assault on an army base in northern Afghanistan.
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https://www.rferl.org/a/1077125.html
June 14, 2007 -- Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak has dismissed claims by a top U.S. official who said Iran is arming the Taliban.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/video/2020/7/10/taliban-says-afghan-intelligence-behind-russia-rewards-scandal
Taliban accuses Afghan intelligence of conspiring to keep foreign forces in Afghanistan.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taliban-blocks-women-universities-male-teachers-students-protest/
To protest the Taliban's decision, some male university teachers resigned from their jobs, and dozens of male students walked out of exams.
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https://www.gov.uk/government/news/british-trained-afghan-police-take-on-the-taliban
Already in 2011 British-trained Afghan Police in Helmand province have conducted numerous operations which have seen dozens of insurgents killed or arrested,...
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https://www.rferl.org/a/Security_Concerns_High_As_Taliban_Calls_For_Boycott_Of_Afghan_Elections/2159645.html
In a statement, the group's leadership called the vote an "illegitimate process" and suggested it was prepared to take "certain measures" to stop it.
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https://www.techtimes.com/articles/264266/20210818/us-military-biometric-devices-could-be-in-the-hands-of-the-taliban-risk-to-identify-afghan-nationals-who-worked-for-the-us-gov.htm
Biometric devices from the US military could be in the hands of the Taliban. Learn more about what biometric identification is and how it functions.
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