https://www.ibtimes.com/taliban-destroy-musical-instruments-eastern-afghanistan-cultural-crackdown-continues-3793975
Dec 30, 2025 - Taliban authorities destroyed musical instruments in eastern Afghanistan, reinforcing a nationwide ban critics say is erasing culture.
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https://tass.com/world/1341723
The Taliban are aware of the humanitarian crisis and the scale of this crisis, Marie Lequin, Head of the Eurasia Region at Geneva Call said
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https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-tajikistan-taliban-reconciliation/33598362.html
Nov 22, 2025 - Tajikistan, the only Central Asian country that publicly opposed the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan, is now attempting to mend fences with the...
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https://www.hindustantimes.com/world/afghanistan-taliban-kill-7-police-officials-in-ambush/story-SKkJObl3U0wLR08JBeyLVJ.html
An Afghan official says Taliban gunmen have killed seven policemen in an ambush in the northern Kunduz province. | World News
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https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/07/07/russia-says-ready-to-activate-tajik-military-base-amid-us-pullout-taliban-advance-in-afghanistan-a74450
Russia is prepared to activate a military base in ex-Soviet Tajikistan against advancing Taliban forces on its southern border as U.S. troops finalize their...
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https://www.rferl.org/a/germany-afghanistan-taliban-/31568884.html
Germany has sent high-ranking diplomats to Kabul to meet with the Taliban for the first time since they took power in Afghanistan.
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https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-taliban-ban-on-living-images-censorship/33644012.html
Jan 9, 2026 - New photos from Afghanistan show a Taliban law banning images of people and animals is now being enforced across most of the country, resulting in seafood...
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https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-defends-hosting-taliban-delegation-despite-decades-old-attacks-in-afghanistan/31085898.html
Iran recently hosted a senior Taliban delegation for a week in a move that analysts say is aimed at cultivating ties with potential members of Afghanistan's...
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https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/25/asia/afghanistan-ngos-suspend-programs-taliban-work-ban-intl/index.html
Dec 26, 2022 - At least half a dozen major foreign aid groups have said they are temporarily suspending their operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred female...
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https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-714771
Afghanistan is physically safer than before, but that cannot mask the scale of the challenge the Taliban face in setting Afghanistan on a path of economic...
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https://www.newsmax.com/FareedZakaria/Afghanistan-Middle-East/2015/10/09/id/695501/
Pakistan has mastered the art of pretending to help the United States while actually supporting its most deadly foes.
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https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/taliban-destroy-musical-instruments-eastern-afghanistan-cultural-crackdown-continues-1766927
Dec 30, 2025 - Taliban authorities destroyed musical instruments in eastern Afghanistan, reinforcing a nationwide ban critics say is erasing culture.
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https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/taliban-say-have-no-ceasefire-plans-in-afghanistan-119123000484_1.html
The Taliban Monday denied agreeing to any ceasefire in Afghanistan after rumours swirled of a potential deal that would see a reduction in fighting after more...
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https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-kandahar-attack-pkg/27417392.html
Dozens of civilians were reported killed and injured during an attack on the main military base in Kandahar.
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https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/asia/taliban-sound-alarm-over-coronavirus-in-afghanistan-1.993428
Militants help health workers and raise awareness among civilians
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https://crimethinc.com/2021/08/16/afghanistan-the-taliban-victory-in-a-global-context-a-perspective-from-a-veteran-of-the-us-occupation
A veteran of the US occupation of Afghanistan discusses this defeat for US imperialism—framing the Taliban in the context of a global wave of fascism.
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https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/nato-secgen-allies-making-progress-in-afghanistan-the-taliban-dont-want-to-see/
From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO: Last week, the Peace Jirga was held in Kabul. Despite their best attempt, the Taliban failed to disrupt it. It concluded with...
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https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/afghanistan-bombing-taliban-kills-california-man-manoharan-paul-kamaleson-kabul/
Manoharan "Paul" Kamaleson, 55, was in the country working alongside an NGO on development when the blast tore through compound in Kabul
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https://www.rferl.org/a/1078423.html
KABUL, August 30, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- A senior Taliban commander has been killed in a recent air strike by U.S.-led coalition forces in southern Afghanistan.
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https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/08/17/do-leopards-change-their-spots-taliban-threat-to-heritage-in-afghanistan-could-be-worse-than-in-2001
In an exclusive interview with The Art Newspaper, a very well-informed anonymous source tells us how museums are protecting their collections as militants...
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https://www.rescue.org/press-release/irc-suspend-programmes-afghanistan-following-taliban-ban-women-working-ngos
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is dismayed and disheartened by the latest Taliban edict to ban women from working for NGOs in Afghanistan.
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https://www.kpbs.org/news/news/international/2022/08/04/undercover-journalist-in-afghanistan-finds-taliban-are-abducting-imprisoning-women
Filmmaker Ramita Navai has seen girls and women forced to marry Taliban members or arrested for violating the morality code. Her new PBS Frontline documentary...
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2005/1/17/taliban-prisoners-in-afghanistan-freed
US forces in Afghanistan have freed 81 Taliban prisoners from a jail at the Bagram air base, north of capital Kabul.
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