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The Message and Consequences of Removing Haqqani Network Leaders From the US ‘Rewards for Justice’ List
In a surprising and unexpected move, the United States recently removed the names of three top leaders of the Haqqani Network ...
A major ISIS attack on Western soil is very likely within the next year
The international environment is unsettled. There are so many terror threats, domestic and foreign, that it is difficult to ...
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Trump’s tariff pressure on Afghanistan ‘will impact economic growth’
Stay informed with the latest breaking news from Afghanistan. Politics, business, sports, and culture updates in English – ...
Pakistan’s ugly geopolitical playbook exploits Afghan refugees for aid and other concessions
Pakistan has long leveraged the displacement of Afghans to its advantage by reinforcing colonial-era borders, extracting ...
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IEA rejects reports of US military planes landing at Afghanistan’s Bagram Air Base
Stay informed with the latest breaking news from Afghanistan. Politics, business, sports, and culture updates in English – ...
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The Taliban senses an opening as it pushes for diplomatic recognition in talks with Trump administration
In the two months since Donald Trump became president, the Taliban has ratcheted up its efforts to ingratiate itself with the ...
Elderly British man says Taliban jail is ‘nearest thing to hell’
Peter Reynolds and his wife, Barbie, who have lived in Afghanistan for 18 years and have joint UK-Afghan citizenship, are in ...
Son of British couple held hostage by the Taliban issues urgent plea to Donald Trump and reveals captives' conditions in jail
The son of British couple Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, who are being held hostage by the Taliban has urgently ...
'Nearest thing to hell': British man held by Taliban with wife describes horrific conditions in Afghan jail
Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 76, were captured by the terrorist group while returning to their home in central ...
British pensioner held hostage by the Taliban describes his 'hell' living in a cage, shackled to murderers and limited to one meal a day inside Afghanistan's most not…
No charges have been issued, nor any explanation given for why Peter and Barbie were arrested on February 1 with their ...
Daily Excelsior6d
Changing US-Afghanistan ties
Harsha Kakar Afghanistan recently released a US citizen, George Glezmann, held by them for over the past two years. He was arrested while touring Afghanistan in Dec 2022, an arrest which the US ...
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In policy shift, State Department ends some bounties on Taliban’s Haqqani network leaders
The Taliban seized Afghanistan following Biden's disastrous withdrawal in 2021. Now, the Trump administration has dropped millions of dollars in bounties targeting Taliban leader Sirajuddin Haqqani.