Taliban

With Afghanistan again facing a political crisis, Mohammed Najibullah’s tarnished memory is being rehabilitated by some. But the crimes of the last Soviet-supported president, who was killed by the Taliban, are hardly forgotten.

The Afghan government fears that internal clashes within the militant group will leave it without a reliable peace partner.

After a bloody Ramadan, the Afghan government and the Taliban called for a three-day truce that mostly continues. But Islamic State terrorists are already conducting more massacres. 

“Nearly all the Taliban leadership in Doha has the bug,” a senior Afghan official said.

The coronavirus has swept through the top ranks, leaving Mullah Omar’s son tenuously in charge.

With new Taliban prisoner releases, the Afghan government hints at progress with peace talks.

Kabul blames the Taliban for the killing of mothers and newborn babies but questions about the culprits remain.

Iran is resuming its enrichment of uranium, Syrian mercenaries are in Libya, and the Taliban are exploiting the coronavirus.

The Islamist group is using the coronavirus crisis for propaganda—with potentially dire consequences for those living under its control.

What’s different this time, villagers say, is many of the fighters’ own sisters and daughters are attending.

As political divisions hold up talks with the Taliban, Afghan forces are paying the price.

As the United States prepares to leave, thousands of killings remain unprobed, and Washington refuses to talk about them.

Slashing aid, abandoning the peace process, or going it alone will imperil U.S. interests.

The disputed prisoner swap that is delaying peace talks was a last-minute American concession Mike Pompeo said wouldn’t happen.

The Taliban are happily talking with Trump and standing down against U.S. troops, but they say they are "still at war" with Afghan national security forces. 

Airstrikes against Taliban forces threaten to undermine a pact that may be already coming apart.