List of Taliban articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ethnic Minorities Are Fueling the Taliban’s Expansion in Afghanistan
The Taliban is gaining dangerous leverage by recruiting Tajiks, Turkmen, and Uzbeks.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Blood Lapis: How Mining Funds Afghanistan’s Violence
A Global Witness report details how lapis has become a conflict mineral in Afghanistan.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Millions Left Behind in Afghanistan
With war intensifying as U.S. and NATO troops head home, promises made to help the millions of internally displaced are woefully unfulfilled.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Was Mullah Mansour Doing in Iran?
In the wake of the Taliban leader’s death, we’re only now coming to understand just how ties between Tehran and the Taliban are evolving.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Exclusive: Iran Teams With Taliban to Fight Islamic State in Afghanistan
Tehran and the Taliban have been at each other's throats for decades, but the Islamic State's rise has the two historical enemies teaming up like never before.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Meet the Taliban’s New Mullah, Same as the Taliban’s Old Mullah
The rise of Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada shows that the Taliban’s old guard is still holding the reins of power -- and deciding the future of the Afghan war.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Magical Thinking of Killing Mullah Mansour
Why does anyone still think that bombing terrorist leaders still works?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Don’t Cry for the Taliban
Mullah Mansour's death may be a win for the endless U.S. war on the Taliban. But for the insurgency, it means more chaos -- which is exactly what they want.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama Rolls the Dice With Killing of Taliban Chief
The drone strike in Pakistan shows the United States is betting on weakening the insurgency on the battlefield — not at the negotiating table.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Afghanistan: Taliban Chief Killed in U.S. Strike
Mansour’s death comes as the Taliban expand attacks in Key Afghan districts
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Taliban’s Newest Public Enemy: Traffic Scofflaws
A Taliban-affiliated website warns followers to stop speeding or face a jihad.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 No Criminal Charges for U.S. Personnel Involved in Deadly Afghan Airstrike
U.S.military brass admit fault for the incident but refuse to press charges.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Pakistani Spies May Have Funded 2009 Suicide Bombing Targeting CIA Outpost
The ISI allegedly funneled $200,000 to the Haqqani Network to strike Forward Operating Base Chapman.
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zia4crop4Dark All Hail, the Brother of the Lion of Panjshir!
Ahmad Zia Massoud is fed up with Kabul and threatening to fill the power vacuum inside Afghanistan’s crumbling government.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Serial Recap: The Meaning of Bowe Bergdahl
What does Bergdahl mean for those who served, and the nation in general?
