Abubakar Siddique, a journalist for RFE/RL's Radio Azadi, specializes in the coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is the author of The Pashtun Question: The Unresolved Key To The Future Of Pakistan And Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is one of the world’s leading victims of climate change. But can its Taliban government cooperate with the international community to mitigate the crisis?
Trump’s return to the White House is likely to have repercussions for Afghanistan.
Jawed Mohmand, an Afghan academic and political commentator, is the latest figure to be detained by the Taliban as part of its crackdown on dissent.
Israel’s ban on the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), if implemented, would severely hamper aid operations in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, experts have warned.
In Europe, there have been growing calls for an arms embargo on Israel, sanctions on far-right members of the Israeli government, and requests to review the European Union’s trade deal with Israel.
A new UN report has highlighted the Taliban’s harassment of aid groups providing vital humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan.
The Taliban has banned any depiction of living things, including people and animals. The ban has triggered concerns over press freedom.
U.S.-based Muslim preacher and educator Fethullah Gulen, who was accused by Turkey of organizing a failed coup in 2016, has died in exile in the United States aged 83.
Iranian border guards fired on and killed Afghan migrants seeking to cross into Iran from Pakistan, according to local reports and rights groups.
The United States has announced the deployment of THAAD, one of its most advanced missile defense systems, to Israel. Experts see the move as part of Washington’s efforts to bolster Israel against possible Iranian retaliation after an anticipated Israeli attack.
Pakistan has banned the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, a civil organization campaigning for the rights of the country’s Pashtun minority. Experts and politicians say the ban will further alienate the community.
Hundreds of former Afghan policewomen threatened by the Taliban are living in hiding.
A wider regional war in the Middle East could rattle the global energy supply and trade routes, experts warn.
There are concerns that the United States’ decision to scrap the post of special Afghan envoy signals Washington’s increasing disengagement from Afghanistan.
The Taliban is trying to woo foreign tourists to visit Afghanistan. The militant group, which seized power in 2021, is coming to boost its image. Even as it aims to lure foreigners, the Taliban’s restrictions on women have stifled local tourism.
The Taliban has banned virtually any critical reporting about its unrecognized government in Afghanistan.
There has been a significant uptick in violence in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, the UN has documented. Anti-Taliban resistance groups as well as the Islamic State-Khorasan extremist group are behind a surge in violence in Afghanistan.
Afghans are worried that the Taliban’s suspension of the polio vaccination campaign makes their children vulnerable to the potentially life-threatening disease.
Afghanistan has made its way into the U.S. headlines once again in the run-up to the presidential election. Both Democrats And Republicans are blaming each other for the disastrous end to the Afghan war.
The Afghan embassies in London and Oslo will be shut later this month. The move is seen as another step toward increasing international engagement with the Taliban. No country formally recognizes its hard-line government because of its extremist policies, which deprive Afghans of fundamental rights.
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