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Al-Qaeda: A Defeated Threat? Think Again.

22nd November, 2023 · admin

WarontheRocks: Contradicting Biden’s assessment, the Taliban’s 2021 ascension reinvigorated al-Qaeda’s Afghan operations. Al-Qaeda commanders are back in Afghanistan, swiftly reactivating the group’s presence. Training camps are now operational in five provinces, including Zabul and Nuristan, areas that Osama bin Laden once earmarked as crucial for al-Qaeda. In Nuristan, these camps are actively training suicide bombers,

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Opinion/Editorial, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Female Afghan Students Decry US Visa Denial

22nd November, 2023 · admin

Akmal Dawi VOA News November 21, 2023 Nineteen-year-old Dewa — not her real name — had an admission letter to an undergraduate college program in the United States and a scholarship covering all her expenses. But the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, rejected her student visa application, saying they believed she was intending to immigrate.

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Posted in Afghan Women, Education, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Open Letter from Former Government Military Personnel to the U.S. Congress: Support for an Alternative to the Taliban Regime

18th November, 2023 · admin

8am: In an open letter, more than five thousand former government military personnel implore the United States Congress to support the goal of “a gradual end to the death of Afghan citizens, especially women and former military personnel,” instead of endorsing the self-proclaimed Taliban regime, which claims to represent the will of the people. They

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Posted in Human Rights, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Detain and torture by Taliban, Taliban Amnesty Violation, US betrayal of Afghans |
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Biden Administration Points Finger at International Partners for Taliban Diverting U.S. Aid

17th November, 2023 · admin

Michael Hughes: The U.S. State Department shrugged its collective shoulders, so to speak, and seemed to say “not my problem” when pressed on the Taliban siphoning large portions of American humanitarian aid. Instead of taking any responsibility, the U.S. suggested international aid organizations should be blamed for getting ripped off by the radical movement. On

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Posted in Corruption, Economic News, Opinion/Editorial, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Taliban stealing aid |
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U.S. Government’s Interaction with the Taliban Aggravates Human Rights Violations

17th November, 2023 · admin

8am: The relationship between the United States and the Taliban group which is becoming more intricate with each passing day has gone through a U-turn. The Taliban, historically labeled as a terrorist group and an enemy of the United States, has now been unofficially elevated to the level of a government by Washington and has

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Posted in Human Rights, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Secret alliance between Taliban and US, Secretly funding Taliban |
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SIGAR reports a large percentage of US aid is being diverted to the Taliban

15th November, 2023 · admin

Ariana: The US Inspector General for the Reconstruction of Afghanistan (SIGAR) John Sopko said Tuesday the Islamic Emirate [Taliban] is diverting or otherwise benefitting from a considerable amount of U.S. assistance. Testifying at a hearing before the Committee on Foreign Affairs US House of Representatives, Sopko shared how US funds have been provided to or

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Posted in Economic News, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Secret alliance between Taliban and US, Secretly funding Taliban, Taliban stealing aid |
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UN-Mandated Assessment Links Taliban’s Legitimacy to Afghan Women’s Freedom

15th November, 2023 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News November 14, 2023 ISLAMABAD — An independent assessment commissioned by the United Nations has linked recognition of the Taliban government to compliance with Afghanistan’s international treaty obligations and commitments, requiring it to immediately remove sweeping curbs on women’s rights to education and employment opportunities. “Any formal re-integration of Afghanistan into global institutions

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Taliban blowback, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan |
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Biden Could Be Preparing to ‘Upgrade Ties’ With Kabul: WPR

10th November, 2023 · admin

Tolo News: A former US diplomat and current professor at the City University of New York, Annie Pforzheimer, in a piece for World Politics Review wrote that the “administration of US President Joe Biden has quietly begun to soften Washington’s stance on the Taliban as a sponsor of terrorism, despite an authoritative report by United

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Posted in Political News, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Secret alliance between Taliban and US, Secretly funding Taliban, West supporting Taliban |
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Gaza War: Why Is the Taliban Group Silent?

8th November, 2023 · admin

8am: This group has not condemned or praised the parties involved. Specifically, the Taliban did not call Hamas a liberation movement like the Turkish authorities, nor did they call Israel a usurper and infanticidal regime like the Islamic Republic of Iran. Notably, the stance of the forces opposing the Taliban is firmer than this group

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Posted in Arab-Afghan Relations, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Israel-Afghanistan, Palestine-Afghanistan Relations, Secret alliance between Taliban and US, Secretly funding Taliban, Supreme Council of National Resistance, West supporting Taliban |
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Putin Alleges Some Western Weapons For Ukraine Are Ending Up In Taliban Hands

4th November, 2023 · admin

Reuters: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on November 3 that some Western weapons supplied to Ukraine were finding their way to the Middle East through the illegal arms market and being “sold to the Taliban and from there they go on to wherever. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Russia-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Secretly funding Taliban, Ukraine |
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