In an astonishing development, Taliban co-founder and Afghanistan’s Deputy PM Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar featured in TIME Magazine’s list of 100 most influential people of 2021. He was named in the ‘Leaders’ category alongside the likes of PM Modi, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, US President Joe Biden, US Vice […]
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How Sept. 11 Supercharged China’s Propaganda
The article, citing Chinese research and experts, allege “Chinese officials worry about the prospect of Afghanistan becoming a haven for Islamist militant groups, including ETIM [or the East Turkestan Islamic Movement],” following the fall of Afghanistan back into the Taliban’s hands. That is why it was particularly puzzling when the […]
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France Rages at AUKUS Sub Snub
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Biden Needs to Bolster the Power of Exiles
To counter this anti-democratic surge, the U.S. government needs to do more than simply support existing democracies. It needs to bolster individual democrats, many of them in hiding or on the run. Countless Afghan human rights defenders, feminists, journalists, writers, and intellectuals have risked their lives and abandoned homes and […]
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Taliban allowed women to study but compulsory to wear head coverings
Kabul, Afghanistan: Taliban allowed women and girls to attend universities at post graduate levels, but the classroom will be gender segregated and women will be required to wear head coverings. Taliban government’s new Higher Education Minister, Abdul Baqi Haqqani said that women cannot play sports, but can continue to study […]