Faith communities are uniting to provide sanctuary and support, and religious leaders are speaking out against dehumanizing ...
Taliban authorities destroyed musical instruments in eastern Afghanistan, reinforcing a nationwide ban critics say is erasing ...
As tensions simmer between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Islamabad is shifting from coercive diplomacy to managed escalation to ...
But I think the best discoveries come from grazing on culture omnivorously and serendipitously — an unexpected, improbable ...
Since the Taliban seized power in 2021, Afghan girls have been massively excluded from school. Deprived of access to ...
Pakistan’s relationship with Afghanistan has deteriorated and sunk to its lowest point in years. It is marked by constant ...
Thursday’s strikes on ISIS targets in Nigeria signal an intensifying American fight against jihadist expansion across Africa.
The Ariana Cinema was closed after the Taliban returned to power in 2021, when authorities banned most forms of entertainment, including films and music ...
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Origins of the Taliban

The Taliban didn’t rise from nowhere — they were built, funded, and armed in the shadow of the Cold War. Born in the ...
Four young Afghan men were given a Taliban warning for walking the streets dressed as Thomas Shelby from the TV hit show ...
Built during a cosmopolitan era in the 1960s, the Ariana closed when the Taliban took power, but it was still standing. Now ...