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‘We kept fighting’: Afghan soldier recalls political failures behind Kabul disaster

02/01/202208/07/2022

On the afternoon of August 15, the day Kabul fell to the Taliban, Ahmad Javid, a 37-year-old soldier in the Afghan security forces, was preparing to head north to test a new weapon system that his unit had finished training on the day […]

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Renewed northern alliance could help to keep the Taliban at bay

13/08/202129/03/2022

A developing alliance in the north could be the answer to Afghanistan’s Taliban strife, security experts have told The National. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani visited the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh province on Wednesday to meet leaders from the country’s […]

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Afghan government denies Taliban offered ceasefire plan

15/07/202107/10/2021

After months of worsening conflict, Taliban leaders said they had proposed a three-month ceasefire in Afghanistan in exchange for prisoner releases and the removal of the group’s leaders from a UN blacklist, local media reported on Thursday. But a member […]

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Taliban advance triggers flight from Afghan provincial capital

05/07/202107/10/2021

Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents advanced to the gates of a northern province on Sunday and seized several districts after mounting attacks across the country at the weekend. The Taliban were fighting on edges of Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan province, after […]

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Afghan military strategy under fire as Taliban gain territory

21/06/202123/06/2021

For nearly 10 days, Private Fazulrahman Salangi’s battalion held off a Taliban attack in Anaar Dara district of Afghanistan’s Farah province, waiting for reinforcements. Finally, the group of about 40 soldiers decided to pull back, allowing the militants to overrun […]

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Their Names Showed Up on WhatsApp ‘Taliban Kill Lists.’ Now, Some Are in Hiding.

07/06/202107/10/2021

Zainullah Stanekzai hasn’t seen his family since he was forced to leave his home in southern Afghanistan last year in November, after his name appeared on a “kill list” of alleged Taliban targets that was being widely circulated on WhatsApp […]

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The Taliban Is Ready to Be Al Qaeda’s ‘Darling’ Again

04/05/202123/06/2021

The imminent withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan is breathing new life into the relationship between the Taliban and al Qaeda, according to several Afghan intelligence officials and members of both militant groups who spoke to The Daily Beast. “The […]

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India rattled by US Afghanistan withdrawal, experts say

23/04/202123/06/2021

The official announcement of the upcoming withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan has put India on edge, raising fears that a power vacuum could destabilise the region. The deadlocked peace process with the Taliban and the growing geo-political uncertainty in […]

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Taliban unlikely to close door on talks despite US delay, experts say

15/04/202123/06/2021

The Afghan Taliban are expected to continue co-operating with the US on peace negotiations with the Afghan government despite rejecting US President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw American troops by September, experts say. US officials said the withdrawal would begin on May […]

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Taliban Promises ‘Nightmare’ for U.S. Troops in Final Afghanistan Stretch

14/04/202123/06/2021

The Taliban never kept secret what their reaction would be if the Biden administration delays the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, and now that it’s happened, U.S. forces may have to deal with a new, unbridled wave of violence […]

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