Stories from South Asia
Kabul, Afghanistan – When 30-year-old Ali Atayee enrolled for his first computer lessons as an Afghan refugee child growing up in Iran, he knew then this is what he would like to pursue as a career in his adult life. When […]
Commanders from Afghanistan’s Mujahideen who fought Soviet occupation in the 1980s are taking up arms again to battle the Taliban, veteran leaders have told The National. In the past year there have been Taliban victories across the country, accelerating sharply with the sudden […]
A Taliban official said on Friday that the insurgents have seized of 85 per cent of territory in Afghanistan. This claim was dismissed by experts, even as government officials expressed concern about the insurgents’ gains in border areas. “We control […]