Afghanistan

UN establishes formal ties with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

Mar 17, 2022 16:59

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has voted to secure a formal presence in Taliban-governed Afghanistan, which has yet to win international recognition.
CIA black site detainee used as torture prop in Kabul

Mar 16, 2022 05:38

Declassified documents show that a Kuwaiti national detained by the CIA was used as a prop to teach the agency’s training interrogators about torture.
Biden's sanctions on Afghanistan could kill more civilians than two decades of war

Mar 13, 2022 07:12

22.8 million Afghans—more than half the population—are facing acute food insecurity. Lift Biden administration's hold on billions of Central Bank reserves.
US says Afghan embassy, now out of money, will close down

Mar 13, 2022 06:00

The Afghan embassy in Washington will shut down in the coming week amid severe financial pressure and cut off from the new Taliban government in Kabul, according to a senior US State Department official.
The tragic US exit from Afghanistan was rooted in decades of failure

Mar 12, 2022 14:16

An important new Atlantic piece on the trauma of the withdrawal should be put in the wider context of American incompetence.
Plight of Afghans ignored by international community

Mar 11, 2022 08:28

The war in Ukraine has triggered a refugee crisis in Europe. But critics say refugees in other parts of the world do not receive the same solidarity and media coverage. Afghanistan is going through a tough time and thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes.
Iran in talks with Taliban to resume 'Silk Road' rail project

Mar 09, 2022 02:53

Iran is in talks with the Taliban to extend a rail link from its border city of Khaf to the Afghan city of Herat, an official has said.
C.I.A. black sites are state secrets, the Supreme Court rules

Mar 07, 2022 12:14

The Supreme Court on Thursday (Mar. 03) shut down efforts by a detainee at Guantánamo Bay to obtain information from two former C.I.A. contractors involved in torturing him, ruling that the inquiry would impermissibly expose state secrets.
Ukraine crisis highlights West’s hypocrisy over Israeli regime’s land theft

Mar 05, 2022 16:45

The sudden concern for international law regarding Ukraine is nowhere to be found when it comes to Israeli regime’s illegal occupation and annexation of Palestinian and Syrian land, and its imposition of an apartheid regime on the entire Palestinian people – a crime against humanity.
Taliban call for lifting of sanctions on Afghanistan

Mar 04, 2022 06:09

The Taliban have called on the international community to lift its sanctions on Afghanistan shortly after the United Nations warns about the country’s ‘irreversible’ economic collapse.