Taliban Waged a Calculated Campaign Against Women in Kunduz Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times 14 October 2015 Image: Dr. Hassina Sarwari, the Kunduz Province director of Women for Afghan Women, in 2014.Credit - Bryan Denton for The New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban occupation of Kunduz may have been temporary, but what they did to Afghan women’s rights could prove to be lasting. In a methodical campaign, the Taliban relentlessly

For Afghans in Kunduz, Taliban Assault is Just the Latest Affront Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times 7 October 2015 Image: Afghan forces at a checkpoint in Kunduz on Wednesday as a soldier, left in background, appeared to raise the national flag. Credit - Jawed Kargar/European Pressphoto Agency KABUL, Afghanistan — From the early days of his presidency last year, President Ashraf Ghani knew he faced a national security threat in the northern Afghan

Death Toll in Airstrike on Doctors Without Borders Hospital May Rise, Group Says Rod Nordland, New York Times 8 October, 2015   Image: A Doctors Without Borders staff member, left, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. He was wounded during the American airstrike on the group's hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan.CreditWakil Kohsar/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images KABUL, Afghanistan — The death toll may increase significantly from an airstrike

General is said to think Afghan Hospital Airstrike Broke U.S. Rules Eric Schmitt and Matthew Rosenberg, New York Times 6 October, 2015 Image: Gen. John F. Campbell called an airstrike on a hospital a result of "a U.S. decision made within the U.S. chain of command." Credit - Doug Mills/The New York Times WASHINGTON — The American commander in Afghanistan now believes that United States troops probably did not follow their own rules in calling

Afghan Crisis Grows as Push to Retake Kunduz From Taliban Fails Joseph Goldstein and Mujib Mashal, New York Times  29 September 2015 Image: The Afghan police prepared for a counteroffensive on Tuesday in Kunduz, but they were unable to beat back Taliban insurgents. CreditEuropean Pressphoto Agency KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan was plunged deeper into crisis a day after the Taliban seized the northern city of Kunduz, as the insurgents on Tuesday

Mullah Omar: The myth and the movement Lyse Doucet, BBC News 29 July 2015 Image: Mullah Omar had not been seen in public since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 Whether or not Mullah Omar is dead or alive, his long absence from public view is posing a growing threat to the strength of his splintering Afghan Taliban movement. "Where is Mullah Omar?" is a question sources say is being increasingly and angrily directed at the commander regarded

Dead or Alive, Mullah Omar Is a Relic The Taliban leader helped shelter bin Laden, but he wasn't as brutal as the thugs ISIS is recruiting inside Afghanistan.Dan de Luce & Seán D. Naylor, Foreign Policy29 July 2015  They’ve been wrong before, but Afghan officials say that this time they’re really, absolutely, 100 percent certain that Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar died two years ago in a Pakistani hospital. The office of Afghan

In Two Attacks, Taliban Target NATO and Afghan Forces Mujib Mashal, New York Times 7 July 2015 KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban mounted two attacks on NATO and Afghan forces here on Tuesday, killing one Afghan soldier and wounding at least five other people, including four civilians, officials said. It was the second time in a week that the Taliban, who are waging a violent offensive across the country, struck at coalition soldiers in the capital,

Afghan Officials and Taliban Meet in Possible Step Toward Peace Talks Joseph Goldstein and Mujib Mashal, New York Times 7 July 2015 Image: Afghan security forces after an attack by Taliban insurgents on a compound used by Afghanistan's intelligence agency in Kabul on Tuesday. Credit Omar Sobhani/Reuters KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan government delegation met withTaliban officials in the Pakistani capital for the first time on Tuesday, in a significant

The South Asia Daily: News brief from the South Asia Channel Foreign Policy 08 June 2015   India and Bangladesh Sign Agreement to Swap Border Enclves; Taliban Overrun District in Northeastern Afghanistan; 19 Militants, 7 Pakistani Military Members Killed in Clash   India Bonus: "Bangladesh and India finally give people a nation," Syed Tashfeen Chowdhury (Al-Jazeera) India and Bangladesh sign agreement to swap border enclaves India and Bangladesh