Kabul’s Shadow

At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s security councils’ meeting, Russia’s Sergei Shoigu put hard numbers to what Pakistan has been saying for years: Afghanistan has once again become a dangerous sanctuary. His warning was blunt. Between 18,000 and 23,000 militants from more than 20 outfits are operating inside Afghanistan. Around 3,000 belong to Islamic State. Foreign […]

1. Afghanistan: Forbidden women

Tamanna lives in Afghanistan, the only country in the world where half of the population — women — are forbidden from almost everything: they cannot work, study, or take part in public life. Her life was upended when one of the very few job opportunities available to her — working for an NGO — disappeared due to funding cuts

Pakistan says Afghanistan has created conditions ‘similar to or worse than’ pre-9/11 attacks

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Asif Ali Zardari made the remarks while thanking the international community for condemning Friday's suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque that killed 31 worshippers and wounded 169.

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