From fear and disillusion to hope and defiance — every Afghan woman and girl has her own take on what life is like after a year under the Taliban. Sandra Gathmann has been hearing from some, in this second episode of #AJStartHere on the road — in Afghanistan. 📣 ICYMI 📣Check out Sandra’s other episode…… Read More
ISIL and the Taliban – Featured Documentary Raising its black flag over the rugged mountainous regions of Afghanistan, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has emerged as a new threat to the war-ravaged country as it battles the Taliban for supremacy. Raising its black flag over the rugged mountainous regions of Afghanistan,…… Read More
One of the men who plotted the 9/11 terrorist attacks with Osama bin Laden is dead. Ayman Al-Zawahiri was hiding in a home in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, when President Joe Biden said U.S. forces used a drone strike to end his life. Al-Zawahiri took over leadership of Al-Qaeda after Osama bin Laden’s death in 2011.…… Read More
Afghanistan has one of the world’s highest drug addiction rates. According to the Taliban, there are an estimated four million drug addicts across the country. Babrak, a former mujahideen fighter, used to be one of them. Now, he is committed to supporting addicts to detox in one of the capital’s under-resourced drug rehabilitation hospitals. Since…… Read More
Who killed General Zia-ul-Haq? It has been 33 years since the death of former COAS and President of Pakistan but the real cause remains unknown. His son and now a politician, Ijaz-ul-Haq, shared some inside information regarding the mysterious plane crash. ——————- Support Us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=50940322 ——————- Subscribe to TCM Original: https://bit.ly/2A3pOXz Subscribe to…… Read More
SAS operatives in Afghanistan repeatedly killed detainees and unarmed men in suspicious circumstances, according to a BBC investigation. Newly obtained military reports suggest that one unit may have unlawfully killed 54 people in one six-month tour. The BBC found evidence suggesting the former head of special forces failed to pass on evidence to a murder…… Read More
In 2015, Greece found itself on the frontline of the biggest refugee crisis since World War II and caught unprepared to receive record numbers of people. The EU shut its border to Greece in 2016 to prevent refugees from moving further up the continent, leaving 50,000 people trapped there. Among them are up to 3,000…… Read More
Department Press Briefing with Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel, at the Department of State, on June 28, 2023. Transcript: https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-june-28-2023/ ———- Under the leadership of the President and Secretary of State, the U.S. Department of State leads America’s foreign policy through diplomacy, advocacy, and assistance by advancing the interests of the American people, their safety…… Read More
#India #BBC #EnforcementDirectorate #SouthAsiaNews #SouthAsiaNewsline India’s financial crime-fighting agency, ED – the Enforcement Directorate, has opened an investigation into alleged violations of foreign exchange rules by the BBC. The investigation comes months after tax authorities searched the British broadcaster’s offices in Mumbai and New Delhi. The latest investigation is being conducted under India’s Foreign Exchange…… Read More
Israeli police gathered at the scene of an attack by a Palestinian gunman, who opened fire outside an east Jerusalem synagogue Friday night Police said the gunman arrived at about 8:15 p.m. and opened fire, hitting a number of people before he was killed by police. TV footage showed several victims lying in the road…… Read More
Despite the Taliban’s promises of peace and stability, Afghanistan is on its knees. When the militant Islamists took Kabul a year ago, life changed dramatically, especially for women. Our reporters travel to Afghanistan to find out what life is like under Taliban rule. In a small village in the rural province of Maidan Wardak, they…… Read More
Seven Taliban militants were killed in Kabul on Monday morning after a suicide attack on the Afghan parliament. Mark Kelly reports. Image: AP Don’t miss a WSJ video, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/14Q81Xy More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://www.wsj.com Visit the WSJ Video Center: https://wsj.com/video On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/wsj/videos/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/WSJ On Snapchat: https://on.wsj.com/2ratjSM… Read More