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Firing weapons in the air by militants during weddings and other celebrations leads to deaths and injuries and spreads fear among civilians, according to an instruction tweeted out by Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid on Sunday. Military commanders in Kabul and other cities were told to immediately disarm and arrest anyone …

Organizers and activists told local media that the militants blocked them from marching to the Afghan presidential palace and dispersed the rally using tear gas and batons. They said several women were detained and at least one protester was injured when a Taliban member hit her on the head.  Videos …

AP quoted an official at a Kabul hospital as saying that two people were killed and 12 wounded after militants fired their guns into the air in celebration on Friday night.  TOLO News initially reported that 17 bodies and 41 wounded people were transported to the same hospital after the …

Joe Biden’s attention has been deflected from an imploding Afghanistan, to a passionate cultural domestic battle. Texas has just passed Senate Bill 8, better known as the Heartbeat Bill. It makes it illegal to have an abortion in the state once cardiac activity begins, normally by six weeks of pregnancy. …

Tracers streaked across the night sky on Friday evening local time, reminiscent of celebrations on Tuesday following the departure of the last US airplane from Kabul. There were different reports as to the occasion, however, with RT’s senior correspondent Murad Gazdiev hearing both talk of victory in Panjshir and the …

Those of us who have worked for the international community’s efforts in Afghanistan, whether as soldiers, civilian advisers, or NGOs, had one abiding nightmare.  That was being captured by the Taliban. Most of us had watched some of the brutal snuff movies from their first reign in the 1990s. We …

However, speaking to a press briefing, Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova explained that recognition wouldn’t be a cause for discussion until there is a real government in Kabul. “We stand for the formation of an inclusive coalition government in Afghanistan with the participation of all the country’s ethnopolitical forces, including national …

The Taliban launched a major operation to take the Panjshir valley on Thursday, after the negotiations with the local resistance movement failed, according to spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. He said the Taliban fighters entered the province and captured eleven “important” positions along the main road leading to the eastern province of …

“White supremacist and anti-government extremists have expressed admiration for what the Taliban accomplished, a worrying development for US officials who have been grappling with the threat of domestic violent extremism,” CNN reported on Wednesday afternoon. Only one official is mentioned by name, however – John Cohen of the Office of …

A massive column of assorted military vehicles, carrying hundreds of Taliban fighters, rode through Kandahar on Wednesday. The vehicles, seized from the now-defunct Afghan army, sounded their sirens and had Taliban flags hoisted, footage circulating online shows. The parade featured dozens of Humvee up-armored cars of various models, as well …