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    Afghan Artist in Canada Named Max Gala’s Artist of the Year 2026

    Body of Former Security Force Member Found in Southern Afghanistan Six Months After Taliban Arrest

    Natural Disasters Kill and Injure Over 2,300 in Afghanistan Over Past Year, Taliban Says

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    Iran Says Synthetic Drug Seizures on Afghan Border Quadrupled

    IOM: 54 Percent of Afghan Returnees Unable to Meet Basic Needs as Winter Approaches

    Pakistan Declares Emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as Border Clashes Kill 12, Army Says

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    From Homeowners to Tenants: How the Taliban Is Taking Control of Kabul’s Omid Sabz Township

    May 29, 2026

    From Afghanistan to Everest: Zakia Ahmad’s Historic Ascent Offers Hope to Afghan Women

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    May 5, 2026

    Denied School and Work, Women in Afghanistan Build a Quiet Resistance

    April 10, 2026

    U.S. Deportations Send Afghans Back to Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan

    Terrorism in Europe
    March 8, 2026

    From Territorial Caliphate to Individualized Networks

    February 2, 2026

    Living in Limbo: Afghan Refugees Describe Insecurity and Neglect in Kenya’s Kakuma Camp

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    December 26, 2025

    Afghanistan’s Neighbors on High Alert Over Growing Cross-Border Threats

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    Territorial Control Without Governance: Afghanistan, the Taliban, and the Crisis of Legitimacy

    The International Criminal Court should recognize that Hazara women are persecuted both as women and as Hazaras

    Beyond the Law: The Informal Institutions Shaping Afghanistan

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    Afghan Artist in Canada Named Max Gala’s Artist of the Year 2026

    October 11, 2026

    UNICEF Says One in Two Girls in Afghanistan Marries Before Age 18

    October 11, 2026

    International Day of the Girl: UN, Former Afghan President Urge Action for Girls

    October 8, 2026

    Taliban Briefly Detain 52 Women, One Girl Over Alleged Dress Code Violations, UN Says

    October 6, 2026

    ICC Unseals Arrest Warrants for Two Taliban Ministers Over Gender-Based Persecution

    October 5, 2026

    Young Woman Tortured and Killed in Front of Four Children in Afghanistan’s Ghor Province

    October 1, 2026

    Afghan Girls’ Education Advocate Shabana Basij-Rasikh Named to TIME100 Next 2026

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Maisam Iltaf is a journalist at KabulNow. He is also a researcher and human rights activist. Iltaf’s research interests include refugee and forced migration, ethnic and cultural politics, identity and memory, and religious radicalization and violent extremism. His articles have appeared in the Diplomat, the Geopolitics, Global Voices as well as the Porsesh Policy Research Institute.
September 12, 2023

Bennett Briefs UN Council on Worsening Situation in Afghanistan, Calls for Action

August 14, 2023

Hundreds of Hazara Families Risk Forced Eviction in Khas Uruzgan

July 25, 2023

Remembering Enlightenment Movement: Tributes Paid to Victims on the 7th Anniversary

July 25, 2023

Taliban’s Strict Restrictions on Muharram Processions Continue across Afghanistan

July 23, 2023

Taliban’s False Amnesty: The Fate of Former Military Officers Who Return to Afghanistan

July 16, 2023

All is Lost: A Former Soldier and Her Journey to Safety

July 8, 2023

Defiant and Resilient: Women’s Two-Year Struggle Against the Taliban

June 19, 2023

UN Human Rights Council Discusses Taliban’s Human Rights Abuses in Afghanistan

June 3, 2023

Tragedy of a Migrant Shipwreck in Italy: What New Investigation Reveals?

June 3, 2023

Canadian Parliament Hosts Meeting on Hazara Genocide, Calls for National Support

May 26, 2023

How has Taliban’s Victory in Afghanistan Inspired the TTP to Dream Big?

May 23, 2023

Fighting the Taliban: Can Exiled Leaders Unite Behind a Shared Agenda?

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