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    OIC to Discuss Afghanistan Crisis as Envoy Urges Taliban to Restore Girls’ Access to Education

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    OIC to Discuss Afghanistan Crisis as Envoy Urges Taliban to Restore Girls’ Access to Education

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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

    Afghan Woman with a book in hand
    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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Mokhtar is Staff Writer and a Reporter for Kabul Now. He features war victims, develop investigative reports, writes on poverty, security, and democratic developments in Afghanistan.
February 4, 2023

Dutch government to pay compensation for killing 20 civilians in Afghanistan

Taliban restrictive education policies
September 18, 2021

Afghan women face Taliban restrictive education policies

Panjshir Resistance Force
September 6, 2021

Taliban claims takeover of Panjshir, Resistance Front rejects

Fear among people grows as insurgents push to take control of more territory
August 11, 2021

Fear among people grows as insurgents push to take control of more territory

PWDs
July 12, 2021

A landmine survivor who fights for rights of PWDs

Diplomatic missions suspend or limit consular operation in Balkh
July 4, 2021

Diplomatic missions suspend or limit consular operation in Balkh

Women take up arms against Taliban in Ghor
July 4, 2021

Women take up arms against Taliban in Ghor

Seven security forces killed in Takhar province
July 1, 2021

Seven security forces killed in Takhar province

Top US diplomat: Taliban unwillingness to talk ‘deeply frustrate’ us
June 27, 2021

Top US diplomat: Taliban unwillingness to talk ‘deeply frustrate’ us

local security official
June 24, 2021

Local security official order Afghan forces to kill Taliban, take no prisoners

Stoltenberg
June 14, 2021

Stoltenberg: NATO planning how to maintain international airport in Kabul

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June 13, 2021

Khalili reiterates importance of ensuring a ‘just peace’ in Afghanistan

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