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    Two Afghan Nationals Executed in Iran on Drug-Related Charges, Rights Group Says

    Taliban Set Fire to Hundreds of Musical Instruments as Crackdown on Music Continues

    US Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration’s Afghan Deportation Plan

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    Two Afghan Nationals Executed in Iran on Drug-Related Charges, Rights Group Says

    US Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration’s Afghan Deportation Plan

    Over 330 Afghans Arrested While Attempting to Cross into Iran Illegally, Taliban Says

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    Taliban Torture Civilians, Demand Cash for Weapons They Don’t Have

    October 23, 2026

    Taliban’s Ongoing Crackdown in Panjshir: Civilians Recount Arrests, Torture and Forced Displacement

    October 13, 2026

    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

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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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    Woman Beaten to Death by Husband in Afghanistan’s Samangan Province

    October 30, 2026

    UN Rights Expert Warns Against Normalization of Taliban Repression in Afghanistan

    October 27, 2026

    Italian Aid Worker Says She Has Heard of Taliban Members’ Daughters Attending Secret Schools

    October 27, 2026

    Man Kills Wife, Dies by Suicide in Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province

    October 21, 2026

    One-Third of Afghanistan’s Nutrition Centres Shut Down Due to Funding Shortages: UN

    October 20, 2026

    EU Calls for Unconditional Reversal of Taliban Restrictions on Women and Girls in Afghanistan

    October 15, 2026

    Taliban Morality Police Arbitrarily Detain 443 People in Three Months, UN Says

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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.
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June 12, 2021

Locals mobilized to defend Taliban attacks in Patoo district of Daikundi

#StopHazaraGenocide
June 7, 2021

Germany expresses concern over continued violence against Hazaras

The birth of 57 new ethnic groups
June 6, 2021

The birth of 57 new ethnic groups: a deconstruction of ethnic politics in Afghanistan

MoI stops passport distribution
June 2, 2021

Covid-19 third wave: MoI stops passport issuance

Tactical retreat or collusion with Taliban
May 25, 2021

“Tactical retreat” or collusion with Taliban?

Taliban battle continues to claim territory in western Afghanistan
May 23, 2021

Taliban battle continues to claim territory in western Afghanistan  

March 25, 2021

Search operation is underway in Behsud, people are in shock

Harsh revenge; Behsud
March 23, 2021

Harsh revenge; hundreds army forces in Behsud to crackdown on Alipoor

e-Tazkira
March 14, 2021

Rifts deepen as NSIA engineers national database of e-Tazkira  

Herat residents outside Ghoryani's house
March 7, 2021

Afghan govt under fire over military operation in Herat residential area

Taliban delegation
February 6, 2021

Peace talks on halt as Taliban focus on regional visits

Afghan gov’t push for ceasefire as 2nd round of peace talks start
January 5, 2021

Afghan gov’t push for ceasefire as 2nd round of peace talks start

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