Security in the southeastern Afghan province of Zabul continues to deteriorate as the Taliban presses it offensive there. The Taliban claimed its fighters overran the alternate Arghandab district headquarters in the southeastern province of Zabul over the weekend, and killed the local chief of police and senior intelligence officer.

The Afghan government plans to free three senior Haqqani Network leaders, including a brother and an uncle of deputy Taliban emir Sirajuddin Haqqani, in exchange for an American and an Australian professor who were kidnapped in 2016. The release of the three senior Haqqani leaders will provide a boost to the Taliban’s leadership, but likely will do little to further […]

Separated from her family after an attempt to flee failed, Tahira is among a growing number of women left struggling and vulnerable in a country where lone mothers are harshly judged.