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Al-Qaeda pamphlet containing instructions to build a cyanide weapon, found on a Hamas terrorist.

Hamza bin Laden’s return: Al-Qaeda’s revival in Afghanistan sparks global terror fears

By ARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE

Members of the Taliban carrying flags participate in a rally to mark the third anniversary of the fall of Kabul, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 14, 2024.

Taliban official brags of growing int'l acceptance, defends gender apartheid laws

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Museum of the Bible to debut world’s oldest Jewish book.

World's oldest Jewish text debuts exhibit at Museum of the Bible

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Afghan women arrive to receive assistance from a World Food Program (WFP) distribution centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 21, 2024.

'A distressing vision for Afghanistan': UN official denounces new Taliban vice and virtue laws

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

THE ENTRANCE to British Airways HQ at London Heathrow. (20/4/2024)

Airlines fly over Afghanistan as Middle East becomes the greater risk

By REUTERS

Afghanistan Taliban officials attend a news conference where they announced they will start issuing passports to its citizens again following months of delays that hampered attempts by those trying to flee the country after the Taliban seized control, in Kabul, Afghanistan October 5, 2021.

UAE accepts Taliban diplomat as Afghan ambassador

By REUTERS

Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.

Taliban appoints ambassador to UAE for first time since Afghanistan takeover

By REUTERS

FILE PHOTO: Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, gestures during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 26, 2022.

Taliban bars UN human rights special rapporteur from Afghanistan

By REUTERS

Afghan Taliban's Deputy Minister of Information and Culture and spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during the death anniversary of Mullah Mohammad Omar, the late leader and founder of the Taliban, in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 24, 2022.

Taliban morality police dismiss over 280 men without beards from security forces

By REUTERS

An Afghan woman walks with her children on the anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2022.

Afghan women suffer under chaffing restrictions on employment and education

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Taliban members on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul, near the US embassy in the Afghan capital, Aug. 15, 2023

‘Kabul is Harboring Terrorists’: Rise of IS-KP in Afghanistan ‘greatest external threat’

By ARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE

Afghan refugee and Breaking athlete Manizha Talash strikes a move during a training session for the Paris 2024 Olympics where breakdancing made its debut as a sport in the competition.

Afghan refugee breakdancing athlete disqualified for slogan on cape

By REUTERS

Fire blazing at Iran-Afghanistan Dogharoun border, August 5, 2024.

Fire at Iran-Afghanistan border extinguished after massive inferno

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Pakistani soldiers stand guard in front of a member of the Taliban force, in the background, during an organised media tour to the Pakistan-Afghanistan crossing border, in Torkham, Pakistan September 2, 2021.

Pakistan military says 28 dead in two terrorist attacks near Afghanistan border

By REUTERS

Taliban members on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul, near the US embassy in the Afghan capital, Aug. 15, 2023

Taliban confirms detention of two Americans, US calls for release

By ARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE

Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.

Afghan women establishing networks against Taliban

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Afghanistan Taliban officials attend a news conference where they announced they will start issuing passports to its citizens again following months of delays that hampered attempts by those trying to flee the country after the Taliban seized control, in Kabul, Afghanistan October 5, 2021.

Taliban delegation to attend women-free UN-led meeting in Doha

By Darcie Grunblatt , REUTERS

CANDIDATES DONALD TRUMP and Joe Biden face off during the final presidential debate of that election season, Oct. 22, 2020.

The US presidential debate shows Middle East is not in focus

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN