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TALIBAN LEADER Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada is seen in an undated photograph posted on a Taliban Twitter feed and identified separately by several Taliban officials who declined be named.

Taliban leader doubles down on treatment of women in annual address

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Sherwin Pomerantz

Redirecting the world’s outrage around the Jewish people

By SHERWIN POMERANTZ

Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov shakes hands with a representative of the Taliban delegation Mawlawi Shahabuddin Dilawar before the beginning of international talks on Afghanistan in Moscow, Russia, October 20, 2021.

Russia says it's working on removing Taliban from its list of terrorist organizations

General view of Pakistan and Taliban flags at the Friendship Gate crossing point in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Chaman, Pakistan August 27, 2021.

Pakistan-Afghanistan trade talks address '50% decrease in transit trade'

By ARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE

Members of the Russian Emergencies Ministry carry out search and rescue operations at the Crocus City Hall concert venue after a shooting attack and fire, outside Moscow, Russia, in this picture obtained March 24, 2024.

Russian foreign ministry: hard to believe Islamic State could launch Moscow attack

By REUTERS

Afghan police officers chat with each others in front of a pile of burning illegal drugs in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan July 1, 2021.

Pakistan restarts Afghan refugee repatriation amid border tensions

By ARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE

Former Mujahideen hold weapons to support Afghan forces in their fight against Taliban, on the outskirts of Herat province, Afghanistan July 10, 2021.

Afghanistan invests $35M in Iran’s Chabahar seaport

By ARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE

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.

Kabul seeks stronger ties and refugee leniency from Islamabad's new government

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

People walk on a snow-covered street on the so-called 'TV mountain' in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 30, 2023.

Loss of life and livestock: 15 dead as deadly winter storms strikes Afghanistan

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

TALIBAN FORCES patrol in front of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 2

Taliban delegation refuses to attend UN mediation talks, sets 'unreasonable' demands

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

Martyrs from Afghanistan will travel to fight in Gaza, Iranian envoy claims

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters watch the general election results at a PTI office in Islamabad, Pakistan February 8, 2024.

Uncertainty looms in Pakistan after election day marred by cellular blackout

By ARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE

February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

World Hijab Day: Unwrapping the debate over head covering

By LANA IKELAN/THE MEDIA LINE

A Dassault Falcon 10

Two killed, four survive Afghanistan plane crash, Taliban says

By REUTERS

A polio worker administers polio vaccine to a child, who arrived from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, during a vaccination campaign at a bus stop in Rawalpindi May 13, 2014.

Pakistan polio vaccine campaign at center of bombing that killed 6 police officers

By ARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE

People gather near a body lying on the ground at the scene of explosions during a ceremony held to mark the death of late Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, in Kerman, Iran, January 3, 2024

US intelligence confirms Islamic State's Afghanistan branch behind Iran blasts -sources

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 struggle for rights under increasing Taliban repression

By ARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE

TALIBAN MEMBERS walk in front of a military airplane a day after the US withdrawal, in Kabul, August 31, 2021.

How the US invasion of Afghanistan is shaping the Gaza war - comment

By YONAH JEREMY BOB