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US soldiers walk near a rocket launcher missile at Basmaya military base in Baghdad

Trump transition team looks to court martial US military officials

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Zablon Simantov, 2005.

The last Afghan Jew lands in Israel in surprise family visit

By AVICHAI HAIM

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

Taliban forbids women from 'hearing each others voices'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A watchtower between Afghanistan and Iran is pictured at the Milak border crossing Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran September 8, 2021.

Insurgents kill ten Iranian border police officers in southeast Iran

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A painted portrait of Aafia Saddiqui

Pakistan’s prime minister appeals to US for release of alleged al-Qaida member

By ARSHAD MEHMOUD/THE MEDIA LINE

French police officers stand guard in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, France on November 14, 2015. Photo by Laurence Geai/Flash90

Afghan national charged in France for alleged terror plot

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with acting governor of Kaliningrad Region Alexei Besprozvannykh at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia August 14, 2024.

Moscow’s move to delist Taliban faces skepticism over IS-KP threats

By ARSHAD MEHMOOD / THE MEDIA LINE

An Afghan girl stands near her house that was damaged by an earthquake in Kalizei village in the Gayan district of Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 26, 2022.

Divorced Afghan child brides forced to return to former husbands under Taliban rule

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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