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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

Iran's acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani and Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (not pictured) hold a joint news conference in Baghdad, Iraq June 13, 2024.

Iran's acting FM is building an alliance against Israel - this is how

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

A person holds a poster depicting a cover of Der Spiegel magazine with a picture of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and a quote, reading: "We must finally deport on a grand scale" during a right wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party protest, one week after a man killed a policeman with a knife in t

German government discusses deportations to Afghanistan via Uzbekistan, Taliban out of talks

By REUTERS

THE UN Security Council meets, last month, prior to voting on a resolution demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire for Ramadan leading to a permanent sustainable ceasefire and for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. The resolution passed.

UN: US citizen held hostage by Taliban terrorists needs urgent medical care

By REUTERS

Iran's acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024.

Release frozen Afghan assets, Tehran demands

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

Members of a bomb disposal squad examine the site of a blast in Khanozai, Balochistan, Pakistan, February 7, 2024

‘Solid Indications’ of TTP involvement: Pakistan arrests 11 suspects in bus attack

By ARSHAD MEHMOUD/THE MEDIA LINE

An Afghan man works in front of the ruins of a 1500-year-old Buddha statue in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023.

Gunmen kill three Spanish tourists in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province

By REUTERS

Traffic moves as municipality workers clear debris from the streets after flooding in Sheikh Jalal district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan May 12, 2024.

Afghanistan floods devastate villages, killing 315

By REUTERS