KABUL (AFP) – Taleban fighters chanted victory slogans next to the United States (US) embassy in Kabul yesterday as they marked the first anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan following a turbulent year that saw women’s rights crushed and a humanitarian crisis worsen. Exactly a year ago, the hardline extremists captured Kabul after […]
KABUL (AFP) – Taleban fighters beat women protesters and fired into the air yesterday as they violently dispersed a rare rally in the Afghan capital, days ahead of the first anniversary of the hardline extremist’s return to power. Since seizing control on August 15 last year, the Taleban have rolled back the marginal gains made […]
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (AP) – For most teenage girls in Afghanistan, it’s been a year since they set foot in a classroom. With no sign the ruling Taleban will allow them back to school, some are trying to find ways to keep education from stalling for a generation of young women. At a house in Kabul, […]
Clearly Modi’s men had such faith in the Americans and their handpicked Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, that they chose not to notice much else – the Taleban, for instance, who they saw as an extension of Pakistan.