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Prominent Afghan news organization reports on life under Taliban rule from Maryland 

Afghanistan

The investigative newspaper Etilaatroz opened a new newsroom in an office building in Silver Spring, Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC.

A classroom that previously was used for girls sits empty in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2022.

He spoke out against banning girls’ education. The Taliban silenced him.

Afghanistan
A group of men gather around a memorial to plant flowers for victims of a militant attack.

The blame game in international politics: Part I

Critical State
A man stands in front of a brick building in rural setting

US spending in Afghanistan fueled rampant corruption, reports say

Conflict
The Afghan ambassador to the US, Roya Rahmani, sitting in front of an Afghan flag.

‘Peace is the highest desire,’ says Afghan ambassador to US

Global Politics
Afghan National Army soldiers fire artillery during a battle with Taliban insurgents in Kunduz on April 29, 2015.

Afghan officials say ISIS and the Taliban have joined forces in at least one province

Conflict

The Afghan government is having trouble containing an attack on the important northern city of Kunduz, which appears to be under fire from a new alliance of Taliban and ISIS fighters that the provincial governor calls a new Taliban — and a new war.

A man lights candles to mourn the victims from the Army Public School in Peshawar, which was attack by Taliban gunmen, in Karachi, December 16, 2014.

A Pakistani girl survives a Taliban attack on her school by playing dead

Conflict

Taliban gunmen stormed a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday morning. More than a hundred children died, but one girl made it out alive.

A security official prevents members of the media from approaching a damaged police bus at the site of an explosion in Karachi targeting policemen on February 13, 2014.

How the Taliban took control of organized crime in Pakistan’s largest city

Justice

In Pakistan, the struggle against the local version of the Taliban is spreading, and not just in terms of terrorism. The group has muscled its way into the crime scene in Karachi, Pakistan, a booming city with lucrative opportunities in things like kidnapping and extortion.

British troops lower the Union Flag during a ceremony marking the end of operations for US Marines and British combat troops in Helmand on October 26, 2014.

Afghan success stories aren’t quite what they seem

Conflict

In some scattered areas of Afghanistan, like the district of Gizab, coalition forces were able to claim victories over the Taliban, driving them out with the help of locals. But as international troops leave, those alleged successes are becoming far more fragile.

The World

The changing role for women in Afghanistan

Global Politics

For women in Afghanistan, day-to-day life continues to be a struggle. It has been nearly a decade since the fall of the Taliban, yet every step forward for Afghan women seems to come with new setbacks.