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‘We are blind’: Afghanistan faces nationwide internet blackout as Taliban blocks online access

Taliban shuts down Afghanistan’s internet and mobile networks, sparking panic and deepening economic crisis; women lose their 'last hope' of online education

Ynet | 09.30.25

Taliban rejects Trump's claim US could retake Bagram air base: 'Adopt realism and rationality'

It remains unclear what conversations the U.S. may have had with Afghan officials about returning to the country; but Trump suggested the Taliban might be open to allowing American forces back

Associated Press | 09.21.25

Taliban restrictions hinder rescue efforts for women in Afghanistan earthquake

Deadly earthquake exposes the deadly cost of Taliban rule—where cultural bans prevent male rescuers from helping women, leaving the injured and trapped to suffer and die

Ynet | 09.07.25

פצועים מטופלים בעקבות רעידת אדמה ב אפגניסטן

At least 600 dead, more injured after 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan

Hundreds killed or injured as powerful quake devastates eastern Afghanistan, flattening villages and overwhelming rescuers in a nation already facing deep humanitarian crises

Reuters | 09.01.25

חיילים של טליבאן ליד שגרירות ארה"ב ב קאבול אפגניסטן

Taliban releases American held for over 2 years, State Department says

George Glezmann, an airline mechanic from Atlanta, was seized by Taliban’s intelligence services in December 2022; he is the third US detainee released since January

Associated Press | 03.20.25

Taliban fighters patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan late last week

Taliban lifts TV channel ban, but press freedom in Afghanistan remains in peril

As the Taliban reopens previously shuttered media outlets in Afghanistan, experts warn that the move is more about exerting control than restoring independent journalism

Arshad Mehmood, The Media Line | 03.11.25

Trump is fed up with wars of attrition, including war between Israel and Hamas

Opinion: As Trump’s unpredictable strategies unfold, parallels emerge between his approach to the Taliban and Hamas; While Israel weighs its next moves, public opposition to resumed fighting grows and hostages remain key to shaping the nation’s strategy moving forward

Ben-Dror Yemini | 03.09.25

Taliban purge academics, reshape Afghan education with ‘extremist agenda’

The Taliban appear to be engaging in a systematic approach to seek ideological revenge and promote the 'Talibanization' of universities in Afghanistan, purging opposition, eroding academic freedom and forcing a brain drain

Arshad Mehmood/The Media Line | 12.22.24

Under the Taliban’s auspices: ISIS and al-Qaeda gain strength after the US withdrawal

Taliban, ISIS-K and al-Qaeda grow and branch out in Asia, Africa and the West under the guise of the terror greenhouse in Afghanistan, raising the concerns of its neighbors

Eran Lahav | 12.13.24

Women wearing burqas in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 7

Taliban policies reinforce ‘gender apartheid,’ silencing Afghan women, experts say

Organization for World Peace warns against accepting Taliban’s oppressive policies as normal and calls for global efforts to protect Afghan women

Arshad Mehmood/The Media Line | 12.02.24

Through Taliban territory: An Israeli traveler’s surreal Afghan adventure

David, an Israeli using a foreign passport, secretly traveled to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to explore its landscapes and history; from surveilled checkpoints to opium fields, he recounts a journey filled with beauty, danger and the stark realities of life under Taliban rule

Assaf Kamar | 11.15.24

בני ווקסלר ששהה במלון מול שגרירות איראן באפגניסטן

'They could hear us talking in Hebrew and started questioning': Israeli returns from dangerous trip to Afghanistan

Benny Wexler says he spent days without sleep ahead of his trip to the Taliban's home country, worrying he might be identified as Jewish

Itamar Eichner | 11.01.24

The United Nations is at war against women

Opinion: Inaction is complicity - Equality for women is still in its infancy in large parts of the world and instead of standing up to gender apartheid, the UN’s cowardice is enabling it

Emily Schrader | 08.01.24

$293 million in US aid may be in Taliban hands

Of the $2.8 billion transferred to Afghanistan since 2021 US withdrawal, nearly $300 million unaccounted for, US agency on Afghanistan reconstruction finds

The Media Line | 07.22.24

Pakistani security officials inspect the scene of a blast near a Frontier Corps vehicle on a roadside in Quetta, the provincial capital of the Balochistan province, Pakistan, on July 13, 2024. According to police, an explosive device planted by unknown suspected terrorists in the Akhtar Abad area near the Western Bypass in Quetta exploded and killed at least one person and injured two others.

Pakistan requests renewed US military aid as it launches fresh counterterrorism effort

Experts say aid, frozen in 2018 amid accusations of harboring terrorists, unlikely to be renewed; Pakistan's military working to curb resurgence of Pakistani Taliban, as well as other armed groups

Arshad Mehmood/The Media Line | 07.15.24