Najim Rahim

But the Afghan resistance movement is no match for the Taliban’s military might.

Relief Efforts Intensify in Afghanistan After Devastating Earthquake (Published 2022)

In a stricken village in Paktika, ‘Everyone here cried from night to morning.’ (Published 2022)

Relatives, friends and colleagues of Zemari Ahmadi angrily dismissed any suggestion he had ties to ISIS-K. The U.S. military is investigating.

“This is now a different kind of war, reminiscent of Syria.” The seizure of five capitals has amplified fears about Afghanistan’s future after the U.S. withdrawal.

The government blamed the Taliban for the attack on the British-American charity, the HALO Trust. The militant group denied any responsibility.

Widespread poverty and an ambitious private hospital are helping to fuel an illegal market — a portal to new misery for the country’s most vulnerable.

Afghan men in an impoverished border settlement die trying to smuggle opium into Iran, leaving behind loved ones forced to survive on their own.

Two school bombings last month in Afghanistan renewed fears of a return to repression should the Taliban become part of a future government.

Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum had predicted that the Taliban would set an ambush for him, and they did, killing at least one of his bodyguards.