Afghan peace talks begin this week
September 11, 2020
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By: Mujib Mashal
Peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government are expected to begin on Saturday in Doha, Qatar, officials announced on Thursday, in a hist...
Afghan peace talks set to begin as prisoner swap is nearly...
The Afghan government said that a repeatedly stalled prisoner swap with the Taliban had largely been completed on Thursday, potentially removing the f...
With delay in Afghan peace talks, a creeping sense of ‘sie...
Mornings in the city begin with “sticky bombs,” explosives slapped onto vehicles that go up in flames. With night comes the dread of hit-a...
US troops in Afghanistan reduced to 8,600, General says
June 20, 2020
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By: Mujib Mashal
The United States has reduced the number of troops it has in Afghanistan to 8,600 in accordance with a preliminary peace deal with the Taliban, a top...
This Afghan general fought the Taliban for Years, now he h...
May 12, 2020
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By: Mujib Mashal
Former Afghan police chief Abdul Jalil Bakhtawar
As a onetime police chief of the restive province of Farah in western Afghanistan, Gen. Abdul Ja...
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