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How Can the West Handle the Taliban?

With Donald Trump’s return to the U.S. presidency, the United States and the West face renewed opportunities and challenges in their approach to Afghanistan. His former envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, saw the election as an opening to fully implement the Doha Agreement, moving toward normalized relations, while the Taliban themselves have urged Trump for […]

How the Taliban Built an Air Force

The collapse of the Afghan state amid the United States’ withdrawal in 2021 gifted the new Taliban government with more than $7 billion worth of U.S. military equipment. Afghanistan’s new overlords suddenly found themselves with fleets of Humvees, mountains of machine guns, and forests of radars and satellite dishes. The vast hardware hoard also included […]

The State-Owned Company at the Center of Taliban Plans for Self-Sufficiency

Initially an inherited afterthought from the days of the Islamic Republic, the National Development Corporation (NDC) has risen to new prominence under the Taliban government in Afghanistan. As the regime improves Afghanistan’s irrigation, digs more mines, and constructs new infrastructure, the state-owned enterprise will play a key role in the years to come.  The Islamic […]

An Afghan province bans all media from showing images of living things to comply with Taliban laws

ISLAMABAD – An Afghan province has banned all media from showing images of living things to ensure compliance with the Taliban’s morality laws. Thursday’s decision was announced by Information Ministry officials in Helmand, the latest province to crack down on broadcasting and photography of humans and animals. In August, the country’s Vice […]