MEHTARLAM, Afghanistan — Ammunition was depleted inside the bedraggled outposts in Laghman Province

. Mohammad, 55, had worked for years in Laghman Province east of Kabul, where chasing militants was part of

Khushhal has been fighting for the Taliban since he was 13 but now that they have won the war against the former government, he has more time for playing cricket and supporting the Afghan national team as they begin their T20 World Cup campaign on Monday.“ We were fighting for Islam and the[ Holy] Quran but we still paid attention to cricket as well, ” Khushhal, 18, told Reuters at the Chaman-e-Huzoori public ground, where he was playing in one of the dozens of matches underway on Friday, a publ

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U.S. troops patrol at an Afghan National Army( ANA) Base in Logar province, Afghanistan August 7, 2018.... Afghan security personnel inspect the site of a car bomb blast on an intelligence compound in Aybak, the capital of the Samangan province in northern Afghanistan, Monday, July 13, 2020.... All sides must reduce violence" Khalilzad tweeted on Monday." Violence has been high, especially in recent days weeks....

( Reuters)-Even before the last U.S. flight left Kabul at midnight on Monday, many of the bright and garish sights and sounds of city life in Afghanistan were changing as those left behind tried to fit in with the austere tone of their new Taliban rulers. The Taliban have so far been at pains to show a more conciliatory face to the world, with none of the harsh public punishments and outright bans on public entertainments that characterized their previous time in power before 2001. Cultural acti

The National Resistance Front is involved in a campaign to gain greater international recognition and support for their efforts to fight the Taliban.... The same in the North and Central Afghanistan.... Newly recruited personnel joining Taliban security forces demonstrate their skills during their graduation ceremony in Herat on Feb....

The National Resistance Front is involved in a campaign to gain greater international recognition and support for their efforts to fight the Taliban.... The same in the North and Central Afghanistan.... Newly recruited personnel joining Taliban security forces demonstrate their skills during their graduation ceremony in Herat on Feb....

Open this photo in gallery Taliban fighters patrol inside the capital of Farah province, Afghanistan, on Aug.... “ With the fall of Faizabad the whole of the northeast has come under Taliban control.” Badakhshan borders Tajikistan, Pakistan and China. The Taliban are battling to defeat the U.S-backed government and reimpose strict Islamic law.... Pakistan denies backing the Taliban. The government has withdrawn its forces from some hard-to-defend rural districts to focus on holding population

" Also no one in this country is in the mood for entertainment, we are all in a state of shock," he said.... " I am not even sure if anyone is tuning to radio anymore." During the 20 years of Western-backed government, a lively popular culture grew up in Kabul and other cities with a mashup of body building, energy drinks, extravagant sculpted hairstyles and jangly pop songs.... " This will take time but it will happen." Across the country, the change has been noticeable....