.... 1989-1993-After the Soviet Union withdraws, fighting among the mujahedeen leads to chaos....

the sacrifices and hardships of the mujahedeen this last province was also conquered," said one

But the leafy neighborhood of shrapnel-pocked apartments has been rebuilt and expanded several times over. Macroyan, a corruption of the Russian word for “ micro-complex, ” offers a micro-history of Afghanistan’s four decades of war.... They are part of the district’s landscape, like the rose gardens and the drooping laundry lines strung between buildings and trees, or the plaintive cries of vendors hawking yogurt and grilled ears of corn. There are also fresh shrapnel holes and shattered windo

Analyzing more than 23 million tweets posted in Arabic over a 10-month period, researchers found that, on average, a supporter of ISIS produces 50 percent more tweets per day than an opponent, although there is evidence that ISIS opponents are increasing their activity.... Researchers say that U.S. officials should do more to support opponents of ISIS on Twitter, possibly offering social media trainings and other engagements to enhance the effectiveness and reach of their messaging.... Though

Supporters of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran protest outside Stockholm's district court on the first day of the trial of Hamid Noury, in Stockholm, Sweden, on Aug.... The trial of Hamid Noury comes just days after hard-line Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi took office as the highest-ranking civilian leader in the Islamic Republic.... Noury was arrested in November 2019 when he arrived in Stockholm, the Swedish capital, and has been held in custody since then....

The parade of cars rolled through Kabul from morning until night, clogging the streets in end-to-end traffic.... Crowds of Taliban and their supporters lined the routes, chanting “ God is great!... ” One truck dragged an American flag, a red X drawn across its stars and stripes. Outside the old U.S. embassy, young children — maybe 6 or 7 years old — wearing military fatigues stood on the top of a gray Toyota pickup, clutching small white Taliban flags....

close Video Anti-government protests have spread throughout Iran Iranians are speaking out against their government, blaming them for inflation and have called for the removal of Supreme Leader, Ali KhameneiNEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!... In January, they set fire to a statue of late Quds General Qassem Soleimani and disrupted radio stations.... Officials also claimed on Thursday to have sent out text messages with slogans like" Down with Khamenei" via official government channe

Vida Mehrannia is trying to save her husband’s life.... To Mehrannia, he is a beloved husband.“ It’s a nightmare, ” she told The Associated Press from Stockholm, where she lives with her 10-year-old son and 19-year-old daughter who have not seen their father in the six years since his arrest.... “ They want to sacrifice my husband.” Mehrannia pins her fading hopes on Jalali’s Swedish citizenship and Stockholm’s attempts to push for his release....

In this 1998 file photo, Ayman al-Zawahri, center left, and Osama bin Laden, center, hold a news conference in Afghanistan.... It also represented a new kind of danger, a war not against a nation per se but a shadowy network of financiers, acolytes and suicide bombers that continues even after bin Laden's killing at the hands of U.S. Navy SEALs in 2011 in Pakistan.... Others have followed their model to even-more horrific results....

He told the British Broadcasting Corp. that a further 700 people would be evacuated in the next 24 to 36 hours, including Afghan nationals, with another 800 in a similar time period after that.... Flight tracking data Monday showed there were no commercial flights over Afghanistan. This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the textSubscribe to Mint Newsletters* Enter a valid email* Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter....