imprisonment, torture, repression and execution at the hands of the Taliban, who ruled brutally in the

political settlement to this war.... On Wednesday, Afghan officials said Taliban fighters had entered

.... There are many who see the hand of Pakistan behind the Taliban's resurgence, leading to bitter

move came as Taliban insurgents continue to gain territory across the country. Another four-star

The Taliban have surged across Afghanistan over the past month, capturing the capital Kabul on

It comes as poverty is surging in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in August amid the

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi set out his Taliban worries to world leaders this week, Indian

inclusive government or risk civil war. Since the Taliban surged back to power on the heels of a

20, 2021 file photo, Taliban district police chief Shirullah Badri stands in front of a Taliban

Over the last few days, the insurgents have seized every major city in Afghanistan-from Kandahar in the south to Mazar-i-Sharif in the north, Herat in the west to Jalalabad in the east. They now stand almost at the gates of Kabul.... In some instances, U.S. officials say, provincial governors asked security forces to surrender or escape, perhaps in order to avoid further bloodshed because they believed defeat was unavoidable. Where deals were not cut, Afghan forces still appear to have melted a