Nov 7, 2017
By Nicole Valentini, 26 October 2017, for Global Voices On an autumn night in 1994, the Taliban were getting ready to conquer Afghanistan. Only two years before, a terrible civil war had broken out among the different Mujahideen factions that had defeated the...
Oct 27, 2017
By: Scott Peterson, October 26, 2017, for CSMonitor A SHIFT IN THOUGHT – The once mostly Pashtun insurgency is broadening its ranks, amending its tactics, and seeking political relevance, even as it advances its campaign of violence and intimidation against...
Oct 4, 2016
NEWS AFGHANISTAN: 29 SEPTEMBER 2016 Afghanistan: Ghani, Hekmatyar sign peace deal President Ghani inks deal with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in first peace treaty since the war with the Taliban began in 2001. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has formalised a peace treaty with...