The Taliban appear to be facing financial pressure since the death of their former leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was more adept at managing money, Charles Cleveland, a...
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Taliban Struggling Financially Since Mansour’s Death: RS
The Taliban appear to be facing financial pressure since the death of their former leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was more adept at managing money, Charles Cleveland, a...
While Afghanistan Raises $15B to Stop Taliban Control, Corrupt Leaders Are Selling Weapons To Them On The Side
For the past month, the Taliban have held control over most of Afghanistan’s Helmand province, where the majority of the world’s opium is grown — and as insurgent attacks...
The Taleban Assault on Kunduz city: Déjà vu, but why?
A little over a year after the temporary fall of Kunduz city to the Taleban, the city has become a battleground again. On 3 October 2016, the Taleban entered during a massive...
Saudi Arabia and Iran Face off in Afghanistan: The Threat of a Proxy War
Saudi Arabia and Iran’s ongoing proxy war in the Middle East is never far from the headlines. The two countries have sparked or exacerbated various conflicts throughout...
Exclusive: Afghan Taliban Leader Taught, Preached In Pakistan, Despite Government Vow To Crack Down
For 15 years until his sudden disappearance in May, the new leader of the Afghan Taliban insurgency openly taught and preached at the Al Haaj mosque in a dusty town in...
Afghanistan 15 Years On: Obama’s Sorriest Legacy
Twelve days after 9/11, on September 23, 2001, CIA Islamabad station chief Robert Grenier received a telephone call from his boss, George Tenet. “Listen Bob,” Tenet told...
America’s War in Afghanistan: 15 Years, Three Stories
Fifteen years ago, in response to 9/11, the United States launched a bombing campaign in Afghanistan on October 7, 2001, that led to the end of the radical fundamentalist...
America's War in Afghanistan: 15 Years, Three Stories
Fifteen years ago, in response to 9/11, the United States launched a bombing campaign in Afghanistan on October 7, 2001, that led to the end of the radical fundamentalist...
Exiled From Pakistan, Destitute Afghans Return To a Country at War
Almost 40 years ago, Allah Noor took his family to a safe haven in Pakistan, following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Last week he returned, to a country at war. At...
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