More than 140 people died in the Crocus City Hall assualt in Moscow on March 22, 2023.
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A spate of terror operations carried out by the Islamic State group affiliate has raised concerns over a potential attack on US soil.
More than 100 people were killed in the blast in Kerman, Iran, on Jan. 3, 2024.
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The terrorist attack in Iran follows a concerted effort by the Islamic State affiliate to ‘internationalize’ its strategy.
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Some 189,000 Afghans have applied for visas to Australia, but the government has only approved 31,500 refugee spots for the next four years. Women face the biggest hurdles to resettlement.
Taliban leaders were invited to a symbolic meeting in Beijing. Here they gather to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of the Taliban leader Mohammad Omar.
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Beijing is happy to partner up with religious-led nations if it is in its strategic interests.
A Palestinian boy sits in a World Health Organization truck near a hospital in the southern area of the Gaza Strip.
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Government sanctions against Hamas, which the US and the European Union consider a terrorist group, mean that aid groups are not able to directly work with Hamas.
Israeli tanks gather near the border with the Gaza Strip on Oct. 13, 2023.
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The US response to 9/11 included a declaration that America would destroy its enemies. The effort took decades, and thousands of lives on both sides, and never really succeeded.
People affected wait for relief in the earthquake-hit Enjil district of Herat, Afghanistan, in October 2023.
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The Taliban is increasingly demanding a say in how aid is delivered and to whom.
Supporters celebrate the second anniversary of Taliban rule on Aug. 15, 2023.
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The Biden administration has not ruled out diplomatic recognition of the Taliban. Doing so risks legitimizing the group’s rule without holding it accountable.
Ahmad Massoud (c) at a meeting of Afghan opposition leaders in Vienna, April 2023.
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Two years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan the west is not doing enough to help exiled leaders form a unified opposition.
Fear and intimidation: everyday life in Kabul under the Taliban.
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Two years on from taking control of Afghanistan the Taliban continues to rule through fear and threatens the stability of the whole region.
A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, in May 2023.
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The Taliban’s two years ruling Afghanistan have taught us ordinary human rights initiatives are insufficient to address gender apartheid. We need resolute collective international action.
US marines with a female engagement team in southern Helmand province, Afghanistan, in May 2012.
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Women who served in unofficial combat and intelligence roles during the Afghanistan war offer brutally honest accounts of their experiences.
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The west wants to prevent a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. But every move towards engagement with the Taliban is met with further oppression.
A suicide attack in early March 2023 killed a Taliban governor in his office and two other victims.
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ISIS-K’s recent killings of Taliban brass are part of the extremist group’s long-term strategy. Will Taliban leaders contain the resurgence of violence?
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The area of land under opium cultivation increased by 32% last year.
Afghan women have been banned from working by the Taliban, leaving thousands in poverty.
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Widows and single women are losing their homes, after being told they can no longer work by the Taliban, and are living on the poverty line.
Same old Taliban: Afghan women in Texas protest the treatment of women under the current Islamic regime.
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Afghanistan’s new rulers have broken their pledge to uphold women’s rights.
Resistance leader: the NRF’s Ahmad Massoud.
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The National Resistance Front controls large swaths of territory in the north-east of Afghanistan.
Taliban supporters celebrate the one year anniversary of Afghanistan take-over.
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The group was arguably more effective – and less corrupt – at collecting taxes than the former government.
A girl attends school in Afghanistan in 2019, before the closure of secondary schools by the Taliban.
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Education for girls was also limited during the Taliban’s previous period of control in Afghanistan, from 1996 to 2001.