Afghanistan
Afghan Taliban will weigh impact of opium ban
The Taliban government has gone a long way in implementing its ban on opium cultivation
AfghanistanAfghan foreign relations reach a crossroads
Certain states appear open to recognising the Taliban government while most remain wary of any such move
AfghanistanAfghan opposition faces protracted crisis
The Taliban government’s armed opponents appear too poorly resourced to mount a serious challenge to it
AfghanistanSenior Afghan Taliban figures move to curb leader
Taliban heavyweights from different backgrounds are quietly ganging up on their supreme leader
AfghanistanNGO concessions offer no real respite for Afghan women
New restrictions on female employment and education fit a pattern of regression to the Taliban's old ways
AfghanistanUN lacks leverage to restore rights to Afghan women
A UN delegation is in Afghanistan trying to persuade the Taliban to let women work for aid groups
AfghanistanIslamic State probes Afghan Taliban's weak points
Islamic State's continuous violence is aimed at keeping the Taliban busy and creating schisms to undermine them
AfghanistanAfghanistan's neighbours irritated by US rapprochement
Russia and China look on unhappily as the Taliban try to build US engagement without moderating repressive policies
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