For many years, Tajikistan has been gravely affected by drug trafficking. At least 15-20 tons of opium and between 75 and 80 metric tons of heroin are smuggled into the country each year from…
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Taliban Denies Aid Interference While Arresting and Threatening Female Aid Workers
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeOn September 4, the Afghan news channel TOLOnews quoted Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid insisting that Afghanistan’s Taliban government only ensures the security of relief groups and does not interfere in their affairs.…
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US Envoy: Taliban Kill 8 Key Islamic State Leaders in Afghanistan
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeThe Taliban’s “successful” offensive against the Islamic State branch in Afghanistan, IS-Khorasan, has “significantly degraded” its capability and steadily decreased large-scale attacks against civilians, according to a senior US envoy.…
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Pakistani Officials: Taliban Arrest 200 Anti-Pakistan Militants in Afghanistan
by Eli Barkerby Eli BarkerPakistani officials say they have been told by Afghanistan’s Taliban that they captured 200 suspected militants for staging deadly cross-border attacks against Pakistan and have implemented other “concrete steps” to…
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UN Refuses Taliban’s Suggestion to Replace Women Staff With Men in Afghanistan: ‘We Are Steadfast’
by Koby Johnby Koby JohnThe United Nations will neither replace its female staff in Afghanistan with men nor endanger their safety, a top official for the global agency has pledged. It comes after the Taliban banned the UN…
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With Iran-Afghanistan On the Brink of a ‘Water War’, Who Else Might be Drawn in?
by Eli Barkerby Eli BarkerThe perception of insecurity overflowing from Afghanistan into neighbouring countries has mainly centred on terrorist threats or drug smuggling. But a possible “water war” is another variable that is inserting itself with…
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Afghan Evacuee Child With Terminal Illness Dies While in Federal U.S. Custody
Washington — A 6-year-old Afghan boy brought to the U.S. after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021 died last week while in federal government custody, marking the third such death this…
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Our Biggest Errors in Afghanistan and What We Should Learn from Them
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeThe Afghanistan War Commission, created by Congress, will shortly commence its investigation of U.S. policies in the twenty-year War in Afghanistan. So far this year, most headlines have been generated by…
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Central Asian Countries and India Reiterate Importance of International Efforts to Support Afghanistan
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeCentral Asian countries and India adopted a joint statement on the importance of coordinating international efforts to foster peace and stability in Afghanistan at a March 7 meeting in New…
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The Narcostate
by Koby Johnby Koby JohnIt’s perhaps not surprising that Tajikistan, which shares a poorly guarded, 750-mile border with opium-rich Afghanistan, has become a major global drug-trafficking hub—in fact, more than 80 percent of Afghanistan’s heroin…