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Afghan women have a long history of taking leadership and fighting for their rights
By Helena Zeweri and Wazhmah Osman — October 11, 2021
(The Conversation) — Two Afghan women scholars write about how Afghan women’s groups have been fighting for human rights, both now and historically.
Taliban say they won’t work with US to contain Islamic State
By Kathy Gannon — October 11, 2021
Senior Taliban officials and U.S. representatives are meeting this weekend in Doha, the capital of Qatar. Officials from both sides have said issues include reining in extremist groups and the evacuation of foreign citizens and Afghans from the country.
IS bomber kills 46 inside Afghan mosque, challenges Taliban
By Tameem Akhgar and Samya Kullab — October 8, 2021
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Islamic State suicide bomber struck at a mosque packed with Shiite Muslim worshippers in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 46 people and wounding dozens in the latest security challenge to the Taliban as they transition from insurgency to governance. In its claim of responsibility, the region’s IS affiliate […]
It’s time at last for an ethical conversation about Afghanistan
By Jim Wallis — September 15, 2021
(RNS) — What have 20 years of war done to our values?
China is quietly using Afghanistan to strengthen its authoritarian agenda
By David Curry — September 14, 2021
(Open Doors) — We are being given a rare glimpse of the immeasurable human cost incurred when authoritarianism is allowed to spread unimpeded.
Taliban: Women can study in gender-segregated universities
By Kathy Gannon — September 13, 2021
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the Taliban government's new higher education minister said Sunday.
America and US Muslims have come a long way since 9/11. We have a long way to go.
By Omid Safi — September 10, 2021
(RNS) — Whereas many immigrant U.S. Muslims once sought to assimilate into the larger mosaic of American life, with 9/11, the focus has now shifted into forming a ‘more perfect union’ based on justice for all.
The painting behind Taliban fighters in Kabul presidential palace is worth a thousand words
By Menachem Wecker — September 9, 2021
(RNS) — The scene depicted in the enormous painting represents something of a mixed symbolic bag for the Taliban foot soldiers posed before it.
Afghanistan’s last Jew leaves after Taliban takeover
By Joseph Krauss and Muhammad Farooq — September 9, 2021
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Zebulon Simentov joined an exodus of tens of thousands of Afghans who have fled since the Taliban swept across the country last month
Who is ISIS-K, the group officials blame for the Kabul airport bombings?
By Jack Jenkins — August 26, 2021
(RNS) — Initial reports are blaming the group for the twin bombings at the Kabul airport after US officials have for days warned of a potential attack by the group, which actively clashes with the Taliban.
Taliban’s religious ideology – Deobandi Islam – has roots in colonial India
By Sumit Ganguly and Sohel Rana — August 26, 2021
(The Conversation) — Deobandi Islam, the religious school that the Taliban draw their ideology from, was set up in 19th century India to educate Muslim youth.
Will the ‘Taliban lite’ respect Afghan women’s rights?
By Daisy Khan — August 24, 2021
(RNS) — Or will the Taliban — as in the past — misread or distort Islamic doctrine?
What’s next for the US in Afghanistan? Four essential projects
By Thomas Reese — August 24, 2021
(RNS) — Now that we have lost the war in Afghanistan, there is still unfinished business with which America must deal.
Photos of the Week: Kabul falls to Taliban; Shiite Muslims commemorate Ashoura
By Kit Doyle — August 20, 2021
(RNS) — This week’s photo selection includes Kabul and most of Afghanistan falling to the Taliban, Muslims around the world commemorating Ashoura and more.
America’s moral responsibility for the tragedy unfolding in Afghanistan
By Michael Blake — August 20, 2021
(The Conversation) — A political philosopher argues why the current situation in Afghanistan should weigh heavily on the American conscience.
