Sense of Place: For this Afghan pianist, music is an act of resistance
That moment sparked his deep love of music, which he pursued after returning to his home country. Fahim eventually received a ...
NBC News13d
U.S. in talks with Taliban for release of Americans held in Afghanistan, source says
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Biden administration has been in talks with the Taliban to exchange Americans detained in Afghanistan for Afghans in U.S. custody, a senior Taliban leader with direct ...
Nikkei Asia17d
Pakistani-Afghan conflict fears grow as border clashes multiply
ISLAMABAD -- In August 2021, Pakistan celebrated the takeover of Kabul by the Afghan Taliban. "Afghanistan has broken the shackles of slavery," said a jubilant Imran Khan, then prime minister of ...
Los Angeles Times17d
Jury finds CNN defamed security consultant in Afghanistan evacuation report
He extracted 22 employees for Bloomberg and Audible from Afghanistan. He said he never took money directly from Afghans, who CNN said in the piece were being exploited as they feared retribution ...
Dawn18d
FO says Wakhan Corridor part of Afghan territory, denies reports of annexation
The Wakhan Corridor is a thin, mountainous strip in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province which extends up to the relatively small border with China’s Xinjiang province. It also ...
Fox News19d
India steps up diplomatic relations with the Taliban as rival Pakistan loses influence in Afghanistan
India's foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, met acting Afghanistan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai last week, making a strong leap forward in bilateral relations. While India has been ...
Psychology Today20d
Waking Up in the Waking World
This brings to mind khomar, a Pashto word I learned on my podcast Fifty Words for Snow from Afghani guest Sanjar Qiam describing a state of dreamy wakefulness. Source: Sanjar Qiam/Used with ...
New York Post20d
Biden brags about disastrous Afghanistan pullout that left 13 US service members dead during end-of-term speech
WASHINGTON — President Biden touted his infamous decision to end the American military presence in Afghanistan during an end-of-term foreign policy speech Monday, saying he “saw no reason to k ...
Fox News21d
Wife of detained American in Afghanistan meets with Trump's national security adviser
A wife working to bring her husband home from years of wrongful detainment in Afghanistan saw heartening progress over the weekend. After traveling to Mar-a-Lago with no promise that anyone with ...
New York Post21d
Here’s how an Afghanistan veteran used his previous wildfire season experiences to save his home from the LA fire
An Army veteran who served in Afghanistan managed to save his family’s home from the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles by employing tricks he gathered while weathering previous blazes in the ...