Afghanistan
ISIS-K Is Waging a New War in Afghanistan—This Time Against China
The Afghanistan arm of the Islamic State is targeting Chinese nationals in a bid to “avenge” Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.
An Elite Afghan Soldier Braved the World's Deadliest Jungle Trying to Reach the US
A growing number of Afghan and Chinese migrants are braving the Darién Gap to reach the U.S. An Afghan colonel is among them.
Taliban Bureaucrats Hate Working Online All Day, ‘Miss the Days of Jihad’
Interviews with five former Taliban fighters reveal the crushing ennui of office life in the big city.
Why Is This Country Putting Afghan Women and Their Children Behind Bars?
More than a thousand Afghan women, children and men have been arrested by police in Pakistan and face deportation.
Assailants Shoot Dead 30-Year-Old Female Afghan Politician in Her Home
Mursal Nabizada, a vocal Taliban critic, is the first legislator with the previous US-backed government to have been killed under the Taliban regime.
The Afghan Commander Who Was Left Behind
Thousands of Afghan forces were abandoned by the U.S. One commander looks back.
Why Did the Taliban Welcome This Woman to Afghanistan With Big Smiles?
Analysts say Pakistan made a power move by sending a female minister to talk shop with the all-men government of Afghanistan.
Military Sim Developer Tired of Its Game Being Used to Fake War Footage
Videos from ‘Arma 3’ have gone viral several times recently as real war footage from Ukraine.
The Taliban Is Flogging People In Football Stadiums For ‘Adultery and Gay Sex’
The public punishments have come a week after the Islamist group announced it will be “implementing Sharia Law” in full force across Afghanistan.
‘I Will Not Forgive’: Survivor of School Exam Blast Says She’ll Keep Learning
A survivor of a suicide bomb in an exam hall full of young students near Kabul tells VICE World News that the horrific attack has made her more determined to succeed.
‘Pablo Escobar of Heroin’ Released in US Prisoner Exchange
Afghan drug lord Bashir Noorzai was given a hero’s welcome by the Taliban after a prisoner swap that saw US hostage Mark Frerichs freed.
Watch the Taliban Crash a Black Hawk Helicopter in Afghanistan
The U.S. left behind a wealth of military equipment when it left Afghanistan. That doesn’t mean the Taliban knows how to use it.