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News

The Taliban Said It Banned Opium. But Business Is Still Booming.

05.06.22

By Élise Blanchard
News

A record opium boom is America’s latest epic failure in Afghanistan

11.15.17

By Alexa Liautaud
News

Afghanistan has collapsed into chaos

06.07.17

By Ben Anderson
News

Taliban retakes Afghan town that American and British troops fought hard to capture

03.24.17

By Tim Hume
The ‘Justice for Marine A’ Campaign Is Shameful Jingoism

03.17.17

By Joe Bish
News

Taliban Attacks Have Killed Dozens of Police and Civilians Across Afghanistan in Past Three Days

05.31.16

By Reuters and VICE News
News

The Taliban Is Running Amok and Killing Policemen in Afghanistan’s Opium Heartland

05.10.16

By Avi Asher-Schapiro
News

Taliban Captures Key Helmand District After Afghan Forces Decide to Pull Out

02.20.16

By Reuters News Agency
News

US Soldier Killed, Two Others Wounded in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province

01.05.16

By VICE News and Reuters
News

Afghan Special Forces Stormed a Taliban Hideout and Freed 59 Prisoners

01.02.16

By Tess Owen
News

The US Just Bombed the Taliban to Stop It From Taking Afghanistan’s Largest Province

12.24.15

By Avi Asher-Schapiro
News

Britain Sends Troops to Helmand as the Taliban Closes In

12.22.15

By Reuters and VICE News

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