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Tag: Afghan National Police

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On Afghan Highways, Even the Police Fear the Taliban’s Toll Collectors

November 1, 2020November 2, 2020DAVID ZUCCHINO and FAHIM ABEDComments Off on On Afghan Highways, Even the Police Fear the Taliban’s Toll Collectors

As the U.S. retreats and peace talks stall, the Taliban have increasingly taken over Afghanistan’s highways, raising millions in unofficial taxes and strengthening their negotiating position.

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A Storied Female Warlord Surrenders, Taliban Say, Exposing Afghan Weakness

October 18, 2020October 18, 2020Mujib Mashal, Najim Rahim and Fatima FaiziComments Off on A Storied Female Warlord Surrenders, Taliban Say, Exposing Afghan Weakness

She was undefeated in decades of war, but her decision was an act of survival. A government that has come to depend on unreliable militias finds itself vulnerable.

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Killing of 2 Marines in 2011 Almost Derailed Afghan Peace Talks

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF and NAJIM RAHIMComments Off on Killing of 2 Marines in 2011 Almost Derailed Afghan Peace Talks

Even as they pushed for the release of other Afghan prisoners as part of a deal with the Taliban, U.S. officials privately dug in over freeing a man who had killed Americans.

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Fighting Patriarchy, and Fearing Worse From the Taliban

September 6, 2020September 6, 2020David Zucchino, Fatima Faizi and Kiana HayeriComments Off on Fighting Patriarchy, and Fearing Worse From the Taliban

A new generation of career-minded women in Afghanistan fear that all they have fought for will be swept away if the Taliban negotiate a return.

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For Women in Afghan Security Forces, a Daily Battle

July 20, 2020July 21, 2020Mujib Mashal and Kiana HayeriComments Off on For Women in Afghan Security Forces, a Daily Battle

A new generation of women is moving to take up leadership roles in Afghanistan. The price is a daily barrage of abuse, and the fear that not much has changed.

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A Prisoner Release Stuns 2 American War Widows

June 4, 2020DAVID ZUCCHINO and NAJIM RAHIMComments Off on A Prisoner Release Stuns 2 American War Widows

An Afghan police officer who killed two American military advisers in 2012 is released early from his 20-year sentence.

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This Afghan General Fought the Taliban for Years. Now He Has Joined Them.

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020MUJIB MASHALComments Off on This Afghan General Fought the Taliban for Years. Now He Has Joined Them.

Another influential family was split by the war when a retired province police chief defected to the insurgency. His son remains deputy governor.

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In Afghanistan, Coronavirus Complicates War and Peace

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020Mujib Mashal, Asadullah Timory and Najim RahimComments Off on In Afghanistan, Coronavirus Complicates War and Peace

Neighboring Iran, badly hit by the virus, continues to allow thousands of people to cross into Afghanistan daily despite requests to close the border.

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Scarred and Weary, an Afghan Force Wonders: What Is Peace?

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020Mujib Mashal and Kiana HayeriComments Off on Scarred and Weary, an Afghan Force Wonders: What Is Peace?

A truce is prompting introspection. “Who is it on the other side?” mused a 15-year veteran of intimate warfare. “They are not even from a different district.”

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They Fight Suicide Bombers. But Can Afghan Police Fight Crime?

February 8, 2020MUJIB MASHALComments Off on They Fight Suicide Bombers. But Can Afghan Police Fight Crime?

During a lull in terrorist attacks, Kabul residents are talking about how rampant crime has become. A long-militarized police force is finding it difficult to regear.

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