They were scholarship students in the 1970s, and now they are all at center stage of the drama surrounding American talks with the Taliban.
Tag: Afghanistan
Kabul Dispatch: She’s a Force of Nature, and She Just Declared War on Peace With the Taliban
Laila Haidari’s popular Kabul restaurant, where men and women dine freely together, finances her drug treatment center. Now she has a new cause: fighting a peace deal with the Taliban.
At War: Afghan War Casualty Report: Feb. 8-14
At least 78 pro-government forces and 23 civilians were killed in Afghanistan during the past week.
A Valentine in Uncertain Times: ‘I Kiss You Amid the Taliban’
Young urban Afghans who came of age with the liberties of the past 18 years celebrate Valentine’s Day amid fears that compromise with the Taliban could erode basic freedoms.
Afghan Government Fires Election Officials After Votes Tainted by Fraud Claims
The firings were portrayed as a badly needed consensus on electoral reform. The dismissed commissioners called the move a political decision by officials who hope to serve in a new government.
U.S. Airstrikes Said to Kill at Least 10 Civilians in Afghanistan
The United States military conducted airstrikes this weekend in Helmand Province as part of an operation targeting Taliban insurgents. Local officials and residents said women and children were killed.
Afghan Forces Arrest Man Accused in 2017 Attack That Killed 150
The intelligence agency said the man, a Taliban operative, had plotted a horrific truck bombing in Kabul’s diplomatic area.
U.S. Heightens Attacks on Taliban in Push Toward Peace in Afghanistan
The number of deadly strikes by American forces has tripled since 2014, including an increase as negotiations with the Taliban began last fall.
At War: When All of My Friends Were Still Alive
In this week’s newsletter, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, a Times reporter and former Marine, shares his journal entries from February 2010 and the days leading up to Operation Moshtarak in Afghanistan.
At War: Afghan War Casualty Report: Feb. 1-7
At least 85 pro-government forces and three civilians were killed in Afghanistan during the past week.