Abdullah Atefi News Today

<p>Teachers and researchers of history are under attack – sometimes literally – by regimes who seek to make history a foundational element of their legitimacy and authority.</p>

When previously in power, the Taliban destroyed much of the Afghan culture.

In an open letter, Sahraa Karimi has written of the brutal impact of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan on women, girls and artists

The power vacuum left by the United States will be filled, both by civil war fighters and competing state actors.

(Last Updated On: August 5, 2021) Taliban fighters attacked a security checkpoint in Fatehabad area of Sorkh Rud district of Nangarhar province on Thursday morning and have blocked access for motorists along a road that leads to Kabul. Ataullah Khogyani, spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar, said the Taliban had blown up three bridges on a secondary road between Kabul and Jalalabad, and have closed it to motorists. Sayed Rahman, the police chief of Surkh Rud district, said the ...

(Last Updated On: August 5, 2021) Herat officials said Thursday morning that the security forces in the province notched up a major achievement by repelling the Taliban overnight after the militants launched seven attacks across four areas of the city during the night. This comes after battles in the city of Herat entered their 9th day on Thursday. Herat Governor Abdul Sabur Qani said the Taliban launched group attacks in seven parts of PD2, PD3, PD10 and PD11 in Herat city overni...