A new documentary shows the rise of the Taliban after the US withdrawal. The documentary “Hollywood Gate: A Year Under Taliban Rule” has just been released in Hamburg cinemas. The film looks at events after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 and focuses on the Taliban’s entry into a US base in Kabul
The US government has appointed a new and interim charge d’affaires for Afghanistan. Karen Decker, the chargé d’affaires at the US Embassy in Afghanistan, has resigned from her position. The US Embassy in Qatar announced on Thursday that Dan Brown will serve as the country’s new chargé d’affaires on an interim basis. Decker is retiring
Can reconstruction clear the Taliban’s image of culture and history? The mayor of Balkh expressed regret over the destruction of the monument to Amir al-Kalam Mir Ali Shir Navai. After the destruction of the statue of Amir Ali Shir Navai in Mazar-e-Sharif sparked a wave of anger and protests from Afghan cultural figures and Uzbek
Mullah Haibatullah also banned religious education for women. Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada recently announced in a cabinet meeting that girls and women were not only deprived of secular education, but also of religious schools. Citing narrations from the era of the third Muslim caliph, he claimed that women’s attendance at religious schools and mosques
“Navai is the heritage of all of us”; Widespread reactions to the destruction of the statue of Hazrat Navai in Balkh by the Taliban. The destruction of the statue of Amir Alisher Navai, a poet, thinker, and grand minister of the Timurid court, by the Taliban municipality in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif has sparked a
Cultural heritage is too great to be destroyed with the pickaxe of prejudice. In the latest move, the Taliban have destroyed the monument of Amir Alisher Navai in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif. This move by the Taliban is not only a clear attack on the collective memory of the Afghan people, but also a calculated
Independence or Ghani’s unfinished slogans? In his message on the 106th anniversary of Afghanistan’s independence, former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani spoke of “national unity” and “continuing the path of Ghazi Amanullah Khan.” He called independence a reminder of the nation’s valor and a symbol of the commitment of future generations. But these words are in
A farmer killed by the Taliban in Barakah, Baghlan. Local sources in Baghlan province say that Taliban-affiliated individuals have killed a farmer in the Barakah district of the province. According to sources, on Friday, 15 August 2025, Mirza, son of Sultan Mohammad, a resident of Mangalkhel village, was shot and killed by Taliban members when
Taliban security official killed in armed attack in Herat. An anti-Taliban group called the Islamic Liberation Movement of the People of Afghanistan has announced that it has killed Mawlawi Hassan, the commander of the Taliban’s 10th security district, in an armed operation in Herat city. In a statement issued on Tuesday, August 19, the group
Continuous clashes in Badakhshan; from local rebellions to internal Taliban rifts. The recent clash in the Jurm district of Badakhshan province, which occurred between residents of two villages and people affiliated with Qari Fasihuddin, shows the weakness of the Taliban in controlling local crises. The clash, which lasted from Monday evening, 18 August, until Tuesday
