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Can president Ashraf Ghani restore normality in Afghanistan? Massoud Hossaini / AP Photo

Taliban turmoil bodes ill for Afghanistan’s future

OpinionAugust 22, 2015

An Afghan man cries as he search for his relatives near Camp Integrity, a base housing US special forces that was attacked by militants, in Kabul on August 8, 2015. The attack resulted in the death of one NATO service member whose nationality was not revealed. Multiple bombings rocked Kabul on August 7, killing at least 36 people and wounding hundreds more in the deadliest day in the Afghan capital since the end of the NATO combat mission in December. AFP PHOTO/WAKIL KOHSAR

Kabul bombings toll rises to 51

WorldAugust 08, 2015

An Afghan policeman is pictured at the site of a truck bomb blast in Kabul on August 7, 2015. Ahmad Masood/Reuters

At least 35 killed in Kabul after multiple bombings

WorldAugust 08, 2015

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has allowed military trials for terror suspects. Anjum Naveed / AP Photo

Pakistan’s Supreme Court allows military trials for terrorism cases

WorldAugust 05, 2015

Head of Taliban's Qatar office quits as leadership rift deepens

WorldAugust 04, 2015

Mullah Akhtar Mansour co-founded the Taliban but some members are believed to be unhappy with him and have rallied around former leader Mullah Omar’s son, Yaqoob, instead. Taliban Handout/Reuters

Life and death of Mullah Omar cast a long shadow over Afghanistan

WorldAugust 04, 2015

An Afghan man holds a calendar bearing the images of Afghan leaders including the Taliban's late chief, Mullah Omar, bottom second left. Javed Tanveer/AFP Photo

New Taliban leader already facing staunch internal resistance

WorldAugust 01, 2015

An Afghan soldier stands guard as part of heightened security following the news that Mullah Omar was dead. Jawad Jalali / EPA

Will the ‘death’ of Mullah Omar alter anything?

OpinionJuly 30, 2015

Hafiz Saeed, leader of Pakistan's religious group Jamaatud Dawa leads funeral prayers for Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar at a mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 30, 2015. Ahmed Ali/AP Photo

Mullah Omar’s deputy to ‘succeed’ him as Taliban leader

WorldJuly 30, 2015

Undated photo of Mullah Omar, chief of the Taliban, who is reportedly dead. Afghan officials are investigating the claims. Photo by Getty Images

Taliban’s one-eyed leader Mullah Omar ‘dead’

WorldJuly 29, 2015

Pakistani army chief Raheel Sharif addresses internally displaced Pakistani civilians fleeing a military operation against Taliban militants in North Waziristan (AFP PHOTO / KARIM ULLAH)

Ghani must not blow this rare chance of peace

OpinionJuly 19, 2015

Afghans waiting for treatment in the local hospital of Feyzabad, northern Afghanistan. The government often struggles to provide even rudimentary healthcare in many provinces. Anja Niedringhaus/AP Photo

Afghans caught in the crossfire of war against Taliban

WorldJuly 19, 2015

Afghan security personnel patrol during an ongoing anti-Taliban operation in Dangam district near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in the eastern Kunar province. Noorullah Shirzada/AFP Photo

Afghan Taliban leader hails 'legitimate' peace talks

WorldJuly 15, 2015

Doubts and divisions among commanders as Taliban talk peace

WorldJuly 13, 2015

Pakistan army soldiers patrol in Naurang near Bannu, Pakistan. B.K.Bangash / AP Photo

Finally, on the verge of turfing out the Taliban

OpinionJuly 11, 2015

Deputy foreign minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai, pictured here in Abu Dhabi on February 3, 2014, led the Afghan High Peace Council delegation at the talks. Sammy Dallal/The National

Afghans, Taliban agree ‘to meet again’ following Pakistan talks

WorldJuly 08, 2015

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