Why is the Taliban gaining so much territory in Afghanistan?

Germany conducted its first deportation flight to Afghanistan in three years as public pressure for deportations mounts. The deportees include 28 people who have already been caught committing crimes in Germany since arriving. Qatar Airways […]

On October 8th, a suicide bomber detonated himself in a packed Shiite mosque outside of Kunduz. ISIS claimed responsibility. Afghan media reported that 46 people died at the scene, and nearly 150 other people were […]

According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [UNODC], the Taliban had nearly wiped out opium cultivation and production prior to the US led invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. The UNODC estimates that […]