Afghanistan
Explore our coverage of Afghanistan’s politics, economics, business and culture
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The incredible story of Afghanistan's exiled women’s cricket team
The Taliban would kill them for daring to play “the gentlemen’s game”
Asia
The Taliban is removing every shred of freedom from women
Three years after America’s withdrawal, the situation is grim
Asia
Afghans are suffering. Don’t expect any tears from the Taliban
Three years on from America’s humiliating departure, the country is ignored
Asia
The Islamic State’s branch in Afghanistan is at war with the world
The group which claimed responsibility for the Crocus City Hall attack is increasingly worrying
Asia
Pakistan expels undocumented Afghans. But at what price?
Strains between Pakistan and the Taliban in Kabul will only grow
Asia
The Taliban have launched an impressive new war on drugs
After two decades of lawlessness, Afghanistan has a government able to enforce its writ
Asia
Life under the rule of the Taliban 2.0
For half of Afghans the mullahs’ regime is less bad than feared
Culture
The tragic timeliness of “A Thousand Splendid Suns”
An opera adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s novel arrives almost two years after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan
Asia
The Taliban are digging an enormous canal
A mega-project in northern Afghanistan risks raising regional tensions
Culture
Banned at home, Afghan music is thriving in the diaspora
Musicians who fled the Taliban are forging new sounds abroad
Asia
A murder in Afghanistan highlights the misery of women
Stopping women from working at NGOs will cost lives
Culture
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan echoes in today’s war
Many of the stories in Svetlana Alexievich’s “Zinky Boys” could have come from Ukraine
Asia
“I’m from the Taliban and I’m here to help”
Former fighters and religious clerics are filling Afghanistan’s civil service
Middle East & Africa
How al-Qaeda and Islamic State are digging into Africa
The terrorist group’s African franchises are now punchier than those in the Middle East