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# Afghanistan


## Afghanistan


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb1b0fafae1112232/69bbbad89b9eb2615d3bf109/kabul_mass_funeral.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 19, 2026  
## [Pakistan and Afghanistan Announce Pause in Fighting Over Eid](https://time.com/article/2026/03/19/pakistan-afghanistan-eid-pause-kabul-strike-hospital-war-iran/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Miranda Jeyaretnam
* ![AFGHANISTAN-INTERNET](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b2a89c0864ac4e8/6998ca4a7323af16f82bce63/Afghanistan-Internet-Blackout.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 30, 2025  
## [What We Know About the Internet Blackout in Afghanistan](https://time.com/7322160/internet-blackout-afghanistan-taliban/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Chantelle Lee
* ![Gul Chaman, a 43-year-old midwife in Afghanistan’s central Daikundi province, visits a patient and her newborn daughter in July. ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1eb085817166dbd7/6998c911d32e93baa0cd7419/afghanistan-women-usaid-cuts-01a.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 21, 2025  
## ['I’m Afraid:' What U.S. Aid Cuts Mean for the Women of Afghanistan](https://time.com/7310744/afghanistan-us-aid-cuts-maternal-health/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Elise Blanchard
* ![A New Home: Samir's Story](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf542d15a75354bc9/6998b284a97fc0ae6ea7219a/Screenshot-2025-01-07-at-11.17.54_AM.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 16, 2025  
## [Afghan Teen in U.S. Yearns For Reunion](https://time.com/7203610/afghan-teen-evacuee-separated-family-usa/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Jazzmin Jiwa
* ![AFGHANISTAN-TALIBAN-POLITICS-ANNIVERSARY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt058b54aadb48606f/698a59e1b3fce3a80c0cd7d8/taliban-third-anniversary-2024.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 15, 2024  
## [It’s Time to Take the Taliban to The Hague](https://time.com/7011031/taliban-hague-women-essay/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Binaifer Nowrojee  
* ![Bread and Roses](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f1e4aa53b4f7479/698a565509208f0f8c41d195/BreadAndRoses_Feature_F00002FE.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 2, 2024  
## [Meet the Women Resisting the Taliban](https://time.com/6973820/bread-and-roses-documentary-afghan-women/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Yasmeen Serhan
* ![An Afghan boy mourns next to the grave of his little brother who died due to an earthquake, in Zenda Jan district in Herat province, Afghanistan, on Oct. 9.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0070a6506b13bcdc/698a4120011682ad1998380e/afghanistan-earthquake-how-to-help-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 10, 2023  
## [How to Help Afghanistan Earthquake Victims](https://time.com/6322308/how-to-help-afghanistan-earthquake-victims/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Anna Gordon
* ![Afghanistan Taliban Suicide Bomber](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt972c29cd87caf052/698a3f4c096a9478e36ae017/Afghanistan-Taliban-Suicide-Bombers.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 7, 2023  
## [Taliban Prepare Suicide Bombers in Water Dispute With Iran](https://time.com/6302192/taliban-suicide-bombers-water-dispute-iran/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-TALIBAN-OPIUM-AGRICULTURE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt256ab051c57d303f/698a3eb386f68e1e116f29ab/GettyImages-1252620113.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 17, 2023  
## [How the Taliban Suppressed Opium in Afghanistan](https://time.com/6294753/taliban-opium-suppression-afghanistan/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Vanda Felbab-Brown
* ![TALIBAN CONTROL KABUL AIRPORT](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc34212f7bba53f5f/698a3bbe457a5206f8d67765/GettyImages-1235106093.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 6, 2023  
## [Biden Admits Mistakes in Afghanistan](https://time.com/6269392/white-house-afghanistan-withdrawal-biden-trump/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Brian Bennett  
* ![AFGHANISTAN-TALIBAN-ONEYEAR-EDUCATION](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt309117d80daa0292/698a3b36929fad4ef6bf9aa6/GettyImages-1242427609.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 17, 2023  
## [Taliban Militants Are Fed Up With Office Work](https://time.com/6263906/taliban-afghanistan-office-work-quiet-quit/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Simmone Shah
* ![AFGHANISTAN-WOMEN-AID](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf026db82f568304f/698a398a47ca3835e63ba6c9/Afghanistan-Women-Aid-2022.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 19, 2023  
## [The Women of Afghanistan Won't Be Silenced Anymore](https://time.com/6248010/afghanistan-women-wont-be-silenced/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Homeira Qaderi, Translated By Zaman Stanizai
* ![Meena Ibrahimi, 20, center, and other students are preparing and studying for the Kankor exam at a private tutoring center in Bamyan, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03a1256b5240b91d/698a3906b3fce364fa0ca0a8/GettyImages-1244944872.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 21, 2022  
## [The Taliban Bars Women From University Study](https://time.com/6242834/taliban-bars-university-education-for-women/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Amy Gunia
* ![Young Afghan children paint a piece of paper with the colors of the national flag of Afghanistan in an art class at the National Conference Center in Leesburg, Virginia.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14224f28412b42a5/698a361be6e84a1e072af5ec/Afghan-Youth-US-Custody-2022.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 6, 2022  
## [Afghan Children Are Suffering in the U.S. Immigration System](https://time.com/6218885/afghan-unaccompanied-minors-us-immigration/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Neha Desai, Diane de Gramont and Leecia Welch
* ![Afghan Society](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt371685af5ab05c14/698a34f8db2987344c26822a/afghanistan-lede.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 29, 2022  
## [Afghanistan, One Year On From U.S. Withdrawal](https://time.com/6209312/afghanistan-taliban-us-one-year-anniversary/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Sanya Mansoor

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