Afghanistan, now under the Taliban, is no longer a conflict begging to be solved with a deal. It needs a more nuanced approach than the Trump administration may be capable of.

By Bruce Pannier When the Taliban took control of most of Afghanistan in the late 1990s, the governments of the Central Asian states, with the exception of Turkmenistan, were openly hostile to the Afghan militant group.

Meanwhile Trump’s “border tsar” Tom Homan has declared Sunday that everyone who is in the US illegally is “on the table” for deportation and praised the Trump administration for sending a “strong signal to the world: Our border is closed”.

The Taliban do not intend to return the military equipment that remained in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of American troops. Donald Trump's demand faced resistance, and recovering the weapons could be a significant challenge for the United States.

The Taliban won’t return any of the military equipment left behind by the US troops while exiting Afghanistan in 2021, a person familiar with the matter said, as relations between Kabul and the Donald Trump administration start on a wobbly note.

A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan’s Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism

Afghans who fled after the Taliban seized power have appealed to US President Donald Trump to exempt them from an order suspending the relocation of refugees to the US. An estimated 15,000 Afghans ...

An estimated 15,000 Afghans are waiting to be relocated to the United States since the Taliban takeover in 2021, when US troops pulled out of the country after two decades.

In his second presidential term, Donald Trump has reportedly gained substantial support from the Muslim community, particularly for his foreign policies on Gaza. Sajid Tarar, a Pakistani American businessman,

Afghans who fled after the Taliban seized power have appealed to President Donald Trump to exempt them from an order suspending the relocation of refugees to the United States, some saying they risked their lives to support U.

Afghans who fled after the Taliban seized power have appealed to U.S. President Donald Trump to exempt them from an order suspending the relocation of refugees to the United States, some saying ...

In the very last hours of President Joe Biden’s time in office, a prisoner exchange years in the making was finally struck: the Taliban agreed to swap two Americans being held in Afghanistan for one Taliban member serving a life sentence in a US prison.