Change to GOP rules, court delay could haunt Chris Collins' next term

In the wake of the indictments of Reps. Chris Collins and Duncan Hunter, a California Republican, the House Republican Conference is set to consider a new set of rules.

What to know about the latest fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan

Pakistan's defense minister says there is a state of “open war” with Afghanistan. Khawaja Mohammad Asif's post on X on Friday was in response to fighting which has escalated into the most serious ...

A Hero the Taliban Didn’t Expect

A triumph in indoor soccer has turned Alireza Ahmadi, 17, and other players from the Hazara minority, long marginalized in Afghanistan, into national heroes.
Opinion
The DiplomatOpinion

Afghanistan Under Taliban Rule Makes the World Less Safe

The world has shifted focus away from Afghanistan, much as it did in the lead-up to September 2001, giving dangerous networks room to rebuild.

Taliban 'legalises' domestic abuse with law allowing husbands to beat women in Afghanistan

The 90-page penal code sets out different levels of punishments for people depending on their standing in society.
Seattle Times

In Afghanistan, a trail of hunger and death behind U.S. aid cuts

The U.S. aid cuts in Afghanistan were as sudden as they were brutal. Even after the U.S. withdrawal and the end of the war in 2021, the United States continued pouring money into Afghanistan. From the ...
The New York Times

Congress Nixes Visas for Afghan Partners, Closing Off a Key Path

President Trump froze a program to allow Afghans who had worked with American troops to come to the United States. Now Congress has quietly scrapped the visas, leaving little hope of reviving them. By ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Afghanistan Was a Crossroad of the Ancient World, Where Hellenistic Culture Blended With Buddhist Influences

A third-century B.C.E. plaque unearthed at Ai-Khanoum in Afghanistan depicts the mother goddess Cybele in a chariot driven by Nike, the Greek goddess of victory. Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet via ...
UNDP

Private Sector is Key to Afghanistan’s Economic Recovery, New UNDP Report Shows

Kabul, February 2026 – A new UNDP Afghanistan report released today, Private Sector Mapping in Afghanistan, finds that despite the recent economic contraction and years of under investment, ...
CNN

The US wants these critical minerals, but militants with American weapons stand in the way

US-made M-16s, M-4s, M249 machine guns are falling into the hands of militants. Upgrade to watch the full report. South Waziristan, Pakistan — In the sienna-colored curves of Pakistan’s Hindu Kush ...
Weekly Blitz

The Afghanistan–Pakistan border is emerging as a new epicenter of instability

South Asia’s next potential pressure point may lie not along the Line of Control in Kashmir, but westward, along the volatile Afghanistan–Pakistan border. This frontier is quickly emerging as a ...
The Christian Post

Taliban legalizes slavery, steps up suppression of women and girls: ‘Slide farther backwards’

The Taliban has codified slavery and formalized a class-based justice system in Afghanistan through a newly approved criminal procedure code signed by its supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada. Legal ...