Canadian Dave Lavery recounts his 77 days as a prisoner of the Taliban
The military veteran and humanitarian worker known as Canadian Dave, who was taken prisoner by the Taliban Nov. 11, 2024, ...
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What the West can do now in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
Meanwhile, Trump has talked about retrieving weapons left behind during America’s military withdrawal ... Iran wants to ensure that the Taliban continues to implement the 1973 Helmand River water ...
'It's a crime to be a girl': The forgotten women of Afghanistan
As the world’s focus has shifted to other regions and conflicts — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war — the ...
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The Taliban Is Selling America’s Lost Afghanistan Arsenal
Given the Taliban’s contacts during their twenty-year insurgency, it should come as little surprise that American weapons are ending up in the hands of the world’s worst rogues’ gallery.
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Taliban Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the Taliban, a Sunni Islamist organization operating primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Facts The group’s aim is to impose its interpretation of Islamic law on Afghanistan and ...
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‘Canadian Dave’ describes 77 days in Taliban captivity
As a former elite soldier with the Canadian military, David Lavery is ... Because Canada considers the Taliban a terrorist entity, it does not have diplomatic ties with Afghanistan.
Canadian David Lavery on surviving 77 days in Taliban captivity
The veteran was working with a charity to help evacuate Afghans who had aided Canada’s mission in the country when he was ...
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Trump seeks return of US military equipment from Afghan Taliban
President-elect Donald Trump says that future financial assistance to Afghanistan will be contingent upon the return of U.S. military ... money does not end up in the hands of the Taliban.