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FILE PHOTO – Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada is seen in an undated photograph, posted on a Taliban twitter feed on May 25, 2016. Social Media/File Photo

Taliban Encourages Afghans to Plant Trees

by Mahmoud Rahmani | Feb 27, 2017 | World

Kabul – In a rare public statement, Taliban called on Afghans to plant more trees for worldly and other-worldly good. Taliban usually sends messages on different occasions and on a range of issues such as civilian casualties, upcoming military operations, and the...

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Iranian official Qurban Ghalambor

Afghani Intelligence Arrests Iranian Official for Recruiting Shiite Fighters

by Mahmoud Rahmani | Aug 30, 2016 | World

Kabul – Afghanistan Intelligence arrested the Iranian official Qurban Ghalambor for recruiting Shiites to fight on behalf of the Syrian regime, according to a governmental official who preferred to remain anonymous. Ghalambor is the representative of Iran’s Supreme...

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A photo circulated by the Taliban of new leader Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada.

Mullah Haibatullah …From Courts to Leadership

by Mahmoud Rahmani | Jun 27, 2016 | Features

Kabul-Taliban announced in the last week of May the appointment of Mullah Haibatullah Akhunzada to succeed its former leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was killed by an American air raid. The new leader was born in a small village in Kandahar province, in southern...

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ISIS fighters, AFP

Afghanistan between Iran’s Intervention, Russia’s Return

by Mahmoud Rahmani | Jun 7, 2016 | Features

Afghanistan has suffered from the consequence of a long war that took place more than 40 years ago, when the Soviet forces invaded the country to support the communist government in the late seventies. Since then, many states intervened in its interior issues and...

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Omran Khan Massoudi, general manager of Afghanistan’s National Museum, stands in front of the museum’s entrance in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

The National Museum in Kabul: Afghanistan’s resilient cultural ambassador

by Mahmoud Rahmani | May 9, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Kabul, Asharq Al-Awsat—“Nations remain alive if they preserve their history and culture.” These are the words that greet visitors to Afghanistan’s National Museum, located near what remains of Kabul’s once-lavish Darulaman Palace, now lying in ruins after being...