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FBI and DHS Worked with Facebook and Twitter to Curb Speech

Carlos Perona Calvete November 4, 2022

Discussions about COVID-19, vaccine efficacy, racial issues, withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, and involvement in Ukraine were targeted.

Christian Persecution Worsens in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan

Tristan Vanheuckelom August 19, 2022

Afghanistan’s underground church needs urgent support “as targeted killings and other forms of persecution are rising.”

Chinese Foreign Minister Visits Afghanistan to Discuss Economic Cooperation

David Boos April 1, 2022

In a first visit to Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover last August, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke about economic cooperation between the two countries, and renewed his call to the U.S. to end sanctions.

Taliban Uses Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis to Gain Legitimacy

Bridget Ryder January 30, 2022

The UN Security Council meeting followed multilateral talks with the Taliban in Oslo, designed to illicit human rights assurances from the Islamist extremists in exchange for releasing needed liquidity and aid money into the country. With Norway as host, a 15-member contingent of the Taliban, humanitarian aid groups, and diplomats from the U.S., UK, and France, met for three days of closed-door sessions at a hotel outside the capital.

Graveyard of Empires: Three Centuries of Turbulence in Afghanistan

Daria Fedotova November 9, 2021

The “Graveyard of Empires” seems a fitting name for the nation. Afghanistan does not destroy them; it measures their willingness to fight for their interests and, thus, their vitality. It is the heart of Asia, it is a barren land of blood and dust, the ultimate test of ambition.