Haroon Janjua

Haroon Janjua is an award-winning Pakistan-based journalist who has reported on a wide range of political, military and economic developments.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks at at his first news conference, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. Mujahid vowed Tuesday that the Taliban would respect women's rights, forgive those who resisted them and ensure a secure Afghanistan as part of a publicity blitz aimed at convincing world powers and a fearful population that they have changed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

World

August 19, 2021

Taliban claims it'll be more moderate, but killings continue in Afghanistan

Afghanistan's resurgent Taliban pledged to respect "women’s rights" in a propaganda blitz Tuesday, despite its history of denying women such freedoms.

Taliban violently break up protest in eastern Afghanistan, video shows

World

August 18, 2021

Taliban violently break up protest in eastern Afghanistan, video shows

One person has been killed and six others are reported wounded Wednesday as videos are emerging of the Taliban violently breaking up a protest in eastern Afghanistan.