The Taliban held a military parade in Kabul with a demonstration of American technology, according to Voice of America. After the collapse of the West-backed government in Kabul, large stocks of abandoned weapons and equipment passed to the Taliban. The Taliban held a military parade in Kabul on November 14 using captured armored vehicles ...

Afghan military pilots left Tajikistan with the mediation of the United States, Voice of America reports. According to sources, more than 190 former Afghan Air Force personnel were taken from Tajikistan to the UAE by plane. Afghan military pilots and other former Afghan Air Force personnel undergoing training ...

A military tribunal in North Carolina tried the case of Sergeant Bow Bergdahl on October 16. He fought in Afghanistan and spent five years in captivity by the Taliban, and in 2014 was traded for five prisoners from Guantanamo. The soldier was taken prisoner after he left the duty station without permission; at the tribunal, he pleaded guilty to desertion. History…

The American woman, her Canadian husband and their three children were released on October 11 from the Taliban-linked Haqqani network in Afghanistan, which held them for 5 years. The rescue operation was carried out by Pakistani security forces, CNN reports. In 2012, a 31-year-old American ...

Russian citizen Irek Khamidullin, a former tank officer who defected to the Taliban, has been sentenced to life in the United States, Reuters reports. This is the first trial against a foreign fighter who fought in Afghanistan in a US court. Thus, Khamidullin's verdict set a precedent. According to Reuters, ...