Amid airstrikes, interests of Turkey and Israel clash in Syria washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/…

WaPo story on the youth protests in Turkey, with my comments. Rick Noack Middle East Institute washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/…

We traced weapons used in last month's deadly train hijacking in Pakistan to U.S. stocks provided to Afghan forces. It's another chapter of how U.S. failures in Afghanistan keep killing civilians. w/ Rick Noack, Haq Nawaz Khan & Shaiq Hussain. Free to read wapo.st/4luZsjy

Turkey’s opposition works to seize momentum after leader’s arrest washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/…

Each country has accused the other of fresh attacks, while a stream of misinformation on social media has deepened public unease on either side of the border. Latest on the #IndiaPakistanTensions with Rick Noack washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/…

We spoke to dozens of Indian television journalists to investigate the origins of the misinformation in India during the conflict with Pakistan. WhatsApp messages from those nights reveal a mixed picture. Gift link below. wapo.st/3Hq4Zbz

When American troops withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021 and the Taliban regained power, the United States remained the country’s largest humanitarian donor. That lifeline all but vanished when Donald Trump returned to the White House. wapo.st/462VgSZ

🇺🇸 U.S. Aid Cuts Deepen Afghans' Woe ▫Hospitals struggle, hunger surges in Afghanistan amid U.S. aid cuts ▫Rick Noack ▫is.gd/j0sO8Y #frontpagestoday #USA The Washington Post 🇺🇸

🇺🇸 In Afghanistan, Clandestine Cuts And Curls ▫In a country scarred by four decades of war, women are the only or primary breadwinners for many families — Talian's salon ban has forced women to labour in the shadows - or struggle for other work ▫Rick Noack

The photos hurt to look at. The testimonies hurt to read. Tiny bodies shutting down even as parents starve themselves to give their children a few more days of life. Louisa Loveluck & Miriam Berger report. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/…

In the The Washington Post today, we have published every one of the 18,500 known names of children killed by Israel’s military operations in Gaza.

When President Donald Trump announced a deal last week to exploit Pakistan’s “massive” oil reserves, Pakistanis were puzzled. Pakistan’s proven oil reserves are far smaller than those of other countries. wapo.st/3UiFL2j

The interlocking crises facing Sudan and Afghanistan come at a moment when societies in the West are turning their backs on welcoming refugees and offering international humanitarian aid, writes ⁦Ishaan Tharoor⁩ washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/…

The Taliban are reaching out — and some countries are responding wapo.st/41ZCrxd

Afghanistan’s internet goes down amid fears of a Taliban crackdown wapo.st/3IMJtik

#Afghanistan: "The Washington Post attempted to contact more than a dozen people across Afghanistan — including Taliban spokesmen and women’s rights activists — but none of these messages could be delivered via digital messaging apps (...) In the wake of the Taliban’s ban on

Our latest: Nearly all Afghan links with the outside world are disrupted, grounding planes and closing businesses two weeks after the Taliban first signaled plans to ban fiber-optic internet. wapo.st/4mHxrow

.Secretary Marco Rubio keeps saying no one has died because of USAID cuts. 5-year-old Suza Kenyaba did. A six-month investigation with a slew of reporters on two continents proved as much. Our latest  1/ 🎁 wapo.st/46GSwcv

ℹ️ Update: Live network data show the partial restoration of internet connectivity in #Afghanistan amid outcry after a two-day national telecoms blackout; the incident comes as the Taliban leadership applies new "immorality" rules on telco operators