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Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen in an interview with the Israeli broadcaster Kan. (Screenshot)
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Taliban: We want ties with the rest of the world — but not Israel

by Ron Kampeas and JTA September 10, 2021

The Taliban, the extremist Islamist movement once famously insular, is ready to build relations with the world — except for Israel. Suhail Shaheen, the spokesman for the movement that assumed […]

(Illustration/JTA-Avishek Das-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Anti-Defamation League calls on Twitter to remove Taliban accounts

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 20, 2021
Zebulon Simantov reads a prayer book before celebrating Rosh Hashanah in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2009. (Photo/JTA-Paula Bronstein-Getty Images)
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What we know about Zebulon Simantov, Afghanistan’s last Jew — he still won’t leave the country (or divorce his wife)

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA August 19, 2021
Afghans at the Kabul airport on Aug. 16, 2021, hoping to flee as the Taliban retake the country. (Photo/JTA-AFP via Getty Images) INSET: Yasamin Taher, Afghan case manager at JFCS East Bay.
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Q&A: Insider view from an Afghan employee at JFCS — and how you can help

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 17, 2021August 17, 2021

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