Eltaf Najafizada

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  • Supporters of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf partyPolitics

    Asia’s fastest inflation just got a political crisis as Pakistan’s middle class throws majority to jailed Imran Khan’s party

    By Eltaf Najafizada, Ismail Dilawar, and others
  • In this photo taken on Feb. 14, computer science student Forozan Faqiri checks her cryptocurrency account on her smartphone in Herat. Since the Taliban returned in August 2021, Afghanistan&#8217;s economy has virtually collapsed and the country is in the grip of a crisis caused by the seizure of billions of dollars of assets held abroad. But digital currencies and their decentralized architecture, impervious to international sanctions, are allowing a handful of young Afghans to avoid the worst of the crisis.<br /> &#8211; TO GO WITH: Afghanistan-economy-crypto, FOCUS by Romain FONSEGRIVES with Qubad WALI (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP) / TO GO WITH: Afghanistan-economy-crypto, FOCUS by Romain FONSEGRIVES with Qubad WALI (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Afghan crypto buyers aren’t trying to strike it rich. They’re just trying to keep what they have out of the Taliban’s reach

    By Eltaf Najafizada and Bloomberg
  • Kabul Airport ExplosionInternational

    Dozens of U.S. troops and civilians killed in attack outside Kabul airport

    By Eltaf Najafizada, Jennifer Jacobs, and others
  • KABUL, AFGHANISTAN &#8211; AUGUST 17: Taliban members patrol the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan on August 17, 2021, as the Taliban takes control of Afghanistan after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. (Photo by Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Leadership

    ‘The worst job on earth’: How Ashraf Ghani went from Afghanistan’s President to pariah in hiding

    By Eltaf Najafizada, Archana Chaudhary, and others
  • AFGHANISTAN-US-TRUMP-THANKSGIVING-POLITICS-UNRESTPolitics

    Taliban says it shot down U.S. aircraft in Afghanistan

    By Eltaf Najafizada and Bloomberg
  • 400053 09: An Ariana Afghan Airlines plane is readied for the airlines'' first international flight in five years January 24, 2002 at Kabul Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. The flight from Kabul to New Delhi took 24 passengers. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)International

    Plane crashes in Taliban-held area in Afghanistan

    By Eltaf Najafizada and Bloomberg