Afghan News
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Afghan women determined, frustrated after Taliban NGO ban
Even before the Taliban barred Afghan women from working at non-governmental groups, their forces visited the office of one local...
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Afghan resistance sees Taliban weakness as it seeks to exhaust the enemy
It has been more than a year since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, in a display of dominance that...
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Delhi Bulls down defending champions and Chris Gayle shines for Team Abu Dha in T10
The Northern Warriors’ title defence of the Abu Dhabi T10 got off to an inauspicious start as they were beaten...
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Afghans facing 'hell on earth' as winter looms
This is a country which is starting to feel the very real fear of hunger.The weather is turning from early...
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Blinken launches internal review of US evacuation of Afghanistan
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced an internal State Department review of America's rushed evacuation operation from Afghanistan...
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Hundreds throng passport office in Afghan capital
Hundreds of Afghans flocked to the passport office in Kabul today, just a day after news that it would re-open...
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Unaccompanied Afghan evacuee children in Qatar limbo
The daily life of unaccompanied Afghan refugee children in Qatar is punctuated by recurring questions, "where are we going?" and...
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Taliban form all-male Afghan government of old guard members
The Taliban on Tuesday announced an all-male interim government for Afghanistan stacked with veterans of their hard-line rule from the...
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Afghan women filmmakers plead at the Venice Film Festival
Sahraa Karimi, the first female president of the Afghan Film Organisation, choked up in telling reporters all that had been...
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Small businesses struggle to survive as Taliban uncertainty deepens
For 10 years Fahad made a good living selling wedding gowns at his bridal shop in the Afghan capital, but...
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Taliban hail victory with gunfire as US troops leave
Celebratory gunfire resounded across the Afghan capital on Tuesday as the Taliban took control of the airport following the withdrawal...
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Turkey reinforces border to block Afghan migrant wave
Afghans who manage to make the weeks-long journey through Iran on foot to the Turkish border face a three-metre high...
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Taliban urge Afghan unity
The Taliban called on Afghanistan's imams to urge unity when they hold their first Friday prayers since the Islamist group...
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Biden says US troops may stay in Afghanistan beyond 31 August
Joe Biden has said US troops may stay past a 31 August deadline so as to evacuate all Americans from...
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Asia shares fall as investors eye rising COVID-19 cases, Afghan crisis
Asian shares declined in early trade on Tuesday as growing anxiety over the spike in the Delta variant of COVID-19...
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Taliban gains give investors cause for concern beyond Afghanistan
The Taliban's rapid advance towards Kabul is not only causing concern about Afghanistan's future but also about the impact on...