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Afghan Ambassador At UN: No Time For Blame Game

Afghanistan's U.N. ambassador says there is no time for blame game anymore. He is urging the Security Council and Secretary-General…

3 years ago
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Left Af To Avoid ‘Big Human Disaster’: Ghani

Embattled Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has said he left Kabul to avoid bloodshed and a "big human disaster" in the…

3 years ago
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Afghans Fear A Return To Brutal Rule Despite Taliban Vows

As the Taliban mass at the gates of Kabul, they are promising a new era of peace in Afghanistan, with…

3 years ago
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Taliban Near Gates Of Kabul As Embassies Prepare For Evacuations

The Afghan Taliban tightened their territorial stranglehold around Kabul on Saturday, as refugees from the insurgents' relentless offensive flooded the…

3 years ago
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Herat Falls To Taliban As Blitz Continues

Afghan forces abandoned the country's third biggest city to the Taliban on Thursday, hours after insurgents seized a key district…

3 years ago
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Taliban Could Take Afghan Capital In 90 Days: US Intelligence

Taliban fighters could isolate Afghanistan’s capital in 30 days and possibly take it over in 90, a US defence official…

3 years ago
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Taliban Kill Afghan Media Chief In Ambush

The Taliban ambushed and killed the director of Afghanistan's government media centre on Friday in the country's capital Kabul, the…

3 years ago
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Danish Siddiqui Was Brutally Murdered By Taliban: Report

Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was not simply killed in a crossfire, nor was he a collateral damage; rather,…

3 years ago
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China Seeks Taliban’s Support To Drive Out Uyghur Militants

China on Wednesday feted Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, praising the insurgent group as an "important military and political…

3 years ago
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US Carried Out Airstrikes In Support Of Afghan Govt: Pentagon

The US carried out airstrikes across Afghanistan in the last several days as part of an effort to support the…

3 years ago
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Danish Siddiqui Killed Covering Clash Between Afghan Forces, Taliban

Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui was killed on Friday while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near…

3 years ago
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Afghanistan Troop Pullout A ‘Mistake’: Bush

Former US president George W. Bush on Wednesday criticised the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan and said civilians were…

3 years ago
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Taliban Claims It Now Controls 85% Of Afghanistan Territory

The Taliban claimed on Friday to be in control of 85 percent of Afghanistan, including a key border crossing with…

3 years ago
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The Curious Case Of The War In Afghanistan

"What was the point of all the destruction, killing and misery they brought us? I wish they had never come,"…

3 years ago
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Afghan Troops Struggle To Replace Americans At Bagram Base

After American troops withdrew without notifying them, Afghan soldiers guarding the Bagram Air Base have been left with thousands of…

3 years ago
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After Nearly 20 Yrs, US Hands Over Bagram Airfield To Afghans

After nearly 20 years, the US military left Bagram Airfield, the epicentre of its war to oust the Taliban and…

3 years ago
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Al-Zawahiri Probably Alive Near Pak-Afghan Border: UN Report

A significant part of the Al-Qaeda leadership resides in the Afghanistan and Pakistan border region, including the group’s elusive leader…

3 years ago
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Young Women, Grown Up Without Taliban, Dread Their Return

Inside Ms Sadat's Beauty Salon in Afghanistan's capital, Sultana Karimi leans intently over a customer, meticulously shaping her eyebrows. Make-up…

3 years ago
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Afghan Govt, Taliban To Resume Peace Talks In Jan 2021

Peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents will resume in early January 2021, as the warring sides take…

3 years ago
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Islamic State Claims Killing Of Female TV Presenter In Afghanistan

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the shooting death of a female TV presenter and women’s rights activist in Afghanistan on…

3 years ago
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Afghan Killings Report: Shame And Vindication In Australia

Australian military personnel who spoke out against alleged war crimes in Afghanistan said on Friday they felt vindicated by an…

3 years ago
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Afghan Woman Shot, Blinded, For Getting A Job

The last thing 33-year-old Khatera saw were the three men on a motorcycle who attacked her just after she left…

3 years ago
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In The Name Of The Mother: Afghan Woman Wins Recognition

Afghan woman Laleh Osmany has been campaigning for years for a change to the age-old custom of officially identifying people…

4 years ago
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New Gym Creates Safe Space For Afghan Women

In Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar, rights activist Maryam Durani has found a fresh outlet for her decades of advocacy…

4 years ago
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Afghan Woman Prays That Peace Will Save Her 4th Husband

Heavily pregnant Taj Bibi prays for her fourth husband as the Afghan soldier sets off to battle the Taliban, hoping…

4 years ago

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