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US Honours 9/11 Dead On 20th Anniversary Of Attacks

America marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11 on Saturday with solemn ceremonies given added poignancy by the recent chaotic withdrawal…

3 years ago
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Afghan Journalists Beaten In Taliban Detention: Editor

Two Afghan journalists were beaten in police custody this week after covering a protest by women in Kabul where they…

3 years ago
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Life In Af Will Be Regulated By Laws Of Holy Sharia: Taliban

The Taliban drew from its inner high echelons to fill top posts in Afghanistan's new government on Tuesday, including an…

3 years ago
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Female University Students Must Wear Niqab: Taliban

The women attending private Afghan universities must wear an abaya robe and niqab, covering most of the face, and classes…

3 years ago
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Panjshir “In Control”, Say Taliban; Resistance Denies Claim

Three Taliban sources said the terror group had on Friday seized the Panjshir valley north of Kabul, the last province…

3 years ago
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Defiant Afghan Women Stage Rare Protest In Herat

Defiant Afghan women held a rare protest on Thursday, saying they were willing to accept the burqa if their daughters…

3 years ago
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World United In What Taliban Should Do For Recognition: WH

The world is united in what they expect the Taliban to do to get recognition in Afghanistan from the international…

3 years ago
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As Afghanistan Adjusts To Taliban Rule, Music Goes Silent

Even before the last US flight left Kabul at midnight on Monday, many of the bright and garish sights and…

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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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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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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Women Who Served As Assassins For The Taliban Freed

Female assassins who lured an Afghan security official to his death with promises of sex before shooting him and dumping…

3 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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Afghan Peace Talks Open In Doha, 19 Yrs After 9/11

Talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents start in Qatar’s capital Doha today, with the goal of bringing an…

4 years ago
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Gunmen Kill 25 In Raid On Afghanistan’s Sikh Complex

Unidentified gunmen and suicide bombers raided a Sikh religious complex in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, killing 25…

4 years ago
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Afghan Passenger Plane Crashes In Ghazni Province

A passenger plane belonging to Afghanistan’s Ariana Airlines crashed Monday in a Taliban-held area of Ghazni province, local officials said.…

4 years ago
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Kidnapped Indian Engineers Released In Taliban Prisoner Swap

The Taliban has released three kidnapped engineers from India in exchange for 11 members of the militant group who were…

5 years ago
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U.S. Drone Strike Kills 30 Pine Nut Farm Workers In Afghanistan

A U.S. drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State (IS) hideout in Afghanistan killed at least 30 civilians resting…

5 years ago
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Taliban Attacks Kill 30, Afghan Leader Unhurt As Bomb Hits Rally

Taliban suicide attackers killed at least 30 people in Afghanistan on Tuesday, their deadliest bombing taking place near an election…

5 years ago
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Uncle Sam and His Geopolitics: Why The US Fails Miserably In Winning Lengthy Wars Fought Abroad

The United States possesses the unparalleled ability to get embroiled in sticky geopolitical situations with predictable regularity. It's almost as…

5 years ago
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More Americans Will Die After Trump Abruptly Ends Afghan Talks, Taliban Say

President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel Afghan peace talks will cost more American lives, the Taliban said on Sunday while…

5 years ago

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