Afghan

The United Nations has received “credible allegations” that more than 100 former members of the Afghan government, its security forces and those who worked with international troops have been killed since the Taliban took over the country…
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US actor Timothee Chalamet has partnered with Colombian-born French fashion designer Haider Ackermann to design hoodies to help children and women in Afghanistan. The pair revealed on Instagram on Wednesday that all profits from the…
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The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a US-proposed resolution that facilitates humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, which is on the verge of economic collapse, while keeping funds out of Taliban hands. The resolution…
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The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned the violent attack on an Afghan reporter who was beaten and stabbed in Kabul while on his way home. Jawed Yusufi, who works for the independent online Ufuq News Agency, was followed by a…
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Four months ago, the world watched how the Taliban regained control over Afghanistan after 20 years. Farshied Jabarkhyl, whose parents fled Afghanistan in 1979-80 after the Soviet invasion, said: “It was unimaginable that something like…
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Gunmen presenting themselves as Taliban attacked a wedding in eastern Afghanistan to stop music being played and killed at least three people, the government said Saturday. Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said two of the…
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It may not be among the usual tasks for a top diplomat, but the French ambassador to the UAE has found himself caring for a pet bird left behind by an Afghan refugee girl. Xavier Chatel took in the bird after the girl, named Alia, was…
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The top US military officer called the 20-year war in Afghanistan a “strategic failure”. He acknowledged to Congress that he had favored keeping several thousand troops in the country to prevent a collapse of the US-supported Kabul…
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An Afghan business leader who employs hundreds of women on her saffron fields has vowed to speak up for the rights of her workers, and “not remain silent” under Taliban rule. The hard-liners have increasingly excluded women from public…
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The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the shooting and injuring of an Afghan journalist, Mohammad Ali Ahmadi, in the capital Kabul. Ahmadi, a reporter and editor with the privately-owned national radio broadcaster Salam…
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