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TalibanAfghan Hazara elders pledge support for Taliban rulers
More than 1,000 Afghan Shiite Hazaras pledged their support Thursday to the country's new Taliban rulers, insisting that the "dark period" of previous Western-backed governments had ended with the ...
Afghanistan
US to resume talks with Taliban next week
The American delegation will be led by the US special representative for Afghanistan, Tom West, for the planned two weeks of discussions
Afghanistan sanctions behind 'infuriating' suffering: Red Cross
Economic sanctions are causing massive suffering in crisis-wracked Afghanistan, a top Red Cross official said Monday, describing the situations as "infuriating"
Taliban begin paying salaries to govt employees
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities said Saturday they had begun paying government employees who had not received a paycheck since the Islamists seized power and triggered a major financial crisis
The distress of Afghan women who can no longer work
Now, like so many other Afghan women, Madina cannot work and her family has lost her income—just as Afghanistan’s economy collapses and the United Nations predicts half its population could run out ...
Clearing Afghanistan's landmines one careful step a time
About 41,000 Afghan civilians have been killed or wounded by landmines and unexploded ordnance since 1988, according to the United Nations Mine Action Service
Afghanistan's food crisis a 'legacy' of previous government: Taliban
The UN has warned that around 22 million Afghans or half the country will face an "acute" food shortage in the winter months due to the combined effects of drought caused by global warming and an ...
Taliban launch operation against IS in southern Afghanistan
The Taliban have launched a crackdown on suspected Islamic State hideouts in southern Afghanistan, officials said Monday, following an increase in bloody attacks by the group in recent weeks
Justice delayed as Taliban build their legal system in Afghanistan
A small carpeted room serves as a makeshift jail for 12 “criminals” who are awaiting Taliban justice, caught in the legal system which the Islamists are building at the heart of their new Afghan ...
India hosts first regional meeting on Afghanistan since Taliban takeover
Diplomats and security analysts from Afghanistan's neighbours, with the notable exceptions of China and Pakistan, gathered in New Delhi on Wednesday to discuss how to engage with the country's ...
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