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Police break up gang of thieves in N. Afghanistan

KABUL, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Police have dismantled a gang of thieves and arrested 12 members of the criminal band in Afghanistan's northern Samangan province, the country's Ministry of Interior Affairs ...

Pentagon briefly republished Afghanistan photos pulled after withdrawal

A defense spokesperson confirmed that about 1,400 images from Afghanistan had been “unintentionally" reposted and then ...

Bagram Airfield: Could Afghanistan's Former US Base Spark A New Uschina Strategic Contest?

U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly condemned the decision to vacate Bagram, calling it a historic strategic blunder.

Female tour guides in Afghanistan lead women-only groups as some travelers return

The group of foreigners visiting the National Museum of Afghanistan was made up only of women. Its guide was a woman, too — ...

Magnitude 4.2 Earthquake Strikes Afghanistan, Third Quake In 10 Days In Seismically Active Region

Kabul: An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 struck Afghanistan on Wednesday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS ...
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Book market opens in Kabul

KABUL, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The first-ever book market opened in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Wednesday to promote the culture of book study among citizens in the country, the state-run Radio and ...
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'They Do Not Teach Us What We Need': Inside the Expansion of Religious Schools for Girls Across Afghanistan

For many girls in Afghanistan, the once-expansive horizon of education has narrowed to a stark choice: religious instruction ...
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Newly-built book market inaugurated in Kabul

KABUL (Pajhwok): A marketplace for booksellers and publishers was inaugurated on Wednesday near the Pamir cinema in central capital Kabul and a three-day book exhibition was also opened in the same ...
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Afghanistan urges Tatarstan to invest in Panjshir-Kabul water conduit project

Stay informed with the latest breaking news from Afghanistan. Politics, business, sports, and culture updates in English – ...
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‘Duke & Roya’ was a poignant, powerful, stark look at the war in Afghanistan

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Razia Jan, 81, Who Built an Enduring Girls’ School in Afghanistan, Dies

Before 9/11, she ran a dry cleaning business in Massachusetts; in the aftermath, she returned home after decades away to ...

Afghanistan has its ‘sharpest surge’ ever of child malnutrition, UN agency says

The World Food Program says Afghanistan is having its sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition. Almost 10 million people, a ...