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EU, Japan express concern over rights situation in Afghanistan; analysts call for engagement with Taliban
The EU and Japan raised concerns over Afghanistans worsening human rights situation. Afghan analysts urged dialogue, saying issues should be resolved through engagement. The Taliban has not officially ...
The Trump Administration says no one has died due to aid cuts. We went to the Taliban’s Afghanistan to investigate
The Trump administration says no one has died due to aid cuts. We went to the Taliban’s Afghanistan to investigate CNN's ...
‘Sad Reality’: Viral Video Of ‘Only Men’ Gym In Afghanistan Divides Internet
A video of an ‘only men’ gym allegedly in Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif was shared on social media, which went viral and left ...
Deported Afghans face bleak future under Taliban rule
As the Pakistani government has removed 300,000 Afghans from its borders since Jan. 1, U.S. allies are increasingly among those being returned to their homeland. This week, two U.S. nonprofits ...
With no access to education beyond the 6th grade, girls in Afghanistan turn to religious schools
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — For six hours every day after school, Nahideh works in a cemetery, collecting water from a nearby ...
UN agency calls for global pause on deportations back to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
Afghans who worked for the previous Nato-backed administration face beatings, torture and mock executions in prison, while ...
Taliban say efforts to release a British couple from Afghan prison not yet complete
ISLAMABAD -- The Taliban said Wednesday that efforts to free a British couple from an Afghan prison are not yet complete and ...
British Couple In Afghanistan Held By Taliban
The son of a British couple detained by the Taliban five months ago has told the BBC that he fears they may die in prison.
The Trump administration claims no one has died due to US aid cuts. Our trip to Afghanistan suggests otherwise
The wail of a woman in a floral dress reverberates through the malnutrition ward and down the stuffy hallways of a hospital ...
UN concerned by Taliban’s arrest of Afghan women and girls for dress code violations
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern about the Taliban's arrest of women and girls for alleged ...
German-Afghan relations under scrutiny over deportations
The German government's policy of deporting Afghan criminials to Afghanistan relies on cooperation with the Taliban ...