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At least 71 die in bus crash involving Afghans deported from Iran
At least 71 people, including 17 children, have been killed in western Afghanistan after a passenger bus carrying refugees, recently…
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Afghan who served with UK forces at risk from Taliban if deported, says son
An Afghan man, whose details were accidentally leaked by the UK in a major data breach, has been detained in Pakistan for imminent…
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UN report says its female staff in Afghanistan have received death threats
Explicit death threats have been made against dozens of Afghan women working for the United Nations in Afghanistan, according to a new UN…
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Pakistan says soldiers kill 33 fighters near Afghan border
Pakistani security forces have killed 33 fighters who tried to cross into the southwestern province of Balochistan from neighbouring…
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IRGC asks Taliban for leaked 'kill list' of suspected MI6 agents, collaborators
In doing so, IRGC intends to increase its knowledge on spies working for the UK's Secret Intelligence Service, which may give Iran…
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Baseless posts about India embassy attack misuse old photos
Unfounded rumours have circulated among Indian social media users that the country's embassy in Afghanistan was attacked in early July.…
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Video of armed Afghan rebels predates latest India-Pakistan conflict
Weeks after a May 10 ceasefire that ended four days of intense fighting between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan, a video was…
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Pakistan’s army says it killed 30 fighters trying to cross Afghan border
Pakistan’s army has said it has killed 30 fighters who tried to cross the border from Afghanistan, just days after a suicide attack in the…
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Czech president ends probe of soldiers over Afghanistan torture claim
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting…
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German police probe 8 document fraud cases among new Afghan arrivals
The German Federal Police are investigating several Afghans who entered the country with a promise of admission for possible document…
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Afghans at risk of persecution by Taliban arrive in Germany
A plane chartered by the German government, carrying 138 Afghan nationals granted admission to Germany, touched down in the eastern city…
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Contributor: The Statue of Liberty was a welcome sign. Now the U.S. vibe is 'stay out'
A little over a year ago, while trying to secure votes to pass a $1.2-trillion spending package, House Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly…
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Children of UK couple detained in Afghanistan appeal to Taliban for their release
LONDON (AP) — A British couple in their 70s who run education programs in Afghanistan have lost contact with their family after being…
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Old photo shows Pakistani flag burned in Afghanistan, not border region
Following a deadly ambush on a Pakistan convoy bringing supplies to Kurram, a region bordering Afghanistan, social media posts falsely…
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Iran's top diplomat visits Kabul to discuss refugees, water issues
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi visited Kabul on Sunday, marking the highest-level visit by an Iranian official to the…
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Opinion: Experts once thought highly of Biden's presidency. Here's how his legacy is likely to change
Our survey of presidential experts a year ago drew attention for ranking Joe Biden 14th among the presidents, ahead of such consequential…
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Why India is reaching out to the Taliban now
India's latest diplomatic outreach to Afghanistan's Taliban government signals a marked shift in how it sees the geopolitical reality in…
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Taliban do not see women as human beings, Malala Yousafzai says
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai decried the state of women’s rights in Afghanistan as “gender apartheid” on Sunday and urged…
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Taliban claims Pakistani airstrikes killed 46
A Taliban government official said the airstrikes Pakistan launched on Afghanistan Tuesday killed 46 people, including women and children,…
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'My soldier son's life was not a waste'
Saturday marks the 10th anniversary of the end of British combat operations in Afghanistan – a conflict in which 457 British servicemen…
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Meet the Climber Set to Become the First Afghan Woman to Climb Mount Everest
Kriangkrai Thitimakorn/Getty In spring 2025, Freshta Ibrahimi aims to make history—by becoming the first Afghan woman to summit the…
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Survivors grapple with aid cuts and the Taliban a year after massive Afghan earthquake
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — People had just seconds to flee their homes when the terrifying sound of earth cracking open reverberated across…
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Former Afghan leader Karzai calls for girls, women to be educated
Afghanistan's former president Hamid Karzai on Sunday called on the Taliban regime to allow girls and women to attend school and…
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Alleged Afghanistan trips ignite debate over German refugees' status
Germany's special representative for migration agreements, Joachim Stamp, has warned refugees living in Germany against taking trips back…