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Taliban-run Kabul municipality to female workers: Stay home
Middle East
September 19, 2021
Taliban-run Kabul municipality to female workers: Stay home
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Female employees in the Kabul city government have been told to stay home, with work only…
Fearful US residents in Afghanistan hiding out from Taliban
Middle East
September 19, 2021
Fearful US residents in Afghanistan hiding out from Taliban
Every night in yet another house in Afghanistan’s capital, a US green card-holding couple from California take turns sleeping, with…
Pentagon reverses itself, calls deadly Kabul strike an error
Middle East
September 18, 2021
Pentagon reverses itself, calls deadly Kabul strike an error
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan…
Afghan envoys marooned abroad after Taliban’s sudden return
Middle East
September 16, 2021
Afghan envoys marooned abroad after Taliban’s sudden return
Sept 16 (Reuters) – The Taliban’s abrupt return to power has left hundreds of Afghan diplomats overseas in limbo: running…
Friction among Taliban pragmatists, hard-liners intensifies
Middle East
September 16, 2021
Friction among Taliban pragmatists, hard-liners intensifies
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Friction between pragmatists and ideologues in the Taliban leadership has intensified since the group formed a…
Minister pledges Taliban govt won’t allow militant attacks
Middle East
September 15, 2021
Minister pledges Taliban govt won’t allow militant attacks
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s new foreign minister said Tuesday that the Taliban governing the country remain committed to not…
Taliban deny their deputy prime minister, Mullah Baradar, is dead
Middle East
September 14, 2021
Taliban deny their deputy prime minister, Mullah Baradar, is dead
Sept 14 (Reuters) – The Taliban have denied that one of their top leaders has been killed in a shootout…
Once inmates, Taliban now in charge in a Kabul prison
Middle East
September 14, 2021
Once inmates, Taliban now in charge in a Kabul prison
KABUL (AP) — Once, Kabul’s main prison was crowded with thousands of Taliban captured and arrested by the government. On…
Scores of Westerners, including Americans, fly out of Kabul
Middle East
September 9, 2021
Scores of Westerners, including Americans, fly out of Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Some 200 foreigners, including Americans, flew out of Afghanistan on an international commercial flight from Kabul…
Analysis: Taliban hard-line path worsens Afghanistan dilemma
Middle East
September 9, 2021
Analysis: Taliban hard-line path worsens Afghanistan dilemma
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Reminiscent of their previous harsh rule in the 1990s, the Taliban have already begun to wipe…