Afghan Officials Ditch Smartphones After Taliban-Imposed Ban Sparks Disruption
Kabul-Government employees across Afghanistan began abandoning smartphones on Wednesday after authorities imposed a sweeping ban on their use in state
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UN Security Council urges Taliban to reverse crackdown on women as Herat arrests spark concern
United Nations- The United Nations Security Council on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities to reverse
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Veteran journalist chronicles Afghanistan’s upheavals through the story of Kabul’s landmark hotel
“Afghans always used to say: the last to die is hope.” A new book by a veteran international journalist uses
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Escalation on the Frontier Pakistani Airstrikes Kill Civilians in Afghanistan Border Provinces, Officials Say
Khost-Pakistani airstrikes across the border into Afghanistan killed at least 12 civilians, including children and a woman, in Khost, Kunar
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UN Condemns Reported Detentions of Afghan Women Over Taliban Dress Code Enforcement
Kabul- The United Nations has urged Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities to halt arrests and detentions of women over alleged violations of
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Why UN Child-Rights Advocates Are Alarmed by Afghanistan’s New Marriage Rules
New York-The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has strongly criticized new marriage rules introduced by the Taliban
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Refugee Tragedy on Afghan Highway Leaves 22 Dead as Returnees Journey Home
Laghman-A truck carrying Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan overturned on a highway in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least
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Wars and Border Closures Deepen Afghanistan Child Hunger Crisis
Kabul — The World Food Programme could feed one million more malnourished Afghan children if regional conflicts and supply-chain disruptions
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Taliban Reject Pakistan Allegation Over Deadly Bannu Suicide Bombing
Kabul-The Taliban government on Tuesday rejected Pakistani accusations that a suicide attack which killed 15 police officers in northwestern Pakistan
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Deadly Pakistan Market Blast Deepens Border Tensions With Afghanistan
Dera Ismail Khan– A powerful explosion ripped through a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least nine
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