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UN food agency says widespread locust infestation in Afghan provinces is ‘huge concern’
Islamabad (AP) — The U.N. food agency is warning that a widespread locust infestation in several Afghan provinces is of “huge concern” and could...
Reluctant critic China urges Afghan changes on women’s roles
Beijing (AP) — China on Wednesday called on Afghanistan to reform its radical policies excluding women from education and public life and “adopt a more resolute...
UN report: Afghan women working for the UN are harassed and detained
The Taliban formerly forbade girls from continuing their education past the sixth grade and excluded them from the majority of public and professional life
Since...
Blinken threatened with contempt of US Congress over Afghanistan cable
Washington (Reuters) - The Republican chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee threatened Secretary of State Antony Blinken with contempt of...
Pakistan, Afghan Taliban agree to boost trade, lower tension
Islamabad (AP) — Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed government have agreed to boost trade and lower tensions along their border amid a surge in militant...