Afghanistan
Hundreds throng passport office in Afghan capital
Middle East
October 6, 2021
Hundreds throng passport office in Afghan capital
KABUL, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Hundreds of Afghans flocked to the passport office in Kabul on Wednesday, just a day…
Rights group: Taliban unlawfully killed 13 ethnic Hazaras
Middle East
October 5, 2021
Rights group: Taliban unlawfully killed 13 ethnic Hazaras
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban forces unlawfully killed 13 ethnic Hazaras, most of them Afghan soldiers who had surrendered to…
Taliban-style security welcomed by some, feared by others
Middle East
October 4, 2021
Taliban-style security welcomed by some, feared by others
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — It wasn’t 7 a.m. yet and already the line outside the police station’s gates was long,…
Turkish Red Crescent sending aid to feed displaced Afghans
Middle East
October 2, 2021
Turkish Red Crescent sending aid to feed displaced Afghans
ISTANBUL, Oct 1 (Reuters) – The Turkish Red Crescent is sending aid to Afghanistan to feed internally displaced people in…
Afghan pavilion at Dubai world fair stays shut after Taliban takeover
Middle East
October 2, 2021
Afghan pavilion at Dubai world fair stays shut after Taliban takeover
DUBAI, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Hours after the world expo fair opened in Dubai on Friday, Afghanistan’s exhibition remained closed…
Pentagon chief defends execution of final airlift from Kabul
Middle East
September 28, 2021
Pentagon chief defends execution of final airlift from Kabul
WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first congressional testimony on the tumultuous US withdrawal from Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on…
The Taliban vowed no revenge. One Afghan family tells a different story
Middle East
September 28, 2021
The Taliban vowed no revenge. One Afghan family tells a different story
Sept 28 (Reuters) – When the Taliban won back control of the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar last month, they…
Pentagon leaders to face Afghanistan reckoning in Congress
Middle East
September 28, 2021
Pentagon leaders to face Afghanistan reckoning in Congress
WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s top military leaders are expected to face some of the most contentious…
Where women took shelter from abuse, Taliban now in control
Middle East
September 28, 2021
Where women took shelter from abuse, Taliban now in control
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — When the Taliban seized power, the operator of the only women’s shelter in a northern Afghan…
UN and Afghanistan’s Taliban, figuring out how to interact
Middle East
September 26, 2021
UN and Afghanistan’s Taliban, figuring out how to interact
It’s been little more than a month since Kalashnikov-toting Taliban fighters in their signature heavy beards, hightop sneakers and shalwar…