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Hundreds throng passport office in Afghan capital
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…
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