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An Afghan village shrivels in worst drought in decades
Middle East

An Afghan village shrivels in worst drought in decades

KAMAR KALAGH, Afghanistan (AP) — Hajji Wali Jan brought a half-dozen plastic containers to the well in Kamar Kalagh on…
Afghan official: Taliban kill 14 troops in western province
Middle East

Afghan official: Taliban kill 14 troops in western province

  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban staged a coordinated attack overnight on two Afghan army outposts in western Herat…
Decades of war shatter Afghanistan’s glassblowing craft
Middle East

Decades of war shatter Afghanistan’s glassblowing craft

Hunched and shriveled, Afghan glassblower Ghulam Sakhi deftly blows and twirls molten glass into delicate blue and green goblets and…
‘Price of democracy’: Afghans risking their lives to vote
Middle East

‘Price of democracy’: Afghans risking their lives to vote

From a university student to a middle-aged housewife, Afghans planning to vote in the October 20 parliamentary election say they…
Afghan farmers fleeing drought face more hardship in camps
Middle East

Afghan farmers fleeing drought face more hardship in camps

  For only the second time in his life, Afghan farmer Murad Khan Ishaqzai has been forced to leave the…
Dam completion signifies growing Indian influence in Afghanistan
World

Dam completion signifies growing Indian influence in Afghanistan

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Afghanistan on Saturday to mark the completion of a nearly US$300 million hydroelectric dam…
Afghan aid workers found dead; 100 students hospitalized after meal
Middle East

Afghan aid workers found dead; 100 students hospitalized after meal

Authorities in western Afghanistan are investigating whether 100 schoolboys who were hospitalized on Saturday were poisoned, police said, a day…
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