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Afghan president calls on Taliban to join in peace talks
Middle East
February 28, 2018
Afghan president calls on Taliban to join in peace talks
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday called on the Taliban to take part in peace talks to “save the country,”…
Afghan civilians increasingly targeted in 2017: UN
Middle East
February 18, 2018
Afghan civilians increasingly targeted in 2017: UN
More and more Afghan civilians are being deliberately targeted by militant attacks and suicide blasts, new UN figures published Thursday…
International Criminal Court received 1.17 million war crimes claims from Afghans
Middle East
February 16, 2018
International Criminal Court received 1.17 million war crimes claims from Afghans
Since the International Criminal Court began collecting material three months ago for a possible war crimes case involving Afghanistan, it…
Taliban letter addresses ‘American people,’ urges talks
Middle East
February 15, 2018
Taliban letter addresses ‘American people,’ urges talks
In a rambling nearly 3,000-word letter issued Wednesday, the Taliban urged the “American people” to press their government to withdraw…
Afghanistan: More than 10,000 civilian casualties in 2017, says UN
Middle East
February 15, 2018
Afghanistan: More than 10,000 civilian casualties in 2017, says UN
More than 10,000 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded in violence last year, the United Nations said on Thursday, with…
Afghan officials and Taliban talk despite wave of violence
Middle East
February 13, 2018
Afghan officials and Taliban talk despite wave of violence
Afghan officials are carrying out at least two tracks of talks with the Taliban, The Associated Press has learned, even…
Afghanistan’s Kyrgyz trapped on the ‘roof of the world’
Middle East
February 7, 2018
Afghanistan’s Kyrgyz trapped on the ‘roof of the world’
For centuries, the nomadic Kyrgyz people travelled freely across Central and South Asia, fording rivers and cutting across snow-capped mountains…
First Afghan female coders bring it on: Fight against Opium
Middle East
February 6, 2018
First Afghan female coders bring it on: Fight against Opium
A group of young Afghan women in the deeply conservative western Herat province is breaking traditional barriers as their war-torn…
Gunmen attack Kabul military compound, multiple casualties
Middle East
January 29, 2018
Gunmen attack Kabul military compound, multiple casualties
Gunmen launched a pre-dawn raid on a military compound in Kabul on Monday, officials said, in an assault that caused…
Day of mourning in Afghanistan as Kabul bomb toll tops 100
Middle East
January 28, 2018
Day of mourning in Afghanistan as Kabul bomb toll tops 100
Afghanistan went into national mourning on Sunday after an attack the previous day in the capital that saw a huge…