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Afghan president calls on Taliban to join in peace talks
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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’
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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
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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
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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
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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…
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