Afghanistan

Afghan residents clear debris as they look for victims' bodies in the rubble of damaged houses after the earthquakes in Kashkak village, Zendeh Jan district of Herat province on October 8, 2023. / Photo: AFP
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16 October 2023
Magnitude 6.3 quake kills one, wounds dozens in Afghanistan
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20 June 2023
Afghanistan's 'gender apartheid'...
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25 November 2022
After the war, explosive threat remains hidden...
Swathes of Afghanistan are littered with unexploded mines, grenades and mortars spanning...
This aerial view shows a flooded residential area after heavy monsoon rains in Balochistan province on Aug. 29, 2022. Photo: AFP
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03 September 2022
Pakistan floods threaten Afghanistan food supply...
The devastating floods in Pakistan will place huge strains on efforts to get food into...
An Afghan man stands besides a door of a house damaged by an earthquake in Bermal district, Paktika province, on June 23, 2022. Photo: AFP
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24 June 2022
Rescuers scramble to reach Afghan quake survivors...
Desperate rescuers battled against the clock and heavy rain Thursday to reach cut-off...
A general view of the Myanmar Parliament complex in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
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02 March 2022
Myanmar and Afghanistan to vote against Russia at...
Afghanistan and Myanmar are going to vote for a United Nations General Assembly...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, pictured in September 2021, said the rights of women are being violated or eliminated altogether in Myanmar, Ethiopia, Yemen and other parts of the world. (AFP/Fabrice COFFRINI)
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22 October 2021
UN calls for defending women's rights
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres made an appeal Thursday for reversing a decline in...
An aerial view shows the city engulfed in heavy smog in New Delhi, India, 17 March 2021. Photo: EPA
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12 October 2021
Look and act East – India can ignore Myanmar and...
Since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, the world’s attention, and that of India, have...
Taliban members stand next to people rushing to pass to Pakistan from the Afghanistan border in Spin Boldak on September 25, 2021. BULENT KILIC / AFP
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26 September 2021
World powers agree at UN on inclusive Afghan...
The five permanent UN Security Council members found common ground last week on...
A Taliban fighter walks past a beauty saloon with images of women defaced using a spray paint in Shar-e-Naw in Kabul on August 18, 2021. Photo: Wakil Kohsar/AFP
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19 September 2021
Victorious, Taliban face fierce new test in...
Having conquered Afghanistan, the Taliban now face the formidable task of keeping the...
Members of the Taliban drive in the Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul on September 16, 2021. Photo: AFP
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18 September 2021
China and Russia urge Taliban to keep security...
Russia and China's leaders on Friday urged the new Taliban government in Afghanistan to...
A handout picture released by the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) shows British military personnel boarding a Royal Air Force (RAF) A400M aircraft ahead of departing Kabul Airport on August 28, 2021 where they had been deployed as part of Operation PITTING to evacuate British nationsl and eligible Afghans under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Program (ARAP). Photo: AFP
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29 August 2021
US strikes IS target in Afghanistan, pushes...
The United States conducted a drone strike against an Islamic State target in Afghanistan...
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21 August 2021
Facebook unveils curbs for Taliban-seized...
Facebook released new security measures Thursday to protect users in Afghanistan after...

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