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Pakistan Taliban Claim Raid Killing 16 Soldiers

The Pakistani Taliban claimed a brazen overnight raid on an army outpost near the border with Afghanistan on Saturday, which intelligence officials said killed 16 soldiers and critically wounded five more.

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Two highway crashes in southeastern Afghanistan kill 50 people and injure 76

An Afghan government spokesman says two separate highway crashes in the southeast have killed 50 people and injured 76

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Republican Congressman Challenges State Department On Afghanistan Airbase Issue

Republican congressman challenges Blinken's claims on Mazar-i-Sharif Airbase evacuation; State Department under scrutiny for alleged delays.

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New Government In Syria Raises Concerns Of Islamist Rule

The emergence of a new government in Syria raises concerns about HTS's Islamist governance and potential parallels to the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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Biden's Transformation From a Dove to a Hawk

From Afghanistan to Ukraine to Israel, Biden's was a presidency defined by contradictions on peace and interventionism.

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Taliban’s Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani killed: Why it matters

The most high-profile assassination in Afghanistan since 2021 has sparked questions over divisions within the Taliban.

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Authorities say 22 rescued from Afghanistan mine collapse

No casualties reported after hours-long rescue in Samangan province in northern Afghanistan.

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The fall of Afghanistan’s horse power is a lesson to today’s petrostates: Power based on a strategic commodity is fleeting

Not so long ago, Afghanistan was the Saudi Arabia of horses. But technological change led to its rapid decline.

Fortune

UN Security Council criticizes Taliban ban on Afghan women's medical education

The U.N. Security Council has expressed “deep concern” at the recent decision by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to ban women from medical education

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'Lives At Risk': Women's Medical Training Ban Threatens Afghan Health Sector

From her private hospital in Afghanistan's capital, doctor Najmussama Shefajo predicts a rise in maternal mortality rates "within three or four years", following the latest restrictions on women's education.

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Thousands Attend Funeral Of Afghan Minister

Thousands of Afghans on Thursday attended the funeral of the refugees minister, AFP journalists saw, after he was killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul the day before in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.

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Thousands attend the funeral of a Taliban minister killed by an Islamic State suicide bomber

Thousands of people have attended the funeral of a Taliban government minister killed in an Islamic State suicide bombing the previous day

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Blinken Faces Questions On Afghanistan Withdrawal Before House Committee

Secretary Blinken testifies on U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal, facing criticism for global turmoil and systemic failures.

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Afghan refugee minister Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani killed in blast

Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani entered government after the Taliban seized power following US-led drawdown in 2021.

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Explosion In Kabul Kills Taliban Refugee Minister

Explosion in Kabul claims life of Taliban refugee minister, raising security concerns in Afghanistan.

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Russian lawmakers advance a bill removing the terrorist designation for the Taliban

The lower house of Russia's parliament has given initial approval to a long-discussed bill that would clear the way for Moscow to remove the Taliban’s designation as a terrorist group

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In Afghanistan, Women Haven’t Given Up

Despite jail, torture, and death threats, activists are resisting the Taliban in the country and abroad

Evening Standard

Winter Appeal: How a football team for refugees is breaking down barriers

Fair Shot football team is supported by the Refugee Council, one of the organisations being funded by our Winter Appeal

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Taliban critics and ‘rebel collaborators’ face systemic torture in Afghan prisons, survivors say

Findings from interviews with 38 former Taliban detainees have been shared with the UN special rapporteur for Afghanistan. Arpan Rai and Mahbob Shah Mahbob, for Afghanistan International, report

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