Afghan embassy in India suspends operations
Afghanistan's embassy in India suspended operations on Sunday, more than two years after the Taliban's return to power in Kabul ...
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Takeover anniversary
Armed Taliban security personnel ride on a vehicle convoy as they celebrate the second anniversary of their takeover, in Jalalabad ...
Read moreRecord 110m people forcibly displaced—UN
A record 110 million people worldwide have been forcibly displaced from their homes, the United Nations said Wednesday, branding the ...
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258m people needed urgent food aid in 2022
PARIS, France—Some 258 million people needed emergency food aid last year because of conflict, economic shocks and climate disasters, a ...
Read moreUN chief, envoys in key talks on Afghanistan crisis
UN chief Antonio Guterres will gather international envoys at a secret location in Doha on Monday in an increasingly desperate ...
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Afghan girls’ school project founder nabbed in Kabul—UN
The founder of a project that campaigned for girls’ education in Afghanistan has been detained by Taliban authorities in Kabul, ...
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Divorced Afghan women forced back to abusive ex-husbands
"Threatened with losing custody of her four daughters, she returned to her ex-husband who by then had also married another ...
Read moreUN team: Afghan women ‘most repressed’ globally
Afghanistan under the Taliban government is the “most repressive country in the world” for women’s rights, with authorities effectively trapping ...
Read moreNo women: Afghan universities reopen
Kabul—Male students trickled back to their classes Monday after Afghan universities reopened following a winter break but women remain barred ...
Read moreTaliban kill top IS commander
Taliban forces killed a top Islamic State commander who allegedly planned attacks against diplomatic missions in Afghanistan’s capital, a government ...
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