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An Afghan Olympian once snuck into cycling races in a hijab. Then the Taliban took over.
Fariba Hashimi and her sister have defied the odds by escaping Afghanistan and racing at the Paris …
Mia Jankowicz
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US and Taliban enter talks to release $3.5 billion in central bank currency reserves amid humanitarian crisis
A US delegation met with senior Taliban officials in Uzbekistan for talks about unfreezing $3.5 bil…
Phil Rosen
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Taliban officials in Afghanistan 'beat girls just for smiling and talking too loud,' report says
Farkhunda, a 16-year-old girl, stopped going to school in September and has since been diagnosed wi…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Pak asks Taliban to resume talks with US for early resolution of Afghan conflict
A high-level Taliban delegation met Qureshi as part of a push to revive the Afghan peace process…
PTI
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As the US scrambles out of Afghanistan, warnings grow about what China plans to do there
Critics say China will use the US's exit to promote its interests in Afghanistan. Others say Beijin…
Christopher Woody
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Pentagon sends mental-health resources to Afghanistan vets, saying collapse 'does not minimize or negate the experiences of all who served overseas'
Amid reports that the turmoil is triggering mental-health challenges for some veterans, the memo re…
Azmi Haroun
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Afghanistan's new interior minister heads a US-designated terror group and has a $10 million US bounty on his head
The militant group did not include any women in the interim government and has been cracking down o…
John Haltiwanger
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How small-town Maine embraced a family that fled the Taliban
In fall 2021, an Afghan family was resettled in Maine. This is the story of how they rebuilt their …
Elyse Lightman Samuels
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Trump asked his Afghanistan envoy if the US could give the Taliban money to 'make them cooperate'
The envoy told Trump that giving the Taliban money was not an option because the Islamist militant …
John Haltiwanger
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The Taliban says it will not cooperate with the US to weed out the Islamic State from Afghanistan
"We are able to tackle Daesh independently," a Taliban spokesperson told the AP, using an Arabic ac…
Yelena Dzhanova
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US veterans say watching the Taliban take over was heartbreaking, and it has some questioning what they fought for
"What sucks the most is knowing that guys I served with died over there," one US veteran told Insid…
Ryan Pickrell
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The Taliban says it's rewarding the families of suicide bombers who attacked US and Afghan troops with money, clothes, and land
The Taliban's acting interior minister, Sirajuddin Haqqani, called the fighters "heroes of Islam an…
Sophia Ankel
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Top US general says war in Afghanistan is 'not over,' despite Biden repeatedly saying it's done
"The war on terror is not over, and the war in Afghanistan is not over, either," Gen. Kenneth McKen…
John Haltiwanger
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150,000 Afghans who helped the US could be stranded after the August 31 deadline, new estimate suggests
At least 250,000 Afghans who worked with the US military and may be eligible for visas are thought …
Bill Bostock
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An Afghan woman told us she's 'disgusted' with those focused on who is to blame for the Taliban takeover, rather than the lives of Afghans
She told Insider: "Why can't the world just put that aside for a second and think about, 'What can …
Charles Davis
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Taliban to retake power in Afghanistan 20 years after being ousted by US-led forces and the country's president has fled
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has fled Afghanistan for Tajikistan, a senior interior ministry offic…
Joshua Zitser
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Taliban on the cusp of securing wheat, gas, and oil deal with Russia, officials say
A challenge for both sides has been figuring out how to transfer funds for the supplies, due to san…
Matthew Loh
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A top Afghan peace negotiator said chaos could have been avoided if US delayed its exit for 'just another month'
Fawzia Koofi, the first female deputy speaker of Afghanistan's parliament, said the Biden administr…
Vanessa Gu
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US considers preparing for airstrikes to support Afghan forces if there's a risk of the Taliban taking over Kabul, report says
The discussions echo concerns that Afghan forces will struggle to contain the Taliban once US groun…
Kelsey Vlamis
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'Bring us American heads': Iran flaunted bounties on US troops in propaganda leaflets
"They've been sitting on this for years," a former official said of US leaders. "That's what's flab…