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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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With deadline looming, Pakistan finalises plan for repatriation of thousands of illegal immigrants
The Pakistan government on Thursday said it has set up "holding centres" across the country and fin…
PTI
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Meta is playing a game of whack-a-mole with the Taliban as the isolated Afghan government increasingly attempts to use WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption for official business
Sanctions restricting US-based businesses working with the Taliban have been in place for more than…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Exclusive: Afghan government officials helped smugglers sneak almost $1 billion in cash and gold out of Afghanistan as the US-backed government neared collapse, documents show
Afghanistan corruption was so bad that $884 million was smuggled out as Ashraf Ghani's government n…
Mattathias Schwartz,Edris Lutfi
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'The government is failing us': Afghan Americans have stepped up to assist Afghan refugees in the US as resettlement orgs struggle to meet demand
"A lot of them miss home, some of them, I think don't even know why they came at this point," Mirri…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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A former Afghan interpreter for the US military escaped Taliban rule only to be shot and killed in Washington, DC
The Army Special Forces veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan with Nasrat Ahmad Yar as his in…
Katie Hawkinson
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The US and Taliban are negotiating the release of part of the $9.5 billion in frozen Afghan government assets, report says
The US froze billions of dollars of Afghan government assets over the Taliban's takeover, but ordin…
Sinéad Baker
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I'm an Afghan woman with family in Kabul. The West's lack of respect for the Afghan people is maddening.
As an Afghan, what happened in my country last week is not nearly as devastating as what has occurr…
Ariana Arghandewal
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Congress must approve a pathway to permanent residency for Afghan allies in the US before the year ends, advocates urge: 'We owe these Afghans'
"It's a matter of national security. It's a matter of moral injury for our veterans. And it's just …
Oma Seddiq
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The US told several Afghans to await relocation in Pakistan after escaping Taliban rule. Two years later, many are facing deportation.
This year, Pakistan officials have deported over 500 Afghans who escaped Afghanistan after the Tali…
Katie Hawkinson
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US destroys CIA outpost outside Kabul airport to keep sensitive information away from Taliban: report
According to The New York Times, Afghan residents didn't know much about the base, as it was heavil…
John L. Dorman
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Malnutrition in Afghan children skyrocketed by nearly 47% this year: Save the Children
One year since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the economic crisis has shattered the lives…
ANI
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The Taliban are cracking down on Afghan women protesting the new government by whipping, beating people
The Taliban also intend to include a ministry of vice and virtue as a way to police an interpretati…
Jake Epstein
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The US military created an illusion of success in Afghanistan by handling tasks it was supposed to train Afghan troops to do, report says
A new US government watchdog report details how the US and Afghanistan failed to build and develop …
Jake Epstein
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Matt Gaetz's legislative aide is a convicted war criminal who murdered an Afghan civilian and dumped his body in a latrine
Gaetz's office defended its decision to hire Derrick Miller, stating he was "wrongfully convicted a…
Sonam Sheth,John Haltiwanger
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Thousands of Afghans who worked for the US have made a perilous 16,000-mile journey to the US-Mexico border to seek asylum in the last year
About 3,600 Afghans have made the journey to the US-Mexico border to seek asylum in the last year. …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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An Afghan Army cadet says he's been hiding at home for 6 weeks, fearing the Taliban's door-to-door manhunt
The Taliban have been hunting down people that served the previous Afghan government or once helped…
Sinéad Baker
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Google locks Afghan government email accounts as concerns grow over the Taliban tracking down their enemies, report says
The Taliban has promised amnesty to all, including those who worked with the US, but reports of det…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Groups that resettle refugees are struggling to find enough staff, funding, and housing for 50,000 incoming Afghans
Refugees can't even furnish an apartment with the funds the US government provides, one agency lead…
Kenneth Niemeyer,Charles Davis
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The Taliban just seized a provincial capital as the US continues its withdrawal. They also murdered an Afghan government official
US military leaders have said the 'strategic momentum' is with the Taliban, but a takeover is not a…