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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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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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Afghans say the Taliban is too busy policing women to prevent a humanitarian disaster that could leave half of Afghanistan hungry this winter
Three months into Taliban rule, half of the population of Afghanistan faces acute food insecurity b…
Ali Latifi
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The Taliban are 'intensifying' their hunt for Afghans who helped the US and NATO, says a private intel report to the UN
The Taliban are tracking down Afghans who worked with the previous government or foreign organizati…
Matthew Loh
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Afghan National Army claims to have defused 4,776 home-made bombs and landmines in six months
Taliban militants and other insurgent groups in the country have been using home-made Improv…
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The Afghan killed in the landing gear of a US military jet was a national youth soccer star, reports say
Some reports suggest that 19-year-old Zaki Anwari fell to his death while clinging to the side of a…
Sam Cooper
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How Google Forms, WhatsApp are helping Afghans to cross borders with resettlement programs
The relief organisations are informal networks of people composed of journalists, non-profit org…
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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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Afghan commandos that were trained by US Navy SEALs are being recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine, report says
An ex-Afghan security official told Foreign Policy that the elite soldiers, trained by US and UK sp…
Alia Shoaib
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Biden's national security advisor says Afghanistan fell to the Taliban because the Afghan army lacked the 'will' to defend its country
Jake Sullivan told NBC's "Today" show that the Afghan army "decided ... they would not fight for th…
Thomas Colson
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2 women who demanded a refund after finding out their hotel was housing 200 Afghan refugees insist they are 'by no means racist'
Two women asked for a refund for their stay at Scarborough's Grand Hotel after seeing negative revi…
Joshua Zitser
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As the homeless population booms due to sky-high rent prices, we need to think of the California homeless crisis as a refugee crisis
Becoming homeless is not the result of any individual's failings. The unhoused are refugees and vic…
Jack Herrera
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Ex-CIA analyst and war veteran says Afghan refugees should get the same opportunities as Ukrainian refugees
The president "could, right now, at this very minute, save most of these people," Matt Zeller told …
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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A humanitarian aid worker tells us why she decided to stay behind in Afghanistan: She believes there's still hope that the media has ignored
"At this critical moment, we want to stand by the children so that we assure them that their wellbe…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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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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The daughter of a former Afghan general claims she was forced to marry a Taliban official and raped every night
In an online video, the woman details her alleged abuse and says she fears the former Taliban spoke…
Alia Shoaib
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A US missile defense system at Kabul airport intercepted a rocket attack the day before US forces must leave Afghanistan
Local media reports showed a modified car that was used as a rocket launcher to attack Kabul airpor…
Jacob Sarkisian
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The UK is considering incorporating Afghan special forces evacuated from Kabul into the British army
The Afghan special forces were trained by UK troops and are "very good by international standards,"…
Rachel Hosie
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The Biden administration organized a COVID-19 vaccine site for incoming Afghan refugees
The administration is set to open a second mass vaccination site at the Philadelphia International …
Erin Snodgrass
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Afghan Air Force pilot in hiding pleads for help: 'Please don't leave us behind. Please. We will be great Americans.'
"We are hoping that the Americans will take us, and our families, to safety," a US-trained pilot un…