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The UN warns that Afghanistan will enter 'universal poverty' within a year following the Taliban's takeover
Within a year, the poverty rate in Afghanistan will hover at a whopping 97% or 98%, a United Nation…
Yelena Dzhanova
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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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Afghanistan's financial system is about to collapse, lender warns, as the US keeps nearly $10 billion in reserves frozen from the Taliban
The head of the Islamic Bank of Afghanistan said the country's financial industry was dealing with …
Sinéad Baker
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'We actually won the war we needed to fight': Trump's pick for ambassador to Afghanistan on why it's time to get out
"The future of Afghanistan needs to be determined by Afghans," William Ruger, Trump's nominee to be…
Christopher Woody
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Biden says it's 'time to end America's longest war' as he reveals plans to bring US troops home from Afghanistan
Biden said he was the fourth president to preside over the Afghanistan conflict, adding: "I will no…
Ryan Pickrell
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Prince Harry urged the military community to support one another as Afghanistan falls to the Taliban
Prince Harry, who served two tours of Afghanistan during his time in the British Army, issued a sta…
Mikhaila Friel
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Biden says the war in Afghanistan is over, but it's really just starting a new chapter
"We will maintain the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan and other countries. We just don't nee…
John Haltiwanger
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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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The congressman who attempted to conduct freelance rescue missions in Afghanistan says of Biden: 'blood is on his hands'
Rep. Markwayne Mullin made several unsuccessful attempts to rescue Americans who hadn't been evacua…
Morgan Keith
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The World Bank halted aid to Afghanistan after the Taliban's takeover
The World Bank has committed more than $5.3 billion to projects in Afghanistan since 2002, but is n…
Sinéad Baker
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UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says number of British nationals still in Afghanistan is in the 'low hundreds'
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab advised British nationals still in Afghanistan to get to a border…
Matthew Loh
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Trump orders the Pentagon to pull thousands of US troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan
By January 15, there will be 2,500 troops in Iraq and 2,500 in Afghanistan, a reduction of thousand…
Ryan Pickrell
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The Taliban wants to speak at the UN General Assembly in New York as the official government of Afghanistan
The Taliban's foreign minister is contesting Afghanistan's seat, which has been given to the ambass…
Matthew Loh
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About 100 Americans are still trying to get out of Afghanistan
US troops left Afghanistan on August 30, making it more complicated to evacuate American citizens a…
Rebecca Cohen
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Democratic senator says Afghanistan failure is 'tainting America's reputation around the world'
"My feeling is there has to be accountability," Blumenthal said of the Biden administration's handl…
John Haltiwanger
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US officials helped an American citizen and their family escape Afghanistan across an overland route
The Biden administration claims "around 100" Americans are still in Afghanistan and the Taliban has…
Thomas Pallini
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Biden unveils Afghanistan troop withdrawal plan from the same room where Bush announced the war in 2001
President Joe Biden spoke against the same backdrop that former President George W. Bush used to an…
Oma Seddiq
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Almost as soon as the US military left its biggest air base in Afghanistan, looters rolled in
The Afghan government's inability to guard one of the country's most important bases doesn't bode w…
John Haltiwanger
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Biden says US troops will stay in Afghanistan until every American who wants to leave the country has gotten out
Biden said there are 10,000 to 15,000 US citizens still in Afghanistan, and 50,000 to 60,000 Afghan…