'It's a crime to be a girl': The forgotten women of Afghanistan
As the world’s focus has shifted to other regions and conflicts — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war — the ...
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The Taliban take over Afghanistan’s only luxury hotel, more than a decade after attacking it
Read full article: A small plane has crashed in Philadelphia ... The Taliban are taking over the operations of Afghanistan’s only luxury hotel in Kabul, more than a decade after they launched a deadly ...
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The Taliban have no legal right to multibillion dollar Afghan fund, says US watchdog
The watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan said the Taliban have no legal right to billions of dollars in funding set ...
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Concerned about ISIS-K’s capabilities to plot, conduct attacks in Afghanistan, Pak: US tells UN
The United States said it remains concerned about terror group ISIS-Khorasan’s (ISIS-K) capabilities to plot, conduct attacks ...
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A Taliban highway could lead to the future. But it’s stuck in the past.
Taliban officials have a plan to turn one of the country’s most remote corners into a global trade hub by linking the Afghan ...
US warns of ISIS-K’s ability to plot attacks, recruit in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Under-Secretary-General United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Voronkov said that ISIL-K continued to pose a ...
U.S. Deports Migrants From Asia to Panama
The move could herald a new front in the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations, one that allows for more rapid ...
Delayed Purple Heart finally awarded to CT veteran injured in Afghanistan
Connecticut U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal shakes hands with U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Adam Jackson of Wallingford after ...
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Rick Steves on the "Hippie Trail" Trip That Changed Him
The series of perspective-altering experiences—including his first time getting high, in Afghanistan—that set Rick Steves on ...
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These immigrants in Modesto worked with U.S. military, now feel kicked to the curb by Trump
Families with small children were huddled in the back of Modesto’s Days Inn on a cold Thursday morning; they had been told ...
5 of the Worst USAID Scandals in History
The top five recipients of U.S. aid (including both USAID and non-USAID programs) from 1945 through 2023 were Israel, Egypt, ...