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World Bank announces more than one billion dollars in aid for Afghanistan
The World Bank on Tuesday announced more than $1 billion in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, stating the money will go to UN agencies and ... World News -
Dutch try Afghan ‘prison chief’ for war crimes
An elderly Afghan man went on trial in a Dutch court on Wednesday for alleged war crimes while in charge of a notorious jail for the communist regime ... World News -
UN seeks record $4.4 bln in aid for Afghanistan’s future
UN agencies on Tuesday asked donors for $4.4 billion in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan in 2022, calling the funds an “essential stop gap” to ensure ... World News -
Taliban arrest popular Afghan professor critical of govt
The Taliban have arrested a popular university professor and outspoken critic of successive Afghan governments, including the new rulers in Kabul, the ... World News -
Spoils of war: Taliban put victory over US on display
In the governor’s compound of Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, a new exhibit is unveiled before a rapt audience of Taliban fighters -- sections of blast ... World News -
Afghanistan’s blue mountain lakes deserted as tourists stay away
The winter landscape around the deep, blue mountain lakes of Band-e-Amir in the central Afghan province of Bamiyan presents an arresting spectacle ... World News -
Afghanistan central bank says it is acting to halt currency slide
Afghanistan’s central bank said on Tuesday it was working to ensure the stability of the afghani, a day after the currency lost almost 12 percent of ... World News -
ISIS violence dents Taliban claims of safer Afghanistan
Last month, the family of Mawlavi Ezzatullah, a member of Afghanistan’s Hizb-e Islami party, received a WhatsApp message from his phone: “We have ... World News -
‘Just give us our money’: Taliban push to unlock Afghan billions abroad
Afghanistan’s Taliban government is pressing for the release of billions of dollars of central bank reserves as the drought-stricken nation faces a ... World News -
In Afghanistan, a girls’ school is the story of a village
Mina Ahmed smears a cement mixture to strengthen the walls of her war-ravaged home in rural Afghanistan. Her hands, worn by the labor, are bandaged ... World News -
Taliban optimistic about new US envoy, normalizing ties: Spokesperson
The new Taliban government said on Tuesday it hoped to build on the “good progress” made in talks with the former US Special Envoy for Afghanistan ... World News -
Taliban get aid promise but not recognition on eve of Moscow talks
Russia, China and Pakistan are willing to provide aid to Afghanistan, the Russian foreign ministry said on Tuesday, but Moscow said it was not yet ... World News -
US to resume Afghanistan evacuation flights before year’s end: Report
The US will resume evacuation flights from Afghanistan before the end of the year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing an ... World News -
Afghanistan President Ghani hacked: Facebook page posts Taliban support message
Hackers took over the former Afghan president’s Facebook page and posted a message suggesting that people should support the Taliban, according to his ... World News -
UK foreign secretary to discuss Afghanistan with Qatari emir
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will on Thursday visit Doha to discuss the situation in Afghanistan with Qatar’s emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al ... World News -
EU says Afghanistan shows need for rapid reaction force
EU governments must push ahead with a European rapid reaction force to be better prepared for future crises such as in Afghanistan, the EU’s foreign ... World News -
Taliban ‘waiting for final nod from Americans’ to take over Kabul airport: Official
The Taliban, Afghanistan’s new rulers, and the departing US forces are aiming for a swift handover of Kabul airport, a Taliban official told Reuters ... World News -
Taliban appoint new finance minister, intelligence chief, interior minister: Report
The Taliban have appointed a new finance minister, an intelligence chief, and an acting interior minister in Afghanistan, the Pajhwok news agency ... World News -
Pakistan urges ‘inclusive’ deal with Taliban
Pakistan’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that an inclusive political settlement is the best way forward for peace and stability in Afghanistan ... World News -
Extension to Kabul airport evacuation date unlikely: UK defense minister
Western governments are unlikely to extend the evacuation window to allow their citizens and Afghans more time to fly out of Kabul airport, Britain’s ... World News -
Kabul evacuation continuing on war footing, Taliban briefed: NATO diplomat
Evacuation is being conducted on a “war footing” at Kabul airport as foreign forces try to meet an Aug. 31 deadline to leave Afghanistan, a NATO ... World News -
G7 to meet on Afghanistan deadline, Taliban recognition
Leaders of the Group of Seven countries were set to discuss on Tuesday whether to seek an extension to a Aug. 31 deadline for the evacuation of ... World News -
Official Taliban websites abruptly go offline
Taliban websites that delivered the victorious group’s official messages to Afghans and the world at large in five languages have abruptly gone ... World News -
Biden vows to evacuate all Americans and Afghan helpers
President Joe Biden has pledged firmly to bring all Americans home from Afghanistan — and all Afghans who aided the war effort, too — as officials ... World News -
Taliban vow to be accountable, probe reports of reprisals in Afghanistan
The Taliban will be accountable for its actions and will investigate reports of reprisals and atrocities carried out by members, an official of the ... World News -
NATO calls Kabul situation unpredictable as foreign ministers hold crisis talks
NATO’s priority is to get people out of Kabul and keep the airport running, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday as the alliance’s ... World News -
US has 5,800 troops at Kabul airport to help with evacuations: Official
There are currently about 5,800 US troops at the airport in Kabul to help with evacuation efforts, a US official said on Friday.For the latest ... World News -
Biden’s Afghanistan policy counts on issue fading in importance for war-weary America
President Joe Biden is brushing off criticism of his administration’s chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal because he and his aides believe the political ... Features -
Afghan interpreter who worked with UK ‘begs’ PM Johnson for refuge
An Afghan interpreter who worked with the British Army has pleaded with the UK government to provide him a path to safety after the Taliban takeover ... World News -
Taliban kill relative of German TV journalist: Report
Taliban fighters in Afghanistan have shot and killed a relative of a Deutsche Welle journalist while hunting for him, the German public broadcaster ... World News