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'Gives us some hope': Afghan women at risk of deportation due to USAID cuts look to find home at U of R

The University of Regina and a Vancouver-based non-profit have raised $170,000 of a needed $500,000 to bring 25 Afghan ...
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ACB, players congratulate Afghans on I-Day

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and a number of leading cricket players have congratulated their ...
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Afghan Independence Day: A celebration of the end of British dominance

FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail Afghans are commemorating their Independence Day today which celebrates the end of British ...
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Iran executes 800 prisoners in less than eight months, rights group warns of escalation

Stay informed with the latest breaking news from Afghanistan. Politics, business, sports, and culture updates in English – ...
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Learn positive lessons from past history, IEA urges youth

The Islamic Emirate said now was the time for the Afghan youth and future generations to follow in the footsteps of their ...
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Afghanistan marks 106th Independence Anniversary with calls for unity and reflection

Stay informed with the latest breaking news from Afghanistan. Politics, business, sports, and culture updates in English – ...
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Afghan police foil attempts to traffic drugs to Tajikistan

KABUL, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Police have thwarted attempts to traffic illegal drugs from northern Afghanistan's Takhar province to neighboring Tajikistan and arrested the smuggler, provincial police ...
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Iran’s Taliban Tightrope

For the short term, Iran will prefer quiet security and intelligence cooperation with the Taliban rather than overt ...
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Pakistan, Afghanistan, China Trilateral meeting likely in Kabul

ISLAMABAD: The much-anticipated trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Pakistan, China and Afghanistan is expected to ...

Effort underway to allow Afghan women at risk of deportation to study at University of Regina

A group at the University of Regina is helping raise money for about 30 female students who fled Afghanistan when the Taliban took over and now fear being deported back there.
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Afghanistan: Authorities must reinstate formal legal frameworks, rule of law and end four years of injustice and impunity

The Taliban de-facto authorities must immediately put an end to the arbitrary and unfair delivery of justice by reinstating a ...

Taliban leader warns God will severely punish Afghans ungrateful for Islamic rule

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban leader warned God would severely punish Afghans who are ungrateful for Islamic rule in the country, according to a statement released Friday marking the fourth anniversary ...