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Afghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is over

YoopyaDec 25, 2023December 25, 20230

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Bahara Rustam, 13, took her last class at Bibi Razia School in Kabul on Dec. 11 knowing it was the end

Why Afghan Taliban Are Ready to Talk

YoopyaJul 10, 2015July 1, 20230

ISLAMABAD—Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani’s high risk, high rewards gamble in reaching out to Pakistan in return for Pakistan delivering the Afghan Taliban to the negotiating

Suicide car bomber kills three foreign troops in Afghan capital

YoopyaSep 16, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – A suicide car bomber killed three foreign troops and wounded 13 Afghan civilians in an attack on a convoy near the U.S. embassy

Asia news: Afghan official: Blast at market in east kills 38

YoopyaJul 15, 2014July 16, 20230

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says a suicide car bomber has killed at least 38 people in the country’s east. Mohammad Reza Kharoti,

Officials: 3 dead in Afghanistan palace assault

YoopyaJun 25, 2013August 11, 20240

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan officials say a brazen Taliban assault on the presidential palace in Kabul has left three guards dead. The militant group

Fiery Afghan bus crash kills 45, Taliban blamed

YoopyaApr 26, 2013September 5, 20240

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) – A bus collided on Friday with the wreckage of a truck that had been attacked by Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan,

Obama ‘to announce’ 34,000 troops out of Afghanistan

YoopyaFeb 12, 20130

President Barack Obama will announce in his State of the Union speech later 34,000 US troops will leave Afghanistan over the next year, US media

Young Afghan musicians to tour US

YoopyaJan 16, 20130

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Not so long ago Fakira roamed the mean streets of the Afghan capital, hawking magazines for 13 U.S. cents apiece to

U.S. declares Afghanistan major non-NATO ally

kiemtarJul 7, 2012July 7, 20120

The Obama administration on Saturday declared Afghanistan the United States’ newest “major non-NATO ally.” The statement shows U.S. support for long-term stability in Afghanistan and

Twin suicide bombings in Afghanistan’s Kandahar kill 20 civilians

YoopyaJun 6, 20120

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A pair of suicide bombers struck outside NATO’s biggest base in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 20 civilians and wounding 50,