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Afghans wait in line for the Kabul passport departmant, July 4, 2021. Since the Taliban began their military offensive, at least 30,000 Afghans are fleeing into neighboring countries every week while 230,000 more have been displaced within the country. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times) XNYT9 XNYT9

July 31, 2021 at 8:01 am

As fear grips Afghanistan, hundreds of thousands flee VIEW

KABUL, Afghanistan — Haji Sakhi decided to flee Afghanistan the night he saw two Taliban members drag a young woman from her home and lash...

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June 17, 2021 at 2:10 pm

COVID Concerns Shutter U.S. Embassy in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. Embassy in Kabul went into lockdown on Thursday, citing a surge in coronavirus cases that has swamped the medical facilities...

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April 18, 2021 at 2:06 pm

Afghan Women Fear the Worst, Whether War or Peace Lies Ahead VIEW

KABUL, Afghanistan — Farzana Ahmadi watched as a neighbor in her village in northern Afghanistan was flogged by Taliban fighters last month. The crime: Her...

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November 17, 2020 at 4:49 pm

U.S. Troops Are Packing Up, Ready or Not

The Pentagon has announced a reduction down to 2,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan before President-elect Biden takes office. Afghan officials fear the cuts will encourage...

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November 17, 2020 at 4:45 pm

U.S. Troops Are Packing Up, Ready or Not

Now with President Donald Trump’s orders to cut U.S. forces in Afghanistan by roughly half — from 4,500 to 2,500 — Kandahar’s fate, and the...

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Afghans check car destroyed by an attached bomb in Kabul, Afghanistan,Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020.A bomb attached to the vehicle of Yama Siawash, a former presenter on Afghanistan’s TOLO TV, exploded early Saturday, killing the journalist and two other civilians, Kabul police said. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) DV102 DV102

November 7, 2020 at 6:38 pm

String of attacks have people in Kabul pointing a finger — at the government

A series of assaults that killed at least 23 people, while highlighting a city under violent siege, has also exposed growing, and very public, discontent...

March 1, 2020 at 2:44 pm

Afghan Peace Plan Faces Its First Roadblock: Releasing Taliban Prisoners

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s nascent deal to end the war in Afghanistan faced its first stumbling block Sunday, the day after it was signed,...

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January 27, 2020 at 12:40 pm

U.S. Military Plane Crashed in Afghanistan, Officials Confirm

KABUL, Afghanistan — A U.S. military aircraft crashed in a Taliban-controlled area outside Kabul on Monday, the U.S. military command in Afghanistan said, following hours...

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FILE — Afghan women praying at the Shah do Shamshera Shrine, known as the Shrine of the King of Two Swords, where female islamic scholar Farkhunda was beaten to death, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 15, 2015. A U.S. troop withdrawal worries Afghan women, who see Westerners as their only protectors not just from the Taliban -— but often from their own men. (Lynsey Addario/The New York Times) — NO SALES. — XNYT41 XNYT41

January 27, 2019 at 3:49 pm

Afghan women fear peace with Taliban may mean war on them

Horror stories at the hands of Taliban enforcers are a staple for any educated Afghan woman older than 25 or so. Now those women have...

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October 7, 2018 at 12:17 pm

17 years to the day the U.S. invaded, 54 are killed across Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan — At least 54 people have been killed across Afghanistan in the last 24 hours, according to a tally based on interviews with...

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