SUSANNAH GEORGE

May 22, 2020 at 4:32 am

Pakistani airliner crashes near Karachi airport with 99 aboard; at least 2 survive

ISLAMABAD — At least two people survived the crash of a Pakistan International Airlines plane near the Karachi airport Friday, according to Pakistani officials. The...

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May 19, 2020 at 6:48 am

In the world’s fifth most populous country, distance learning is a single television channel VIEW

ISLAMABAD - In the world's fifth most populous country, where only a small fraction have access to the internet, officials are using a fairly rudimentary...

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May 11, 2020 at 12:42 pm

Retired Afghan general joins the Taliban as concerns rise over defections

ISLAMABAD - A retired Afghan general has defected to the Taliban in western Farah province, according to Afghan and Taliban officials, as concerns rise over...

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April 14, 2020 at 5:12 am

Cartels, gangs and rebels join coronavirus fight

In Afghanistan, the Taliban have dispatched health teams to far-flung provinces to confront the coronavirus. In Mexico, drug cartels are offering aid packages to those...

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April 4, 2020 at 9:42 am

Violence imperils coronavirus response in conflict zones around the world

The head of the United Nations has urged a global cease-fire. So has the Pope. Yet violence keeps battering swaths of Africa, the Middle East...

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April 2, 2020 at 3:48 am

Pakistan court overturns convictions of those imprisoned for Daniel Pearl murder

ISLAMABAD - A regional Pakistani court on Thursday overturned the murder conviction and death sentence of Omar Saeed Sheikh, the man convicted in the 2002...

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March 6, 2020 at 5:18 am

Gunfire at Shiite gathering in Kabul leaves 27 dead, dozens wounded

KABUL, Afghanistan -- An attack on a Shiite gathering in Kabul attended by opposition leader Abdullah Abdullah left 27 dead and dozens wounded on Friday,...

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February 29, 2020 at 10:26 am

U.S. signs peace deal with Taliban agreeing to full withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan

DOHA, Qatar — The United States and the Taliban signed a peace deal Saturday that calls for the full withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan...

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February 9, 2020 at 5:26 am

The gunfire lasted just minutes, but left two U.S. soldiers in eastern Afghanistan dead

KABUL, Afghanistan - The first shots rang out at 6 p.m. Saturday, just as a small team of U.S. Special Operations forces were leaving a...

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January 6, 2020 at 11:38 am

U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan departs as Taliban peace efforts remain stalled

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - U.S. Ambassador John Bass is ending his two-year tenure in Afghanistan Monday as peace talks with the Taliban remain stalled. The State...

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