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Afghanistan

All time
Afghanistan
Six people killed in blasts at boys' school in Kabul
Updated 19 Apr 2022
9.5k
2
Afghanistan
Taliban warns Pakistan after rocket attacks kill five Afghan children
16 Apr 2022
22.6k
5
Education
Activists promise protests in Afghanistan if Taliban fails to reopen girls' schools
27 Mar 2022
7.8k
7
ACCESS DENIED
Heartbreak as Afghan girls ordered home just hours after schools reopen
23 Mar 2022
25.2k
4
Afghanistan
Taliban announcement a clear sign girls will be allowed to return to school
21 Mar 2022
18.3k
8
Security Council
UN votes to secure formal presence in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
17 Mar 2022
11.1k
4
Kabul
Afghan universities reopen for first time after Taliban takeover, but with few women
26 Feb 2022
14.4k
7
Afghanistan
Boy trapped three days down Afghan well dies after rescue
18 Feb 2022
31.5k
7
unfrozen funds
Anger as Joe Biden takes $3.5 billion of Afghan assets to fund 9/11 families
12 Feb 2022
59.1k
88
Afghanistan
WHO meets Taliban to discuss 'dire' health and humanitarian crisis
9 Feb 2022
9.4k
8
Taliban
Taliban in Geneva for week of talks as Afghanistan remains in humanitarian crisis
8 Feb 2022
17.0k
14
Refugee Protection
Relocating from Afghanistan: 'People have made us feel at home. I can see where my future is'
6 Feb 2022
21.1k
Explainer
'An economic implosion': Afghanistan's hunger crisis explained
5 Feb 2022
12.6k
9
Afghanistan
Fatal bombing during Kabul airport evacuation was carried out by single attacker, probe finds
4 Feb 2022
9.5k
4
charlotte bellis
New Zealand grants entry exemption to pregnant reporter who sought Taliban help
1 Feb 2022
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10
charlotte bellis
New Zealand defends strict Covid quarantine as pregnant reporter fights to leave Kabul
31 Jan 2022
33.1k
19
world hunger
Opinion: As millions in Afghanistan face starvation - the world must not look away
Rosamond Bennett
19 Jan 2022
13.1k
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United Nations
UN wants €4.4 billion in aid for Afghans to avoid 'full-blown humanitarian catastrophe'
11 Jan 2022
13.8k
40
August
Former Afghan president had 'minutes' to decide whether to leave Kabul during Taliban takeover
30 Dec 2021
16.1k
5
Kabul
Afghanistan is 'biggest humanitarian crisis of our time' and West must act, Gordon Brown says
29 Dec 2021
14.9k
16
Afghanistan
No long-distance road trips for Afghan women without male escort, Taliban says
26 Dec 2021
44.0k
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The Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
18 Dec 2021
24.5k
10
Afghanistan
Taliban government resumes issuing Afghan passports in Kabul
18 Dec 2021
14.8k
11
Afghanistan
Temporary residence to be offered to 500 Afghans under new admissions programme
14 Dec 2021
19.6k
64
Afghanistan
Taliban reject claims of 'summary killings' of ex-security forces
5 Dec 2021
14.5k
8
Taliban
Afghan prime minister defends Taliban’s rule amid economic crisis
28 Nov 2021
23.7k
18
kabul rescue
Coveney defends Defence department's handling of offer to buy long-range 'heavy lift' aircraft
26 Nov 2021
44.0k
57
Not that I'm aware of
Documents show Ireland was offered aircraft eight months before Afghan rescue mission - despite Coveney denial
22 Nov 2021
59.1k
kim k
Kim Kardashian West funds flight to bring female Afghan footballers to the UK
18 Nov 2021
21.5k
26
Islamabad
Pakistan hosts US, Russia and China for talks on Afghanistan
12 Nov 2021
5.0k
7
Afghanistan
19 killed in attack on Kabul military hospital
2 Nov 2021
8.6k
1
Repatriation
Three Irish-resident families evacuated from Afghanistan
27 Oct 2021
11.4k
0
brought to safety
More Irish citizens evacuated from Afghanistan
21 Oct 2021
14.7k
7
Kandahar
IS claims deadly suicide attack on Shiite mosque in Afghanistan that killed at least 41 people
16 Oct 2021
11.6k
14
Afghanistan
Taliban warns world leaders that global security will be affected if sanctions on their regime continue
13 Oct 2021
17.5k
16
Afghanistan
Taliban to hold talks with EU and US officials in push for international support
11 Oct 2021
13.6k
20
Talks
Taliban says US will provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
11 Oct 2021
12.1k
7
Afghanistan
Taliban ‘will not work with US to contain Islamic State’
9 Oct 2021
29.6k
17
Afghanistan
Suicide bomber kills at least 55 during Friday prayers at Afghan mosque
Updated 8 Oct 2021
18.8k
5
Doha
Dozens more Irish citizens evacuated from Afghanistan
Updated 7 Oct 2021
16.0k
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