FILE: Zareena, left, and Shakeela, internally displaced Afghan girls play outside a shanty at a refugee camp in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 25, 2011. Dar Yasin/AP hide …
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Islamabad, Pakistan – After three days, talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Istanbul, aimed at ending a tense and violent standoff between the South Asian neighbours, appeared to have hit a …
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NewsFeed Afghanistan has marked the anniversary of its independence from British influence with a military display staged by the Taliban’s defence ministry. The event commemorates the signing of the Anglo-Afghan …
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‘Once again, the west turns away’: a new book recounts the fall and rise of the Taliban | Books
Jon Lee Anderson is “not done with Afghanistan”, despite having reported on it for more than 40 years, through invasions, occupations, the rise and fall of the Taliban and two …