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Terror to tourism? Hostage-style video invites visitors to Taliban's Afghanistan
Darkly comic videos made by a tour agency and shared by Taliban-linked accounts on social media are encouraging people to ...
‘We were lucky to escape Afghanistan alive - nine months later, we’re still waiting to be brought to safety’
We were lucky to escape Afghanistan alive - nine months later, we’re still waiting to be brought to safety’ - Exclusive: Rayan and his family has spent so long waiting to be brought to the UK that his ...
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Left behind in Afghanistan: Tales from behind Taliban lines
ITV News has spoken to Afghans who worked for the UK in Afghanistan and could be under threat from the Taliban following a ...
MoD braced for £1billion compensation bill after 100k lives put at risk of Taliban death squads by Afghan leak scandal
DEFENCE chiefs are braced for a £1billion compensation bill over a data breach which revealed Afghans who supported UK forces ...
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Russia, China shake up Eurasian order with Taliban rapprochement
TOKYO -- Russia's and China's recent friendliness with the Taliban interim government in Afghanistan, intended to reap ...
Iran’s Expulsion of Afghans Deepens Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis
Iran has been expelling hundreds of thousands of Afghans—- threatening stability and worsening Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis ...
Afghan data breach blunder prompted fears of Taliban ‘kill list’
The Defence Secretary has apologised for the leak and said he was "confident" there was a reduced risk of future data ...
UN adopts resolution on Afghanistan’s Taliban rule over US objections
The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse ...
Russia becomes first country to formally recognize Taliban's rule in Afghanistan as China welcomes the move
A former senior Taliban official told CBS News that while the move was welcome, "Russia and China can't financially support ...
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Afghanistan: Why is the Taliban on such a winning streak? - Los Angeles ...
Since Friday, the Taliban has overrun bastions of government control, snatching more than a quarter of Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals on its way to controlling an estimated 65% of the ...
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Kabul and Taliban: What to know about US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Kabul’s collapse had been expected, but the speed in which it happened stunned U.S. officials. Taliban fighters marched into the Afghan capital on Sunday seeking surrender of government. The U.S ...
Taliban 'maintaining a balancing act' in relationships with other local jihadi groups, study shows
Taliban leaders have chosen to maintain a delicate balancing act in their relationships with other local violent jihadi groups since taking power in Afghanistan, new research shows.