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Taliban raids and suspends Afghanistan’s only nationwide women’s radio station
The Taliban suspended the operation of Afghanistan’s only nationwide women’s radio station after raiding its premises on Tuesday, deepening the exclusion of women from public life and society ...
The New York Times20d
2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Are Freed in Prisoner Swap
In exchange, the Biden administration released an Afghan man convicted on narcotics charges in 2008. By Adam Goldman Carol Rosenberg and Julian E. Barnes Adam Goldman and Julian Barnes reported ...
The Washington Post20d
Americans freed in Afghanistan-U.S. prisoner swap, Taliban says
Two Americans have been released from Afghanistan, their families said Tuesday, as the Taliban announced a prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan. The Taliban’s Foreign Ministry ...
Fox News27d
Wife of detained American in Afghanistan meets with Trump's national security adviser
A wife working to bring her husband home from years of wrongful detainment in Afghanistan saw heartening progress over the weekend. After traveling to Mar-a-Lago with no promise that anyone with ...
Forbes26d
2025 Must Be The End Of Gender Apartheid In Afghanistan
The last three years have seen the Taliban placing restrictions on all aspects of women’s lives in Afghanistan. From education to employment. From movement to participation in everyday activities.
Voice of America19d
Islamic State claims killing of Chinese national in Afghanistan
Taliban authorities in northeastern Afghanistan said Wednesday that a gun attack resulted in the death of a Chinese national, while his local interpreter escaped unharmed. An Afghanistan-based ...
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Pakistan issues deadline for Afghan refugees after Trump blocks US resettlement pathway
When Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in 2021, hundreds of thousands of refugees fled across the border to neighboring Pakistan, seeking safety away from the radical Islamist group. Afghan ...
NBC News19d
Two Americans released from Afghanistan in deal struck in Biden’s final hours in office
The U.S. secured the release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in former President Joe Biden’s final hours in office in exchange for the release of an Afghan Taliban member in U.S. custody ...
Voice of America21d
Cutting Afghanistan funds 'biggest threat to helping women,' aid chief warns
Funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping the country’s women, the chief of a top aid agency warned Sunday. Jan Egeland, the secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee ...
ABC News20d
2 Americans freed from Afghanistan in prisoner swap, family and Taliban say
Ryan Corbett, an American held in Afghanistan since 2022, has been released. Ryan Corbett, an American held in Afghanistan since 2022, has been released from Taliban custody in a prisoner swap ...
France 2420d
Two US citizens, Afghan fighter exchanged in prisoner swap, Taliban says
The Taliban government said Tuesday it had released two American citizens from prison in return for an Afghan fighter held in the United States, in a deal brokered by Qatar. "An Afghan fighter ...