The Taliban have no legal right to multibillion dollar Afghan fund, says US watchdog
The watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan says the Taliban have no legal right to billions of dollars in funds set ...
The Moral and Strategic Case for Taking in the Afghan Refugees
During the Afghan withdrawal, the Taliban drew up lists of our allies to hunt and kill because they had worked with us. A ...
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Uttarakhand National Games: IOA President PT Usha calls bluff of volleyball ad hoc committee
The misadventures of the ad hoc committee, appointed by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to oversee the affairs of the ...
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GOP Sen Who Backed Biden Nominees Becomes First Republican To Oppose Pete Hegseth
Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski — who broke with her party on numerous occasions to support former President Joe Biden’s nominees — became the first Republican senator to publicly oppose Pete ...
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U.S. in talks with Taliban for release of Americans held in Afghanistan, source says
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Biden administration has been in talks with the Taliban to exchange Americans detained in Afghanistan for Afghans in U.S. custody, a senior Taliban leader with direct ...
Tuareg rebel alliance in Mali releases Spanish hostage, spokesmen say
A Tuareg rebel alliance in northern Mali has released a Spanish man kidnapped in North Africa on Jan. 17, two of the group's spokesmen said on X late on Monday.
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Two Americans held in Afghanistan traded for Taliban prisoner in final Biden deal delayed until Trump took office
In the very last hours of President Joe Biden’s time in office, a prisoner exchange years in the making was finally struck: the Taliban agreed to swap two Americans being held in Afghanistan for ...
2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Are Freed in Prisoner Swap
In one of its final acts, the Biden administration secured the release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in a prisoner ...
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has arrived in Qatar to meet with "diverse groups" of Afghan men and women, along with government representatives, on the situation in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is one of the largest recipients of ...
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Afghan women demand cricket's governing body takes stand against Taliban
Cricket's governing body is under fire from Afghan women after being banned from playing by the Taliban, while men have continued competing. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has been ...
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Pakistani-Afghan conflict fears grow as border clashes multiply
ISLAMABAD -- In August 2021, Pakistan celebrated the takeover of Kabul by the Afghan Taliban. "Afghanistan has broken the shackles of slavery," said a jubilant Imran Khan, then prime minister of ...
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Wakhan an Afghan territory: FO
"Wakhan corridor, what I can say is that I have seen this endless speculation. Wakhan is part of the Afghan territory. Afghanistan is a neighbour of Pakistan. We recognise its sovereignty and ...