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Afghanistan earthquake kills more than 800

Jalalabad, Afghanistan—A massive rescue operation was underway in Afghanistan Monday, after a strong earthquake and multiple aftershocks flattened homes in a remote, mountainous region, killing...

Long-awaited pension payments for retirees

KABUL – After a four-year suspension, the Taliban government has announced it would resume pension payments for Afghanistan’s nearly 150,000 retired military and civil...

From drought to floods, water extremes drive displacement

AFGHANISTAN – Next to small bundles of belongings, Maruf waited for a car to take him and his family away from their village in...

Afghan bus crash death toll: 76

AFGANISTAN – The death toll from a collision between a bus carrying Afghan migrants returning from Iran and two other vehicles in western Afghanistan...

Families forever scarred 4 years after air crash

KABUL, Afghanistan – The day after the Taliban stormed into the Afghan capital in August 2021, Afghans desperate to evacuate clung to the fuselage...

Filipina economist new head of ADB’s Central and West Asia Department

 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Leah Gutierrez as the new director general for its Central and West Asia Department, effective July 28,...

Afghan capital losing race vs. water lack

KABUL – Every week, Bibi Jan scrapes together some of her husband’s meager daily wage to buy precious water from rickshaw-drawn tankers that supply...

US-bound Afghans left ‘sans options’ as Trump incoming travel ban looms

WASHINGTON, DC—As a young man, Muhammad Ilyas stood side-by-side with US soldiers as they took on the Taliban in his native Afghanistan, working as...

Islamic State group claims suicide bombing

KABUL – The Islamic State group claimed a suicide bombing of a bank in north Afghanistan that killed eight people, saying on Wednesday it...

Solar panels

This picture taken on Feb. 2, 2025 shows an illuminated wedding hall, at night in Kabul. As night settles over Afghanistan’s capital, only a...

Rubio threatens bounties on Taliban leaders over detained Americans

WASHINGTON, DC—US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) threatened bounties on the heads of Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders, sharply escalating the...

Pakistan air strikes kill 46 in Afghanistan

KABUL – Pakistan air strikes in an eastern border province of Afghanistan killed 46 people, the Taliban government spokesman told AFP on Wednesday, as...

UN condemns suicide hit on Afghan minister

KABUL – The United Nations mission in Afghanistan on Thursday condemned an attack claimed by the Islamic State group that killed the refugees minister...

‘Afghan women may speak to each other’

Women in Afghanistan are not forbidden from speaking to each other, the Taliban government’s morality ministry told AFP on Saturday, denying recent media reports...
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