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9/27/2021 9:53:52 PM
The Taliban on Monday banned barbershops in a southern Afghanistan province from shaving or trimming beards, claiming their edict is in line with Shariah, or Islamic, law
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9/27/2021 9:08:51 PM
US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel next month to Pakistan and India, bitter rivals that have clashed on the way forward in Afghanistan, the State Department announced Monday.
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9/27/2021 5:25:09 PM
The dispute between Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers and its former government over who should speak at the United Nations' annual meeting of world leaders finally has an answer: no one
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9/26/2021 5:46:17 PM
Turkey expects the government in Afghanistan to be inclusive before any agreement can be made about operating Kabul s strategic airport, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Sunday.
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9/26/2021 4:57:23 PM
It s been little more than a month since Kalashnikov-toting Taliban fighters in their signature heavy beards, hightop sneakers and shalwar kameezes descended on the Afghan capital and cemented their takeover. Now they re vying for a seat in the club of nations and seeking what no country has given them as they attempt to govern for a second time international recognition of their rule.
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9/26/2021 9:33:56 AM
At a wide-ranging news conference and in his speech afterward at the UN General Assembly, Lavrov criticized the Biden administration including for its hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan
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9/25/2021 6:28:14 PM
'It would not be an exaggeration to say' that at least a third of Afghanistan's population of around 33 million is affected by "imminent hunger," a UN official warned
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9/25/2021 4:08:15 PM
The Taliban hanged a dead body from a crane in the main square of Herat city in western Afghanistan Saturday, in a gruesome display that signaled a return to some of the Taliban's methods of the past
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9/25/2021 11:32:20 AM
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, IS group affiliate, which is headquartered in eastern Afghanistan, has said it was behind similar attacks in Jalalabad last week that killed 12 people
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9/23/2021 10:03:15 AM
'The international community has to realize: What's the alternative? What are the options? This is the reality, and can they turn away from this reality?' Pakistani Foreign Minister told AP
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9/22/2021 8:15:30 PM
The Taliban are challenging the credentials of the ambassador from Afghanistan's former government and asking to speak at the General Assembly's high-level meeting of world leaders this week
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9/22/2021 5:19:36 PM
Craig Whitlock is responsible for covering the Pentagon and national security for the Washington Post
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9/22/2021 1:00:57 PM
The Taliban and IS are enemies, and the attacks have raised the specter of wider conflict between the country's new Taliban rulers and their long-time rivals
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Sports
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Omni sports
9/22/2021 10:25:30 AM
Players from Afghanistan’s women’s soccer team are among dozens of athletes reportedly given visas to live in Australia.
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World
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International
9/21/2021 11:24:00 PM
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres received a letter from the group "requesting to participate" in the high-level debate, his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said
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9/21/2021 8:12:41 PM
Speaking from the podium of the UN General Assembly, Sheikh Tamim stressed "the necessity of continuing dialogue with Taliban because boycott only leads to polarization and reactions."
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9/21/2021 5:59:28 PM
Biden declared himself to be the first US president in 20 years not to be running a war after his controversial pullout of troops from Afghanistan, where the Taliban swiftly took over
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9/21/2021 5:21:20 PM
Biden also said the United States would be prepared to use force "if necessary" but that military power must be a 'tool of last resort'
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9/21/2021 4:01:41 PM
Afghanistan's central bank has access to only a fraction of its usual financing, and is cut off from the international banking system and its own foreign currency reserves
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9/21/2021 1:23:41 PM
The Taliban were notorious for their brutal, oppressive rule from 1996 to 2001 when women were largely barred from work and school, including being banned from leaving their homes
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