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First on CNN: 2 Americans held by the Taliban have been released, sources tell CNN

Two Americans who had been detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan have been released and are en route to Qatar, three sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. Two of the sources tell CNN that one of ...
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First on CNN: Afghanistan withdrawal investigation launched by top Republican on House Foreign Affairs Committee

The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday requested from the State Department a vast number of documents related to the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, ...
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‘We have your location’: The Taliban death threats hounding this Afghan woman

“Where do you want me to rape you?” another message read. More than 5,000 calls and messages bombarded Marzieh Hamidi’s phone in the days after the Afghan Taekwondo champion dared to suggest that her ...
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‘There is no school for girls’: Afghans who fled to Pakistan sent back to a homeland that is foreign to many

Earlier this week Nasim was leaving the only home he’s ever known, trudging toward Pakistan’s border alongside tens of thousands of fellow Afghan refugees who like him have been given a deadline to ...
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Their family was ripped apart at the Kabul airport. Nearly 3 years later their greatest wish has come true

In late April, Albina Roman and her daughter landed at Los Angeles International Airport and saw the rest of their family for the first time in nearly three years. In the terminal, 8-year-old Muhsenat ...

Afghanistan’s historic Ariana Cinema torn down to make way for shopping center

Through the decades, downtown Kabul’s Ariana Cinema had weathered revolution and war, emerging battered and bruised but still standing to entertain Afghans with Bollywood movies and American action ...
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Families of Americans detained in Afghanistan hope to increase pressure to bring their loved ones home

The families of two Americans detained in Afghanistan hope to ratchet up pressure on the Biden administration to do more to get their loved ones home after more than a year. Ryan Corbett and Mahmood ...
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UN halts some aid programs in Afghanistan after Taliban’s ban on female NGO workers

The United Nations announced Wednesday it has suspended some of its “time-critical” programs in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban’s ban on female NGO workers. In a joint statement released by UN ...
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August 16, 2021, Afghanistan-Taliban news

Like hundreds of other Kabul residents, Aisha Ahmad scurried to the Hamid Karzi International Airport on Monday, hoping to catch a flight out of the country as it became apparent the government would ...
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Afghanistan stuns England in one of the biggest ever sporting upsets

The pantheon of great sporting upsets gained another monument on Sunday as Afghanistan roundly defeated England by 69 runs at the ICC Cricket World Cup in Delhi, India. It was an upset of immense ...
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From the World Cup sidelines, Afghanistan’s women’s team is fighting for the right to play

Half-time and thousands of tiny cellphone lights are swaying in time to Coldplay’s “A Sky Full of Stars” on a mild winter night at Brisbane Stadium for Australia’s World Cup match against Nigeria.
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Afghanistan stuns Australia to secure one of the sport’s biggest upsets at T20 Cricket World Cup

It was a mismatch of considerable proportions. Australia won the T20 Cricket World Cup just three years ago, while Afghanistan has never progressed past the tournament’s second round nor defeated ...