Faye Dail Hall, American woman detained in Afghanistan for weeks by the Taliban, has been released
Faye Dail Hall, who was detained in February on charges of using a drone without authorization, was released Thursday.
Taliban leader cites Quran in Eid message calling for unity and reconciliation in Afghanistan
Hassan Abbas, a professor at the National Defense University in Washington D.C. and author of the “Return of the Taliban,” ...
The Indian Express15d
From Afghanistan, Iran to even Bhutan and Russia: Trump’s proposed new travel ban may hit up to 43 countries
According to officials, this list includes Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen. The list would be a stark extension of Trump’s earlier ...
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As AI advances, the meaning of artificial general intelligence remains murky
But like its U.S. competitors, DeepSeek’s main goal is murkier than just efficiency: The company aims to create the first true artificial general intelligence, or AGI. For years, AI developers ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation20d
Push for Australia to recognise toxic burn pits in Afghanistan as cause of cancer in soldiers
They've been referred to as the Agent Orange of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Burn pits were used by the United States military to dispose of rubbish including chemicals, plastics, rubber ...
The Independent20d
How Afghan women are fighting a brutal Taliban regime where even looking out of the window is banned
She was one of the sharpest minds I’ve ever encountered, always brainstorming how to expand women-led businesses across every province, with a vision to uplift women across Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: Top UN envoy calls for ‘a moment of realism’, as Taliban’s isolation grows
The top UN envoy for Afghanistan on Monday underscored the need for realistic ... Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, warned that political engagement with the Taliban has yielded ...
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Breakthrough in Afghanistan-Pakistan Torkham Border Talks
According to Dawn, the talks focused on the reconstruction of a disputed border post on the Afghanistan’s side. Pakistan’s jirga members, authorized by their government, highlighted their concerns ...
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He Was Once a Covert Taliban Operative. Now He’s the Friendly Taxman.
Abdul Qahar Ghorbandi, head of Afghanistan’s Taxpayers Services Directorate, has the hard job of raising money in an impoverished country hobbled by international sanctions. By David Zucchino ...
The Indian Express22d
Afghanistan, Pakistan flagged for possible travel bans to US; top officials due to submit report
A new travel ban by President Donald Trump could bar people from Afghanistan and Pakistan from entering the Unites States as soon as next week, news agency Reuters reported citing three sources. This ...
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Taliban insist Afghan women’s rights are protected as UN says their bans cannot be ignored
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Afghan women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan ...
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US reviewing visa programs as official says Afghanistan could be included in Trump travel ban
If Afghanistan is included in the new travel ban, it could impact tens of thousands of Afghans who worked alongside the US during its two decades of war there, as it would block Afghan nationals ...