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Taliban under scrutiny as U.S. kills al-Qaida leader in Kabul

August 2, 2022 at 11:09 a.m.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. drone strike that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri on the balcony of a Kabul safe house intensified global scrutiny Tuesday of Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers and...

Taliban enforcing face-cover order for female TV anchors

May 22, 2022 at 3:45 p.m.

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Sunday began enforcing an order requiring all female TV news anchors in the country to cover their faces while on-air. The move is part of a...

Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk ...

Biden holds to Kabul Aug. 31 deadline despite criticism

August 24, 2021 at 5:06 p.m.

U.S. President Joe Biden declared Tuesday he is sticking to his Aug. 31 deadline for completing a risky airlift of Americans, endangered Afghans and others seeking to escape Taliban-controlled Afghanistan....

In this Aug. 20, 2021, photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Marines and Norweigian coalition forces assist with security at an Evacuation Control Checkpoint ensuring evacuees are processed safely during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)

Deadly gunfire at airport; Taliban insist on US pullout date

August 23, 2021 at 3:54 p.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A firefight outside Kabul’s international airport killed an Afghan soldier early Monday, highlighting the perils of evacuation efforts as the Taliban warned that any attempt by...

Taliban fighters patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. The Taliban celebrated Afghanistan’s Independence Day on Thursday by declaring they beat the United States, but challenges to their rule ranging from running a country severely short on cash and bureaucrats to potentially facing an armed opposition began to emerge. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban suppress more dissent as economic challenges loom

August 19, 2021 at 12:48 p.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban violently dispersed scattered protests for a second day Thursday amid warnings that Afghanistan's already weakened economy could crumble further without the massive international aid...

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Taliban sweep across Afghanistan鈥檚 south; take 4 more cities

August 13, 2021 at 9:26 a.m.

The Taliban completed their sweep of the country's south on Friday as they took four more provincial capitals in a lightning offensive that is gradually encircling Kabul, just weeks before...

Taliban take 10th Afghan provincial capital, squeezing Kabul

August 12, 2021 at 5:43 a.m.

The Taliban captured a strategic provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, the 10th the insurgents have taken in a weeklong sweep across Afghanistan just weeks before the end of the...

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Death toll soars to 50 in school bombing in Afghan capital

May 9, 2021 at 12:04 a.m.

The death toll in a horrific bombing at a girls鈥� school in the Afghan capital has soared to 50, many of them pupils between 11 and 15 years old, the...

U.S. says 2 soldiers killed, 6 wounded in Afghanistan attack

February 8, 2020 at 10:43 p.m.

Two U.S. soldiers were killed and six wounded in a so-called insider attack in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province late Saturday when an Afghan dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened...

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U.S. says mystery crash in Afghanistan was U.S. Air Force plane

January 27, 2020 at 12:48 p.m.

An American military aircraft crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, the U.S. military said, adding that there were no indications so far it'd been brought down by enemy fire.

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