Apart from designating the country as Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan – the same name as they used when they previously ruled the country from 1996 until 2001 – the Taliban also have some novel plans for the n
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Image:The Taliban has made large gains in Afghanistan Sky News looks at who theTalibanare, how they have come to power and what they want for Afghanistan. Who are the Taliban? The Taliban, which means "students" in the Pashto language, have been waging an insurgenc...
Since the end of the war in Afghanistan in August 2021, more than 180,000 Afghans have resettled in the US. An open letter from #AfghanEvac to the incoming Trump administration and leaders in Congress, which urged the continuation of resettling Afghan allies to the US, received more th...
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Pros: A fresh-faced mayor from the heartland who has served in Afghanistan and come out as openly gay, Buttigieg provides an outside-the-box profile. He networked with activists and donors during his campaign for DNC chairman. Cons: The proper pronunciation of his name (Boot-edge-edge) has...
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“We urge Afghanistan to hold perpetrators, organizers, financiers, of this reprehensible act of terrorism accountable and cooperate with the government of Pakistan to bring all those who are concerned with this attack, including the real sponsors of terrorism, to ju...
Its fighters are thought to number up to 2,200 - though this figure could well be rising given the security vacuum left by departing foreign troops. They're mainly based in Kunar and Nangarhar provinces and are responsible for some of the worst acts of carnage in Afgha...
H7N9 is still striking males more frequently than females, and the CFR is not as high as the outbreak’s first wave, the WHO said. It cautioned, however, that CFR patterns need to be monitored closely, because many of the recently infected patients are still hospitalized. Some milder cases...