Taliban guards Afghanistan’s once-hated Buddhas as it wait...
March 29 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Buddha statues inside an ancient temple in Mes Aynak valley, Afghanistan. File photo: AP
The ancient Buddha statues sit in serene...
Taliban wins trust of Chinese foreign minister
March 29 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The Taliban said Thursday they had assured Beijing’s most senior diplomat about any concerns China thinks may “emerge from...
Haqqanis imposing their radical will on Afghanistan
March 29 ,2022
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
Afghan Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani during his first public appearance since coming to power under Taliban rule, March 6, 202...
Afghan Taliban deny replacing Prime Minister Mullah Hasan...
March 25 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Thursday denied rumours that the group's Prime Minister Mullah Hasan Akhund has been rep...
Chinese FM lands in Kabul on unannounced visit after OIC m...
March 25 ,2022
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By: Tahir Khan
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Kabul on Thursday morning in a trip that was not earlier announced, off...
As the world watches Ukraine, Afghanistan goes full Taliba...
March 25 ,2022
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By: Lynne O’Donnell
Vendors work at a market near a billboard displaying the Taliban founder and late supreme leader Mullah Omar and late leader of the H...
Secret schools keep Afghan girls learning
March 24 ,2022
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By: Sara Perria
Female students attend a clandestine English lesson in Kabul. After the Taliban took control of the government and placed restri...
Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui's Parents Approach Interna...
March 23 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Danish Siddiqui.
New Delhi: Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui’s parents Akhtar Siddiqui and Shahida Akhtar have filed a c...
Mapping a path to democratising Afghanistan post-Taliban t...
March 23 ,2022
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By: Obaidullah Baheer
The fall of the Afghan Republic spelt the death of democracy in Afghanistan. It is unfortunate, though, that the only democracy Afghan...
Afghan govt decides against sending FM Muttaqi to OIC summ...
March 22 ,2022
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By: Tahir Khan
Afghanistan's acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi gestures while speaking during an event held in the Institute of Strategic St...
‘One day to enjoy’: Economy woes dampen Afghan Nowruz cele...
March 22 ,2022
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By: Lynzy Billing
Colourful flags flutter in the spring breeze outside the Sakhi Shah-e Mardan Shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan [Lynzy Billing/Al Jazeera]...
Boris Johnson did prioritise animal charity for Afghan eva...
March 22 ,2022
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By: Aubrey Allegretti
Mounting evidence has suggested Boris Johnson gave a direct order for Nowzad to be prioritised. Photograph: WIktor Szymanowicz/N...
Taliban arrests journalists over report on TV show censori...
March 19 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The intelligence officials from the Taliban's General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) came shortly after 8 pm on Thursday to arrest...
UN to vote on scope in Afghanistan amid hopes Russia doesn...
March 18 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Norway's draft would extend UNAMA for another year, until March 17, 2023 [File: Jason Szenes/EPA]
The Security Council is set to v...
From Kyiv to Kabul: The blessings of civilisation
March 18 ,2022
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By: Marwan Bishara
A child on a swing outside a residential building damaged by a missile on February 25, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine [File: Pierre Crom/Gett...
Over 180 media outlets inactive in Afghanistan: media surv...
March 17 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Afghanistan’s National House of Journalists in its latest survey said that 180 media outlets out of 475 have been closed in the p...
'Clearing operations' bring fresh wave of restrictions on...
March 17 ,2022
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By: Kanika Gupta
Taliban soldiers wait outside a house in Kabul before starting their search of the premises on March 8. (Photo by Kanika Gu...
Talks underway with Chinese companies on fate of Aynak cop...
March 16 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
KABUL: The negotiations are being continued with the Chinese companies over the Mes Aynak mine- the biggest copper mine in Afghanistan,...
It is hardly surprising Empire stole Afghan money
A person holds a bundle of Afghan afghani banknotes at a money exchange market, following banks and markets reopening after the Talib...
Afghanistan embassies around the world are struggling to p...
March 15 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The Afghan embassy and its consulates in the United States are being shut in the coming week. Photo: AFP
Afghan embassies around t...
Taliban: Over one million Afghan women, children addicted...
March 11 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Deputy Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Abdul Salaam Hanafi said that there are five million Afghan drug addicts am...
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