Dealing with the Afghan crisis
December 24 ,2021
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By: Zahid Hussain
A Taliban fighter walks past a beauty salon with images of women defaced using spray paint in Shar-e-Naw in Kabul on 18 August.
Af...
Taliban allow protest calling for aid
December 23 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Sanctioned act: People holding a banner during a demonstration in Kabul on Tuesday.
Around 200 Afghans marched in Kabul on...
Afghan Taliban stop Pakistan army from fencing internation...
December 23 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The fencing was a main reason behind the souring of relations between previous U.S.-backed Afghan governments and Islamabad. The curr...
Taliban’s mirror image TTP raising hell in Pakistan
December 23 ,2021
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
Tehreek-e-Taliban fighters in a file photo at an undisclosed location. The terror outfit is ramping up attacks in Pakistan. Photo: Fa...
The End of the Afghanistan war was even worse than anyone...
December 22 ,2021
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By: Fred Kaplan
A U.S. Air Force aircraft takes off from the airport in Kabul on Aug. 30. Aamir Qureshi/Getty Images
It is now widely concede...
Afghanistan will become biggest man-made crisis if world d...
December 20 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
This photo shows Prime Minister Imran Khan during the OIC session on Sunday. — Photo courtesy: PMO
Prime Minister Imran Khan...
Mobilising the ummah
December 20 ,2021
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By: Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry
After four decades of war and misery, Afghanistan is once again in the middle of a serious crisis, this time a humanitarian catastrophe...
Hundreds queue for passports in bid to leave Afghanistan
December 20 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
A Taliban fighter stands guard at a checkpoint as people queue to enter the passport office in Kabul on Sunday. Photograph: Mohd...
China sends aid to Afghanistan as Taliban grapples with wi...
Afghanistan is facing a humanitarian crisis this winter. Photo: AFP
China is sending winter supplies to Afghanistan, which is...
Saudi Arabia sends humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
December 18 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
A woman holds her four-month-old baby as he undergoes treatment at the malnutrition ward of the Indira Gandhi Children's Hospital in...
Beijing moves to slow rush for Afghanistan’s resources by...
December 18 ,2021
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By: Ben Zhao
China’s embassy in Kabul has reminded mining companies to be cautious about exploring potential investment sites in Afghanistan...
Recalibrated US policy offers little hope to hungry Afghan...
December 17 ,2021
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By: Ellen laipson
A currency exchange dealer in Kabul counts money on July 16, 2021. The country is at risk of a food crisis amid Western sanctions aga...
Is this the future of Taliban rule?
December 17 ,2021
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By: Andrew North
Taliban members patrol in the western Afghan city of Herat on Oct. 7, 2021 / Majid / Getty Images
The dress is red and revealing....
US launches commission to study Afghanistan fiasco
December 17 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The last US military presence in Afghanistan officially ended on August 30, 2021, after the Taliban took control of the country. (AP)...
What is the future of the Afghan national army?
December 15 ,2021
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By: SAM Report
After the fall of the Kabul government in mid-August, the Afghan National Army (ANA) fell like dominos all over Afghanistan. Many exper...
‘God will take revenge’ says Afghan father of US drone str...
December 15 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
God will take revenge,” said Aimal Ahmadi, 32, who lost his three-year-old daughter Malika and nine other relatives in the August...
In Afghanistan, education must take precedence over politi...
December 15 ,2021
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By: Sultan Barakat
Afghan girls attend a class at a school in Qala-e-Naw in Badghis province, Afghanistan on October, 09, 2021 [Majid Saeedi/Getty Image...
Taliban quietly forming regular army to make Afghanistan a...
December 13 ,2021
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By: Zia Ur Rehman
The Taliban hold a military parade with equipment captured from the U.S. army in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Nov. 8. (Photo by Murt...
Fresh evidence on UK’s botched Afghan withdrawal backs whi...
December 13 ,2021
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By: Michael Savage
UK armed forces assist in the evacuation of people from Kabul airport in Afghanistan in August. Photograph: LPhot Ben Shread/MoD...
Fears grow that Home Office has lost will to resettle Afgh...
December 13 ,2021
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By: Mark Townsend
Afghans hoping to flee the country gather near Kabul airport in August this year. Photograph: Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images
P...
U.N., World Bank Under Pressure to Offer Aid to Afghanista...
December 13 ,2021
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By: Lynne O’Donnell
Women wait for staff members from Doctors Without Borders at a camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Herat, Afgh...
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