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Taleban, Afghan civil society begin Oslo talks
OSLO: The first Taleban delegation to visit Europe since the hardline Islamists returned to power in Afghanistan began talks focused…
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Taleban PM calls for Muslim nations to recognize Afghan government
KABUL: The Taleban’s prime minister called yesterday on Muslim nations to be the first to officially recognise the government that…
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‘God will take revenge’ says Afghan father of US drone strike victim
KABUL: An Afghan whose daughter was among 10 relatives killed by a wrongly directed US drone strike expressed anger yesterday…
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Afghans go back to making carpets as economy unravels
KABUL: Four Afghan brothers have hauled their family’s carpet loom out of storage in the desperate hope of earning a…
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World
Girls with chance to study under Taleban rule dare to dream
NAWABAD: When the Taleban overran Nawabad village in central Afghanistan, lessons carried on at the local girls’ secondary school —…
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Macron thanks Qatar for Afghan evacuations
DOHA: French President Emmanuel Macron, on a visit to the Gulf, expressed appreciation to Qatar yesterday for helping to organise…
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UN appeal for Afghan aid meets $600mn target
GENEVA: The United Nations said yesterday that its flash appeal for more than $600 million to support the humanitarian response…
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Lifestyle
Kim Kardashian and Leeds aid Afghan female footballers’ flight to Britain
Members of the Afghanistan women’s youth development football team have been airlifted to the UK in an evacuation flight funded…
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World
Islamabad bids to quell rise in Pakistani Taleban attacks
PESHAWAR: Since the Taleban’s takeover of Afghanistan, Pakistan’s offshoot of the hardline Islamist group has ramped up attacks on its…
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Anger over men-only foreign delegations to meet Taleban
ISLAMABAD: Global powers and aid groups that have loudly demanded an inclusive Afghanistan under the Taleban are now facing criticism…
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Lifestyle
Afghan all-female orchestra keeps music alive in exile
For the first time in months, members of Afghanistan’s all-female Zohra orchestra have reassembled in Doha, their music once again…
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Climate change ‘now worse’ than war for Afghan farmers
BALA MURGHAB: Drought stalks the parched fields around the remote Afghan district of Bala Murghab, where climate change is proving…
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