US to lift Afghan visa limit under Biden, Congress deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has reached a compromise deal with Republicans in House of Representatives to lift the number of resettlement visas for Afghans who worked for the…
Afghan earthquakes death toll revised to ‘over 1,000’ from over 2,400 by Taliban-run ministry
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s disaster management ministry on Friday revised downward the death toll from multiple earthquakes to around 1,000 from an earlier figure of over 2,400, a…
UN rights chief decries ‘shocking oppression’ of Afghan women by Taliban
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. rights chief accused Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban on Tuesday of a “shocking level of oppression” of women and girls and said human rights in the country were in…
Biden Releases Statement On The Two-Year Anniversary Of Afghan Evacuation Attack
Biden Releases Statement On The Two-Year Anniversary Of Afghan Evacuation Attack Arjun Singh on August 26, 2023 President Joe Biden released a statement on the two-year anniversary of a terrorist attack on…
Review found Afghan central bank lacks independence from Taliban – US watchdog
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S.-funded assessment of Afghanistan’s central bank found that it lacks independence from the Taliban administration and adequate safeguards against money laundering and terrorism financing, a…
Military Orgs Come Out Against Act Offering ‘Blanket’ Residency Status For Afghan Evacuees
Military Orgs Come Out Against Act Offering ‘Blanket’ Residency Status For Afghan Evacuees Micaela Burrow on July 25, 2023 Fourteen military and veterans organizations urged Congress in a letter Monday not to…
Exclusive-Audit fails to win U.S. backing for release of Afghan central bank funds – U.S. officials
By Jonathan Landay and Charlotte Greenfield WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A U.S.-funded audit of Afghanistan’s Taliban-run central bank has failed to win Washington’s backing for a return of bank assets from a $3.5…
Australian war hero found complicit in Afghan murders says devastated by ruling, but will not apologise
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s most decorated war veteran, found by a civil court to have played a part in the murder of four Afghans while serving in Afghanistan, said he was devastated by…
Former Australian SAS veteran loses defamation case over reports of Afghan execution
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -One of Australia’s most decorated soldiers lost a defamation lawsuit against three newspapers that accused him of involvement in the murder of six Afghans while on deployment,…
China, Pakistan urge Afghan aid be delinked from ‘political considerations’
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – China and Pakistan on Monday urged donors to bridge gaps in humanitarian funding for Afghanistan, saying aid should be delinked from “political considerations”. Aid to…
UN to continue keeping Afghan staff at home over Taliban ban on women
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Friday it will continue to keep Afghan staff working from home after the Taliban administration began enforcing a ban on…
Security Council condemns Taliban ban on Afghan women working for UN
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The U.N. Security Council unanimously condemned on Thursday a Taliban administration ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations in Afghanistan and called on Taliban…
UN predicts Afghan economy would contract if aid drops 30%
By Charlotte Greenfield (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s economy will contract, inflation will rise and liquidity will fall if there is a 30% drop in international aid as feared, according to an analysis by…
Taliban aim to boost Afghan security forces, anti-aircraft capacity -army chief
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) – Defence has received the largest share of funds in Afghanistan’s budget as the Taliban government aims to boost forces by a third and build anti-aircraft…
U.N. chief condemns Taliban ban on Afghan women working for U.N
By Michelle Nichols and Charlotte Greenfield UNITED NATIONS/KABUL (Reuters) -U.N. chief Antonio Guterres condemned on Wednesday a ban by Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Afghan women working for the United Nations, calling it…
US House committee chair gives Monday deadline to Blinken in Afghan subpoena threat
By Patricia Zengerle and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday gave the State Department until Monday to produce documents…
Sept. 11 families cannot halt U.S. decision on Afghan central bank asset seizure
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday rejected a request by families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks not to enforce his decision against letting…
Doctor? Engineer? As dreams fade, Afghan girls turn to madrasas
By Charlotte Greenfield and Mohammad Yunus Yawar KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – In a chilly classroom in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban movement, teenage girls pore over…
Afghan journalists win case against UK government over relocation
By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Eight Afghan journalists who worked for the BBC broadcaster won a legal challenge on Monday against Britain’s refusal to relocate them from Afghanistan, which they said put…
Former Afghan Ambassador To Attend State Of The Union Address, Discuss ‘Dire’ Effects Of Biden’s Withdrawal
Former Afghan Ambassador To Attend State Of The Union Address, Discuss ‘Dire’ Effects Of Biden’s Withdrawal Mary Lou Masters on February 3, 2023 Roya Rahmani, former Afghanistan Ambassador to the U.S., was…
Some UN Afghan aid delivered by men only, donors voice alarm
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Under pressure from Afghanistan’s Taliban administration, the United Nations is delivering some food aid using men only, prompting warnings from donors and humanitarian groups that…
Afghan female students not allowed to sit university entrance exam – Taliban ministry
KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban-run Ministry of Higher Education ordered private universities in Afghanistan not to allow female students to sit university entrance exams next month, underscoring its policy to restrict women…
Aid groups resume some Afghan operations with female healthworkers
(Reuters) – Several aid organisations have restored some operations in Afghanistan after they received assurances from Taliban-run authorities that women could work in areas such as health, in spite of restrictions last…
Listen To The Message These Afghan Migrants Have For Joe Biden
Watch a group of Afghan refugees seeking asylum in the US. talk about their journey and the message they have to Joe Biden.…
Male Afghan Students Boycott Classes To Protest Ban On Women’s Education
Male Afghan Students Boycott Classes To Protest Ban On Women’s Education Alexa Schwerha on December 26, 2022 Male students in Afghanistan vowed they will not return to class until women are allowed…
Taliban Bars Afghan Women From Higher Education
Taliban Bars Afghan Women From Higher Education Alexa Schwerha on December 20, 2022 The Taliban government announced Tuesday that it would bar women from attending university classes, Reuters reported. Afghan colleges and…
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