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Afghan authorities chopped down poppies in Badakhshan Province amid a new drive to eliminate sources of the opium and heroin trade. But past efforts to replace poppies have faltered as farmers say they can't survive on what they earn from alternative crops.
The Taliban has captured another district center in Afghanistan, adding to the insurgent group's recent military gains since the start of the withdrawal of international troops from the war-torn country.
Taliban militants launched an attack against Afghan security forces in the northern province of Baghlan on June 5, killing at least eight people, according to a security official.
An Afghan news anchor was killed in a blast in western Kabul, the latest of a series of attacks on journalists in the country.
Pregnant women in Afghanistan face high risks of complications or death in childbirth, and there are dangers to their infants resulting from poverty and limited access to care. Some health experts are encouraging mothers to take more time between pregnancies to reduce some of the risks.
At least 10 civilians have been killed in two blasts in the western part of Kabul, Afghan security officials said, amid an uptick in violence across Afghanistan since the start of the international military withdrawal.
At Bush Market, you can buy what the Americans did not take with them when they handed over their base at Kandahar to the Afghan military in mid-May. But amid claims that weapons and munitions are traded, officials insist that no sensitive or military equipment is changing hands.
Afghanistan has run out of COVID-19 vaccine doses and is now waiting for new deliveries amid a spike in infections with a third wave of the pandemic.
Dozens of people have been killed in a spate of attacks in Afghanistan, where violence has soared since the start of the international military withdrawal.
Many Hindus and Sikhs have fled Afghanistan in recent years.But now some are returning from exile in India after facing problems amid a devastating wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
The Afghan Taliban has warned neighboring countries against allowing the United States to operate military bases on their soil, following media reports alleging that Pakistan had struck a deal with Washington.
With the pending withdrawal of U.S. forces and contractors from Afghanistan, the fledgling Afghan Air Force could have some turbulent days ahead.
Afghan officials say local commandos have released 41 people from a Taliban prison in the country’s western province of Herat.
Australia says it will close its embassy in Afghanistan this week, citing “an increasingly uncertain security environment” as international troops exit the war-torn country.
Afghan government forces clashed with Taliban militants in a provincial capital about 120 kilometers from Kabul, officials and witnesses said on May 24.
Afghan mixed martial arts champ Hussain Bakhsh Safari plans to auction some of his medals to raise cash for the families of students killed in attacks in Kabul and Logar Province.
The death toll from bombings outside a high school in the Afghan capital has risen to 100 dead and 160 wounded, says the office of Sarwar Danish, Afghanistan's second vice president.
Taliban fighters have overrun another district in Afghanistan's central province of Maidan Wardak after heavy fighting with government forces.
Afghan officials say at least 16 people have been killed in separate attacks across the war-torn country.
Najiba Noor Delawari grew up in an Afghan village under Taliban rule, and her own father belonged to the extremist group. After he cut ties with the militants and the family fled to the provincial capital, Delawari joined the police force. Now she's the first woman to serve as a district police chie
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