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Taliban Burn Musical Instruments as Afghanistan’s Music Ban Deepens
The Taliban have intensified their cultural crackdown in eastern Afghanistan after authorities confirmed the public destruction of dozens of musical instruments in Nangarhar province, reinforcing the group’s nationwide ban on…
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With Aid Slashed, Afghanistan’s Quake Comes At ‘Very Worst Moment’
Afghanistan was already facing severe crises when it was rocked by another devastating earthquake, but this time there are fewer resources to muster after foreign funding was slashed to the…
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Drought, Dams And Diplomacy: Afghanistan’s Water Crisis Goes Regional
Over four decades of war, Afghanistan wielded limited control over five major river basins that flow across its borders into downstream neighbouring nations. But as Taliban authorities swept to power…
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Women Bear Brunt Of Afghanistan’s Water Scarcity
In a remote Afghan village, women strap yellow plastic jerry cans to donkeys and travel every day down a dusty canyon to collect as much water as they can. The…
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Nearly Two Centuries On, Quiet Settles On Afghanistan’s British Cemetery
Aynullah Rahimi’s family has for decades tended the old cemetery in Kabul reserved for non-Afghans, but since the country’s latest war ended and foreigners left in droves, he says few…
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Cash-keen Taliban Betting On Afghanistan’s Mines
A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of the Taliban authorities’ push to capitalise on…
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Hibatullah Akhundzada: Afghanistan’s Reclusive Taliban Leader
Secluded in his stronghold in southern Afghanistan, reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is the cornerstone of the movement that has ruled the country unchallenged since reclaiming power in 2021,…
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Mines, Unexploded Ordnance A Daily Menace For Afghanistan’s Children
The black mushroom cloud had barely faded in Ghazni province before kids clustered around the edge of the crater created by the mine, one of the devices that kills a…
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China Blames US For Afghanistan’s Current Situation, Says Its ‘Failure’ Led To Taliban Takeover
On Tuesday, the Taliban marked two years of rule in Afghanistan. In photo: Taliban security personnel arrive to destroy a poppy plantation in Sher Surkh village in Kandahar province. AFP…
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Over 20 Dead and Scores Injured in Suicide Bomb Blast at Learning Centre in Afghanistan’s Kabul, Hazara Community Targeted Again
A blast in Afghanistan capital Kabul last week killed scores of children and young women. Initial reports said at least 23 people were killed and more than 80 were wounded.…
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Top Cleric Killed By Mosque Blast In Afghanistan’s Herat
A Taliban fighter on patrol in Herat city on August 15 when the hardline Islamists celebrated a year in power A huge bomb blast at one of the biggest mosques…
