Frankfurt (18/12 – 14) That there are remarkable advantages in being ignored is not generally recognized. Central Asian countries, historically under the thumb of Moscow, all through the 70+ years…
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Taliban Chief Says ‘Reforms’ End Afghan Poppy Cultivation
by Iam Sannby Iam SannISLAMABAD — The supreme leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban declared Sunday that their campaign against illicit drug production in the country had eradicated the cultivation of opium poppies, which are used to…
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Ottawa Sought EU Help in Afghanistan After Taliban Takeover: Documents
by Cai Xiaby Cai XiaCanada requested use of the European Union’s compound in Kabul to help with tasks such as fingerprinting for those fleeing Afghanistan, according to documents obtained by The Canadian Press. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly made the…
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‘The Kabuler’: Magnum Photographers Cristina de Middel and Lorenzo Meloni Demystify Afghanistan
Over the past two decades, Afghanistan has been one of the regions of the world that the media has documented the most. Even so, when it comes to getting a…
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At Least 11 Killed in Afghanistan Mosque Explosion
An explosion near a mosque in northern Afghanistan killed at least 11 people at a memorial service for the Taliban’s provincial deputy governor, who died in an attack earlier this week, officials…
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McCaul Pressures Blinken With Subpoena Threat for Unredacted Afghanistan Withdrawal Docs
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) on Thursday pressured Secretary of State Antony Blinken for unredacted documents related to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, threatening a subpoena if the requested materials…