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Suicide bomb hits memorial service for Taliban official in northeast Afghanistan, killing 13 people
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A suicide bomber targeted a memorial service in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province on Thursday, killing at least 13 people, officials said. A former Taliban police official was among those killed and at least 30 people were wounded in the explosion...
UNICEF concerned by Taliban move to bar international groups from Afghan education sector
ISLAMABAD (AP) — UNICEF said Thursday it is deeply concerned by reports of the Taliban pushing out international organizations from Afghanistan's education sector and ordering them to hand over their activities to local nongovernmental groups. It's the latest restriction on NGOs...
European Union urges probe into 'horrible and heinous' poisoning of Afghan schoolgirls
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The European Union called on Afghan authorities Tuesday to investigate the poisoning of primary schoolgirls in the country's north after 77 students were hospitalized. Two separate attacks took place in Sar-e-Pul province on Saturday and Sunday, local...
Aid chief says Taliban agree to consider allowing women to resume agency work in Kandahar
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The head of a major aid organization said Thursday that the Taliban have agreed to consider allowing Afghan women to resume work at the agency in the southern province of Kandahar, the religious and political center for the country's rulers. The Taliban...
Bodies of 18 Afghan migrants who died while being smuggled into Bulgaria returned to Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The bodies of 18 Afghan migrants who died while being smuggled into Bulgaria were returned to Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Wednesday, a spokesman for the Taliban government's Foreign Ministry said. Bulgarian authorities discovered the bodies in a...
GOP pauses Blinken contempt push after gaining access to classified Afghanistan cable
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee says he is pausing an effort to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress now that the State Department offered to let him review a classified cable from U.S. diplomats in Kabul sent shortly before the U.S....
State Department offers Republican lawmaker a chance to view Afghanistan dissent cable
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department offered Wednesday to allow the Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee to view a classified cable from U.S. diplomats in Kabul sent shortly before the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas had...
House GOP lawmaker readies contempt charge over Afghanistan dissent cable
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is threatening to push forward a legislative effort to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress next week if he does not release a classified cable sent from U.S. diplomats in Kabul shortly...
UN report: Female Afghan UN employees harassed, detained
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Some Afghan women employed by the United Nations have been detained, harassed and had restrictions placed on their movements since being banned by the Taliban from working for the world body, the U.N. said Tuesday. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers informed the...
GOP threatens Blinken contempt charge over Afghanistan docs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee has threatened to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress if the State Department does not turn over classified cables related to the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Rep. Michael...
