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Afghan TV station shuttered for vulgar content and working with exiled media

Dec. 05, 2024 10:44 AM EST

An Afghan TV station has been shuttered over allegedly vulgar content and working with exiled media, a government spokesman said Thursday. The Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice alleged that Arezo TV in Kabul was working with media outside Afghanistan and...

Thanks to peace, two unexpected words are echoing across Afghanistan's capital: Luxury housing

Dec. 03, 2024 00:18 AM EST

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In a town that has been through it all and is clawing its way back, a man named Omidullah is looking to hit paydirt. The Kabul real estate agent is selling a nine-bedroom, nine-bath, white-and-gold villa in the Afghan capital. On the roof's gable,...

Explosion in a packed Kabul market injures 11 people, including children, humanitarian group says

Oct. 23, 2024 13:47 PM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — An explosion in a packed Kabul market on Wednesday injured 11 people, including children, a nongovernmental organization said. The source of the blast was not immediately clear and nobody from the Taliban was available for comment. The blast struck...

Judge orders Afghan man accused of planning Election Day attack in US to remain in custody

Oct. 17, 2024 13:51 PM EDT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Afghan man who is accused of plotting an Election Day attack in the U.S. was ordered Thursday to remain in custody as officials disclosed that he had previously worked as a security guard for an American military installation in Afghanistan. U.S. Magistrate...

Today in History: October 10, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns

Oct. 10, 2024 00:16 AM EDT

Today is Thursday, Oct. 10, the 284th day of 2024. There are 82 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, resigned his office and pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax...

Today in History: September 27, Taliban take power in Afghanistan

Sep. 27, 2024 00:02 AM EDT

Today is Friday, Sept. 27, the 271st day of 2024. There are 95 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 27, 1996, in Afghanistan, the Taliban, a band of former seminary students, drove the government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul, captured...

Islamabad complains to Kabul after an Afghan diplomat disrespected Pakistan's anthem

Sep. 18, 2024 09:30 AM EDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Islamabad has complained to Kabul after an Afghan diplomat failed to stand up when the Pakistani national anthem was played during an event in the country's northwest, officials said Wednesday. The Foreign Ministry also summoned Ahmad Shakib,...

IS militants kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks this year

Sep. 13, 2024 12:25 PM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Islamic State militants killed 14 people in a Shiite-majority area in central Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks in the country this year. The militant group claimed responsibility for the shooting, which took place on Thursday and targeted a group of...

Congress bestows its highest honor on the 13 troops killed during Afghanistan withdrawal

Sep. 10, 2024 15:42 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday presented Congress' highest honor — the Congressional Gold Medal — to 13 U.S. service members who were killed during the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, even as the politics of a presidential election swirled around the event. ...

A second Afghan embassy says it will close after the Taliban withdrew recognition

Sep. 10, 2024 10:58 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan's embassy in Norway is to close on Thursday, its occupants said, the second of the country's diplomatic missions to announce closure this week. It follows a statement from the Taliban at the end of July saying they would no longer recognize Afghan...