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  1. 18 hours ago

    Militants in Pakistan often target polio teams and security officers assigned to protect them, claiming the vaccination campaigns are a Western plot to sterilize children.

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  2. Dec 11

    Britain has pledged a further 75 million pounds ($100 million) in aid to Afghanistan to help the country address its humanitarian crisis.

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  3. Dec 11

    Ehsanullah says he doesn't have enough money to feed and clothe his family and has no choice but to sell one or two of the newborn children. According to the UN, around 60 percent of 's population suffers from acute hunger.

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  4. Dec 11

    Militants in Pakistan often target polio teams and security officers assigned to protect them, claiming the vaccination campaigns are a Western plot to sterilize children.

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  5. Dec 11

    U.S. President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Honor next week to two U.S. soldiers who fought in Afghanistan, the White House said in a statement on December 10.

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  6. Dec 10

    The World Bank on December 10 said donors have approved the transfer of $280 million from a frozen trust fund to two aid agencies to help Afghanistan respond to its humanitarian crisis.

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  7. Dec 10

    Two Killed, Four Wounded After Blasts Hit Kabul Shi’ite Neighborhood

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  8. Dec 10
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  9. Dec 10

    Pakistanis who say their relatives have been forcibly disappeared at the hands of Pakistani security forces are demanding the government provide information about their fate.

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  10. Dec 10

    In this week’s Gandhara Briefing, we bring you insights on the accusations of forced evictions by the Taliban, Afghan women’s latest protests from home, and the toll of the Taliban takeover on women’s careers.

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  11. Dec 10

    Pakistanis who say their relatives have been forcibly disappeared at the hands of security forces are demanding the government provide information about their fate.

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  12. Dec 10

    Freshta Mowahid ran three companies in Kabul with around 50 female workers. When the returned to power and barred women from most jobs, she was forced to dismiss her entire staff.

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    Dec 9

    The has been accused of forcibly displacing ethnic Uzbek and Turkmen residents in 's northern province of Jowzjan.

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  14. Dec 9

    The pilot, 27, was one of 143 who arrived on November 10 in Abu Dhabi after months of uncertainty about their final destination. They had fled to on August 15 and spent more than three months in the country.

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  15. Dec 9

    The Tehrik-e Taliban is a separate militant group from the Afghan Taliban, but Pakistan's militant groups are often interlinked with those across the border in Afghanistan and the TTP follows the same hard-line Sunni Islam as its Afghan counterparts.

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  16. Dec 9

    The has been accused of forcibly displacing ethnic Uzbek and Turkmen residents in 's northern province of Jowzjan.

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  17. Retweeted
    Dec 8

    Afghan women are turning to protesting inside their homes to press for their rights under the new Taliban regime. The move comes after the militants violently cracked down on female protesters in Kabul, including beating and detaining women.

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  18. Dec 8

    IOC Announces Financial Aid For Athletes Remaining In Afghanistan

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  19. Dec 8

    After security forces met women's rights demonstrations with violence, activists started holding protests in private.

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  20. Dec 8

    Pakistan has released 12 members of the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan from custody amid ongoing negotiations to reach a peace deal with the Islamist group fighting a guerrilla war in the northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

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