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Repatriation of Afghans Slowing As Conditions In Pakistan Improve

The number of Afghan refugees in Pakistan returning to their homeland is expected to decrease this year, UN officials...

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Young Woman In US Leak Case Faces Day In Court

The 25-year-old intelligence contractor accused of leaking a top secret report on Russian meddling in the US election...

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Trump Throws Ties With Key Ally Qatar Into Crisis

In a series of morning tweets, President Donald Trump threw Washington's relations with Doha into deep crisis on...

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Last Chance For Peace, Afghan President Warns Taliban

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani issued an ultimatum to the Taliban Tuesday, warning them to embrace peace or "face...

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Toll In Last Week’s Kabul Truck Bomb Now Over 150

The death toll from a devastating truck bomb in Kabul's diplomatic quarter last week has jumped to more than 150,...

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Afghans Opt To Bat In Final West Indies Twenty20

Afghanistan captain Asghar Stanikzai won the toss and chose to bat first against the West Indies in the final fixture...

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Slain Journalists Honored As Dangers To Press Highlighted

Fourteen journalists killed in the line of duty in 2016 were honored Monday at a Washington museum ceremony...

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Kabul To Host Peace Summit After Week of Deadly Violence

Kabul will host a multinational peace conference on Afghanistan Tuesday, as the capital reels from a wave of bombings...

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Western Terror Policies Have ‘backfired’

Attacks by the Islamic State group in Europe and elsewhere show that Western policies in the Middle East have...

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West Indies Win Toss, Afghanistan Look To Level T20 Series

West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite won the toss and chose to bat first against Afghanistan in the second fixture of...

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West Indies Win Toss, Afghanistan Look To Level T20 Series

West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite won the toss and chose to bat first against Afghanistan in the second fixture of...

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Explosions Rock Funeral In Tense Kabul

At least 15 people were killed and wounded as explosions rocked the funeral of an Afghan politician's son who died...

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Three Explosions Rock Funeral of Kabul Protester

Explosions Saturday rocked the funeral ceremony of an Afghan man killed during protests over the worsening security...

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Tense Kabul Under Lockdown After Deadly Protest Clashes

Kabul city was on lockdown Saturday with armed checkpoints and armoured vehicles patrolling the streets to prevent a...

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Afghanistan Win Toss, Opt To Bat First Against West Indies

Afghanistan captain Asghar Stanikzai won the toss and chose to bat first against the West Indies in the first fixture...

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CIA Names Former Bin Laden Hunt Chief To Run Iran Spying

The CIA has named the hardline chief of its hunt for Osama bin Laden and head of its lethal drone program to lead Iran...

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CIA Names Former Bin Laden Hunt Chief To Run Iran Spying

The CIA has named the hardline chief of its hunt for Osama bin Laden and head of its lethal drone program to lead Iran...

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Calls To Release US, Australian Hostages After Taliban Threat

A university in Afghanistan appealed to the Taliban Friday to release an American and an Australian abducted last year,...

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Four Killed As Kabul Protesters Clash With Police Over Truck Bomb

At least four Afghans were killed Friday when police fired live rounds to disperse stone-throwing protesters seeking to...