Afghans are more pessimistic about their future than ever
January 31 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
When afghans were asked in 2016 to rate their lives on a scale of zero to ten, with zero representing the “worst possible li...
Qatar, Turkiye, Taliban agree on 'key issues' over Kabul a...
January 29 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Qatar says the meeting in Doha came as a continuation of previous talks, the latest round of which took place in Kabul last week. (AA...
Iran and Russia play double-game in Afghanistan, protectin...
January 29 ,2022
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By: Rupert Stone
It was recently Tehran's turn to host peace talks between Afghanistan’s political leaders following unsuccessful efforts in Doha,...
India & Central Asian countries form working group on Afgh...
January 29 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
India along with five Central Asian countries have decided to establish a Joint Working Group on Afghanistan, said an official stateme...
‘It’s a joke’: left-behind Afghans despair at dog rescue r...
January 28 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
British citizens and dual nationals boarding a military plane at Kabul airport in August. Despite years of service, Asif was told he...
US university’s anti-caste discrimination policy discrimin...
January 28 ,2022
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By: Sonia Sarkar
People walk on the California State University’s Long Beach campus. Photo: AFP
A recent move by California State University...
Afghanistan: The West co-opts the Taliban
January 28 ,2022
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Taliban delegation led by acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met with Western diplomats, Oslo, Norway, January 24, 2022
The...
Taliban praises 'very well' meeting with Western diplomats...
January 26 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Taliban is demanding that $10 billion frozen by the United States and other Western countries be released, but there is no agreemen...
Taliban, Western officials meet in Oslo to discuss Afghani...
January 25 ,2022
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By: SAM Report
International special representatives and the Taliban delegates meet at the Soria Moria hotel in Oslo [Stian Lysberg Solum/pool via E...
Former Afghan advisor: Biden’s withdrawal was the ‘Tipping...
January 24 ,2022
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By: Lynne O’Donnell
Hamdullah Mohib, then-Afghanistan’s newly appointed national security advisor, listens to national songs during the change-of-c...
Indian wheat supply to Afghanistan via Pakistan to start e...
January 24 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Representative image. Photo: Reuters
New Delhi: The supply of 50,000 metric tonnes of Indian wheat for Afghanistan will likel...
Afghanistan’s last Sikhs in a dilemma: To stay or leave
January 24 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
An Afghan Sikh priest praying at the Karte Parwan Gurdwara temple in Kabul [Mohd Rasfan/AFP]
The caretaker of Kabul’s last S...
Taliban hit back at Biden’s claims on divisions among Afgh...
January 22 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Only united nations can expel invaders and bring down powerful empires, the interim Taliban government said on Friday, rebuffing US Pre...
800 year old Afghan minaret about to collapse after quakes
January 21 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
An 800-year-old minaret considered one of the finest examples of Islamic architecture in Afghanistan was damaged by two earthquakes thi...
Reopening schools may be the last hope for Afghanistan
January 20 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Afghan girls pictured as they step out of their respective classes, in a school in Kandahar, on Sept 26, 2021. PHOTO: AFP
The...
Taliban PM calls for Muslim nations to recognise Afghan go...
January 20 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The Taliban’s prime minister called Wednesday on Muslim nations to be the first to officially recognise the Afghan government tha...
Souring of Taliban’s relations with Pakistan
January 19 ,2022
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Taliban says Afghan girls will be back in schools by March
External interference in Afghanistan has reappeared much sooner than on...
Kashmir's apple growers demand action against Iranian impo...
January 18 ,2022
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By: Kaleem Geelani
Kashmiri workers pack apples into boxes to be sold in markets across India. (Photo by Kaleem Geelani)
SRINAGAR -- With prices...
Rich Western countries stand by as Afghans face starvation
January 17 ,2022
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By: Vijay Prasad
A malnourished Afghan child is treated at a hospital in Kandahar. Photo: AFP / Murteza Khaliqi / Anadolu Agency
On January 11, the...
Taliban announces a national suicide brigade
January 15 ,2022
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By: Lily Hamourtziadou
A suicide vest filled with explosives. Photo: WikiCommons
The Taliban recently announced it will establish a battalion o...
Taliban seeks greater role in distribution of Afghan forei...
January 14 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
A UNHCR worker pushes a wheelbarrow loaded with aid supplies for a displaced Afghan family on the outskirts of Kabul [File: Zohra Ben...
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