The Taliban has maintained control of Afghanistan's main border crossing with Tajikistan as the group added to recent gains and pressed an offensive to the outskirts of the northern city of Kunduz.
New photos show Afghans forming militias as the United States withdraws its forces and the Taliban’s grip on the country tightens.
Taliban militants have conducted multiple of offensives in Afghanistan's north in recent days, overrunning dozens of districts since May 1, when U.S. and NATO troops began their final withdrawal from the war-wracked country and reportedly capturing the main border crossing with Tajikistan.
The United Nations says it continues to be concerned by the high number of children killed and maimed by all parties in the Afghan conflict -- at least 2,619 last year.
Taliban fighters overran a key district in Afghanistan's northern province of Kunduz on June 21 and surrounded the provincial capital, police said.
Just 22 percent of Afghan women are in the labor force -- but job training programs across the country could help change that. One center in Kandahar offers courses in sewing, knitting, and other skills that give trainees the means to support themselves and their families.
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has sharply criticized the United States and its allies for "failing" in their mission to fight extremism and bring stability to the war-torn country, instead leaving it in "total disgrace and disaster."
U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, at the White House on June 25, the White House has announced.
Afghanistan's president has introduced two nominees to head the Defense and Interior ministries at a crucial juncture for the country, with Taliban militants winning ground and foreign forces embarked on a complete withdrawal by September.
The Taliban has seized control of dozens of districts in Afghanistan since the start of the international military withdrawal on May 1.
The latest edition brings you stories on Turkey’s quest for a new role in Afghanistan, the plight of Afghan interpreters, and why a Pashtun clan is refusing to bury their assassinated leader.
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