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Afghan refugees in UAE protest months-long wait for resettlement
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - Hundreds of Afghans have launched a rare protest at a United Arab Emirates facility where they have been housed since fleeing their homeland last…
U.N. rights office demands release of Afghan women activists
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office called on Tuesday for the release of four women activists and their relatives in Afghanistan who were detained or abducted last month…
U.N. has millions in Afghanistan bank, but cannot use it
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations has about $135 million in the bank in Afghanistan but is unable to use it because the Taliban-run central bank…
Female students join male peers as Afghan universities reopen
JALALABAD (Reuters) - Afghanistan's public universities opened on Wednesday for the first time since the Taliban took over the country last year, with female students joining their male counterparts heading…
U.N. urges Taliban to release information about missing journalists
KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nation's mission to Afghanistan on Tuesday called on the Taliban administration to release details on the detention of two Afghan journalists who disappeared the previous…
Qatar reaches deal with Taliban to resume evacuations – Axios
(Reuters) - Qatar has reached an agreement with the Taliban to resume chartered evacuations out of Kabul airport, the Axios news website reported on Tuesday citing an interview with Qatari…
U.N. report says Taliban have killed scores of former Afghan officials, others
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.N. report seen by Reuters says the Taliban and its allies are believed to have killed scores of former Afghan officials, security force members and people…
Biden calls on Taliban to release American hostage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday called on Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to release a U.S. civil engineer who was abducted two years ago and is believed to…
Taliban to reopen public universities, no word on female students
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's public universities, closed since the Taliban seized power in August, will reopen in February, the Taliban acting higher education minister said on Sunday, without specifying whether…
Western diplomats seek urgent aid for Afghanistan, assurances on girls’ education
OSLO (Reuters) - Western diplomats said on Thursday they would expand their Afghan relief operations while continuing to pressure the country's Islamist Taliban rulers to respect human rights and allow…
Western diplomats begin humanitarian talks with Taliban in Norway
OSLO (Reuters) - U.S. and European diplomats began talks with representatives of Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Monday on how to alleviate the country's humanitarian crisis. With millions of Afghans at…
Blast hits western Afghan city of Herat, killing at least six
KABUL (Reuters) - A blast ripped through a minivan in the western Afghan city of Herat on Saturday, killing at least six people, according to officials. Herat commander Mawlawi Ansari…
