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Aid chief says Taliban agree to consider allowing women to resume agency work in Kandahar
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 year agoThe head of a major aid organization said Thursday that the Taliban have agreed to consider allowing...
Taliban step up security ahead of supreme leader’s Kandahar mosque visit on Eid
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 months agoThe Taliban are stepping up security after it emerged that Isis could attack its reclusive supreme...
Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan chosen as next chief of the defence staff
CBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 week agoLt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan has been named the next chief of the defence staff, CBC News and...
Renewed flash floods due to unusually heavy seasonal rains kill at least 15 people in Afghanistan
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 month agoRenewed heavy rains have triggered more flash floods in Afghanistan, killing at least 15 people, including 10 members of the same family in the northeast, officials said Sunday. The floods Saturday ...
No Afghan 'reintegration' without progress on rights: UN
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 weeks agoRestrictions on women's rights continue to prevent Afghanistan's "reintegration" into the...
Reclusive Taliban leader warns Afghans against earning money or gaining 'worldly honor'
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 weeks agoThe Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader on Monday warned Afghans against earning money or gaining...
Taliban publicly flogs nine men up to 39 times in football stadium
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 year agoNine men were publicly flogged in front of hundreds of people at a stadium in Afghanistan for crimes...
Doctor? Engineer? As dreams fade, Afghan girls turn to madrasas
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 year agoIn a chilly classroom in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban...
Flooding kills at least 68 people in Afghanistan
Euronews via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoAt least 50 people have been reported dead in the hard-hit western province of Ghor, according to local authorities after unusually heavy seasonal rain.
Families still looking for missing loved ones after devastating Afghanistan floods killed scores
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoWhen he heard that devastating floods hit his village in northern Afghanistan last week, farmer...