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Taliban kidnap nine Westerners including ex-BBC journalist Andrew North, says former Afghan vice-president

The Taliban have kidnapped nine Westerners, including the former BBC journalist Andrew North, Afghanistan’s...

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Biden administration allowing Afghan children who arrived in US without a parent to stay with adult they travelled with

The Biden administration is adjusting processing guidance for all Afghan children who arrived in...

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Biden asks Congress for $30bn towards disaster aid and Afghan refugees

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Taliban says it has captured last Afghan region of resistance

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Don’t blame the Afghan army for what’s happening now

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UK warns of growing danger at Kabul airport as Afghan deadline approaches

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Biden squeezed between allies and Taliban on Afghan deadline

Joe Biden will come under pressure on Tuesday from western allies who want the...

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Taliban should not have a veto on the Afghan evacuation

Amid harrowing scenes at Kabul airport, the US and its allies are racing to...

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The west has paid the price for neglecting the Afghan economy

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The Afghan economy in charts: what has changed in two decades?

In the two decades since the Taliban lost control of Afghanistan living conditions have...