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Alleghany County woman pleads guilty to abducting boy from Giles County church

An Alleghany County woman has pleaded guilty to abducting a boy from a Giles County church in 2021.

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Richmond Police say they received tip that prevented July 4 mass shooting

Richmond authorities said they received a tip that prevented a mass shooting planned for July 4, according to NBC 12.

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Afghan clerics' assembly urges recognition of Taliban govt

A three-day assembly of Islamic clerics and tribal elders in Kabul has concluded with pledges of support for the Taliban and calls on the international community to recognize Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government

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Afghan clerics' assembly urges recognition of Taliban govt

A three-day assembly of Islamic clerics and tribal elders in Kabul has concluded with pledges of support for the Taliban and calls on the international community to recognize Afghanistan's Taliban-led government.

As Ukraine war bogs down, U.S. assessments face scrutiny

The conjecture is fueled by U.S. assessments of other wars, notably Afghanistan, where officials often sidestepped questions of whether success was sustainable.

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U.S. expands eligibility for Afghans and others seeking entry on humanitarian grounds

The U.S. has received tens of thousands of humanitarian parole applications from Afghans seeking refuge from the Taliban.

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Taliban supreme leader prays for Afghanistan's quake victims

The Taliban’s supreme leader has offered prayers for Afghanistan’s earthquake victims in during a speech to Islamic clerics in Kabul

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Afghan Taliban hold 1st major clerical meetup since takeover

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Thursday held the first major gathering of Islamic clerics and tribal elders since they seized power in August, with over 3,000 coming to the capital for the event

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Bison attacks family in Yellowstone National Park

A man and his son were visiting Yellowstone National Park when they got too close to a male bison. They were flung into the air, and the father is now being treated for injuries to his arm.

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Taliban And U.S. Officials To Meet About Earthquake Relief Efforts

Aid workers are struggling to access the region of Afghanistan where the quake struck, killing at least 1,150 people, according to Taliban figures.

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Taliban and US officials to meet amid quake relief efforts

Afghan finance and central bank officials from the Taliban-led government have departed for Qatar to meet with U.S. officials after last week’s deadly earthquake highlighted how critical relief efforts have stumbled under the weight of the country’s spiraling economic woes

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Afghan official evacuated by U.S. says he and his family living "like prisoners" on American military base in Kosovo

Some Afghans who helped the U.S. say they've been trapped for months at an isolated U.S. military base with no end in sight.

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Pakistani army says shootout with militants killed 2 troops

Pakistan’s military says a shootout with militants in the country’s northwest has killed two soldiers

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Death toll of children in Afghanistan quake rises to 155

The United Nations says that the death toll of children in last week’s devastating earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan has risen to 155 as the scope of the deadliest quake to hit the impoverished country in two decades comes into focus

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Death toll of children in Afghanistan quake rises to 155

The United Nations says that the death toll of children in last week’s devastating earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan has risen to 155 as the scope of the deadliest quake to hit the impoverished country in two decades comes into focus.

Why do so many devastating earthquakes happen in Afghanistan?

At least 1,000 people have died in Afghanistan's worst earthquake in two decades

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Destruction everywhere, help scarce after Afghanistan quake

Villagers see destruction everywhere and help in short supply days after an earthquake devastated a remote region of southeast Afghanistan and killed at least 1,150 people

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Pakistan plane carrying aid joins Afghan quake relief effort

Officials say a Pakistani military cargo plane carrying relief goods for Afghanistan’s earthquake-affected people has landed at the Khost airport

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Deadly quake a new blow to Afghans reeling from poverty

New relief supplies rolled into eastern Afghanistan after this week's powerful earthquake that state media said killed at least 1,150.

Taliban struggle to respond to earthquake amid international isolation

(Lorenzo Tugnoli for The Washington Post)Taliban militants distribute bread in Paktika province. (Lorenzo Tugnoli for The Washington Post)Villagers remove rubble of a destroyed house in Paktika province. (Lorenzo Tugnoli for The Washington Post)Aslad Khan, 40, recovers in a hospital in Urgun after 15 members of his family were killed in the earthquake. (Lorenzo Tugnoli for The Washington Post)Paktika has been one of the country’s most neglected provinces for decades. (Lorenzo Tugnoli for The Washington Post)Haq Nawaz Khan in Peshawar, Pakistan, contributed to this report.

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Afghanistan earthquake victims face struggles getting aid

Donations for Afghanistan earthquake victims will face far more hurdles than other disasters, due to sanctions against the country’s Taliban government and its troubled relationship with Western nations, experts say.

Aftershock In Afghanistan As Earthquake Death Toll Rises To 1,150

The magnitude six quake is the country's deadliest in two decades.

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Deadly aftershock hits Afghanistan 2 days after devastating earthquake

Authorities said the death toll from the major temblor -- the nation's deadliest in two decades -- reached 1,150 -- the poverty-gripped nation's deadliest temblor in two decades.

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Earthquake tech could limit deaths. Afghanistan shows it’s not easy.

Researchers are building algorithmic tools to better predict earthquakes and give people more time to flee. But structural challenges remain.

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Death toll from Afghanistan's quake rises to 1,150 people

The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Afghanistan continued to climb days after it turned brick and stone homes into rubble

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Aftershock in Afghanistan as quake toll rises to 1,150 dead

An aftershock has taken more lives and threatened to pile even more misery on an area of eastern Afghanistan reeling from a powerful earthquake that state media said killed 1,150 people this week.

India flies tons of essentials to quake-rocked Afghanistan

India has rushed emergency relief assistance and a technical team to Kabul to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance after a destructive earthquake in eastern Afghanistan

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India flies tons of essentials to quake-rocked Afghanistan

India has rushed emergency relief assistance and a technical team to Kabul to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance after a destructive earthquake in eastern Afghanistan.

India flies tons of essentials to quake-rocked Afghanistan

India sent family tents, blankets and other relief supplies for a team to distribute in eastern Afghan villages where a deadly earthquake collapsed thousands of timber and stone homes to rubble. Pictures of the relief effort were accompanied by a tweet from India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar: “India, a true first responder.” The supplies total 27 tons delivered over two flights to Afghanistan's capital Kabul, where the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Afghan Red Crescent Society will coordinate its distribution, a ministry statement said Friday.

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Afghanistan earthquake: Afghans endure compounding calamities

The tragedy of Wednesday’s earthquake is compounded by Afghanistan’s political isolation and economic unraveling.

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India sends team to help with deadly Afghanistan earthquake

India has sent a technical team to Kabul to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance after a destructive earthquake in eastern Afghanistan

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India sends team to help with deadly Afghanistan earthquake

India has sent a technical team to Kabul to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance after a destructive earthquake in eastern Afghanistan.

Roanoke area refugees look to help those impacted by earthquake

Even thousands of miles away, Afghan refugees remain heartbroken over devastating earthquake.

UN officials: Afghan quake adds to emergencies in country

Senior UN officials say the earthquake in Afghanistan has added another emergency facing the country, which is also confronting its worst drought in 30 years and massive poverty

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Germany says it helped 21,000 people get out of Afghanistan

Germany’s foreign minister says the government has got more than 21,000 former local employees and other endangered people out of Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power almost a year ago

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Afghan aid auditor accuses State, USAID of withholding info

The independent watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan is accusing the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development of illegally withholding information about the American withdrawal from the country.

Afghanistan Quake Kills At Least 1,000 People, Deadliest In (VIDEO)

The response is likely to be complicated since many international aid agencies left Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover.

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Afghanistan Quake Kills At Least 1,000 People, Deadliest In (VIDEO)

The response is likely to be complicated since many international aid agencies left Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover.

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Afghanistan Quake Kills At Least 1,000 People, Deadliest In (VIDEO)

The response is likely to be complicated since many international aid agencies left Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover.

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Earthquake hits Afghanistan, killing at least 285 and flattening homes

The 5.9-magnitude earthquake sparked tremors that were felt in Pakistan and India.

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Hundreds reported killed in an earthquake in Afghanistan

The hardest hit areas were remote farming villages in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika.

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News agency: 1,000 dead, 1,500 injured in Afghan quake

Afghanistan's state-run news agency reported a powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of the country's east, killing 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 more.

Earthquake: 6.1 quake reported near Khōst, Afghanistan

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake was reported near Khōst, Afghanistan, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was further than 100 miles from a city.

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"Rescue us," beg Afghan refugee families as they protest their "slum life" in a Pakistani park

CBS News meets a family dodging heat, downpours and the Taliban in a makeshift shelter in Islamabad, and blaming the "poorly executed American withdrawal" from Afghanistan.

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Taliban release several British citizens held in Afghanistan

The Taliban say they have released several British citizens who had been detained in Afghanistan after an agreement was reached between the two countries

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Five Britons released after arrest by Taliban

The Foreign Office says the UK nationals' travel to Afghanistan was a "mistake" and against advice.

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U.S. is rejecting over 90% of Afghans seeking to enter the country on humanitarian grounds

The U.S. last year resettled tens of thousands of Afghans following the Taliban takeover. But it left behind many at-risk Afghans, including family members of U.S. military translators.

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NATO Must Bring Finland, Sweden and Turkey Together

The Ukraine war shows the importance of expanding the alliance.

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IS claims attack on Sikh temple in Afghan capital of Kabul

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Sikh temple in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul that killed at least one worshipper and wounded seven others

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Sikh temple in Afghanistan rocked by explosions, gunfire

Several explosions and gunfire ripped through a Sikh temple in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday morning

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Sikh temple in Afghanistan rocked by explosions, gunfire

A Taliban official says explosions and gunfire have ripped through a Sikh temple in Afghanistan’s capital

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UN names deputy rep for Afghanistan; no word on a top envoy

The United Nations has announced a new deputy special representative for Afghanistan, but it’s unclear how soon the world body may replace its top official there

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Explosion inside mosque in northern Afghanistan kills 1

A Taliban official says that an explosion ripped through a mosque in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province, killing at least one worshipper and wounding seven others

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Ukraine war pushes global displaced to record high, U.N. says

As of today, more than 100 million people have been forced to flee their homes — more than 1 percent of humanity.

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Senate passes bill to help veterans exposed to toxic burn pits

The legislation will expand benefits for veterans injured by their exposure to military burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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UN envoy's farewell: My heart breaks for Afghan girls, women

The U.N. representative in Afghanistan says her heart is breaking because of the harsh edicts that the Taliban have imposed on girls and women since they seized power in the country, denying them the right to education and work and forcing millions to stay at home

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Senate OKs enhanced benefits for vets exposed to burn pits

The Senate has approved a sweeping expansion of health care and disability benefits for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan in response to concerns about their exposure to toxic burn pits.

Afghanistan: UK embassy staff allege Taliban beatings and torture

More than 150 ex-embassy workers are in Afghanistan - some say they've been beaten and tortured.

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Sen. Warren asks bank regulator to reject TD’s $13.4 billion acquisition after customer-abuse report

In a letter sent Tuesday to the OCC, Warren cited a May 4 report that alleged that TD used tactics similar to those in the Wells Fargo fake accounts scandal.

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Afghan family resettled in small Missouri town faced isolation. Now their son is dead

Rezwan Kohistani, 14, was discovered dead May 5 on Webb City High School grounds. Since being resettled in southwest Missouri, his family said they had felt isolated and wanted to relocate.

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Some Afghan refugees now have chance to avoid terrorism designation that blocked path to U.S.

Doctors, teachers, engineers and other Afghans who were forced to associate with the Taliban will now have a chance at asylum or visas after the Biden administration loosened a terrorism-related designation on Tuesday, according to government officials and documents reviewed by the Los Angeles Times.

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Air Force says crew members are not at fault for Afghan deaths during evacuation

The Air Force has concluded that air crew members acted appropriately and were not at fault for some tragic deaths during the chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan last year.

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Air Force: Crew not at fault for Afghan deaths in evacuation

The Air Force has concluded that air crew members acted appropriately and were not at fault for some tragic deaths during the chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan last year, when desperate Afghans clung to a military plane as it was taking off and fell to their deaths or were caught in the wheels.

Iraqi held by US at Guantanamo pleads guilty to war crimes

An Iraqi man who has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center for more than 15 years has pleaded guilty to war crimes charges for his role in al-Qaida attacks against U.S. and allied forces along with civilians in Afghanistan.

Afghans go hungry as U.S. and Taliban officials blame each other

Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis has been building for decades, driven not just by persistent poverty and too little rain, but also by generations of war and an economy almost entirely dependent on international support.

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Watchdog says Afghan Taliban detaining, torturing civilians

Human Rights Watch says that Taliban security forces in northern Afghanistan have unlawfully detained and tortured residents accused of association with an opposition armed group.

Double whammy: Both farmers and consumers hit by high prices

A U.N. agency has issued a glum world forecast, saying that food import bills appear headed to a record high and food markets are likely to tighten.

Taliban arrest Afghan fashion model, say he 'insulted' Islam

The Taliban have detained a popular Afghan fashion model and three of his colleagues, accusing them of disrespecting Islam and the Quran, the Muslim holy book.

UN: Taliban faces threat from Islamic State, new resistance

U.N. experts say Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are maintaining close ties with al-Qaida as they consolidate control over the country, and their main military threat is coming from the Islamic State extremist group and guerrilla-style attacks by former Afghan government security personnel.

Security concerns leave Afghan evacuees stuck in Balkan camp

Some Afghans who were evacuated from their country as it fell to the Taliban last summer have found their journey to the United States stalled at a cluster of tents and temporary housing at a military base in the Balkans.

Rights group: Bulgaria uses police dogs in migrant pushbacks

An international rights group says that Bulgarian authorities are attacking Afghan and other asylum-seekers, using police dogs and other violence to illegally push them back over the border into Turkey.

1.1 million Afghan children could face severe malnutrition

In Afghanistan, 1.1 million children under the age of 5 will likely face the most severe form of malnutrition this year, according to the U.N., as increasing numbers of hungry, wasting-away children flow into hospital wards.

Taliban enforce face-cover order for female TV anchors

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Sunday began enforcing an order requiring all female TV news anchors in the country to cover their faces while on-air. The move is part of a hard-line shift drawing condemnation from rights activists.

Taliban enforcing face-cover order for female TV anchors

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have begun enforcing an order requiring all female TV news anchors in the country to cover their faces while on-air.

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The AP Interview: New Pakistani FM seeks better ties with US

Pakistan's new foreign minister says his country has resumed engagement with the United States after years of strained relations under former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Afghan Taliban order women TV anchors to cover their faces

Afghanistan's biggest media outlet says the country's Taliban rulers have ordered female TV presenters on all TV channels to cover their faces while on air.

Lawmakers reach deal to help veterans exposed to burn pits

Congressional bargainers have announced a deal on legislation to boost health care services and disability benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Watchdog: US troop pullout was key factor in Afghan collapse

A new report says decisions by Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan were the key factors in the collapse of that nation’s military, leading to the Taliban takeover last year.

Wesley Morgan wins Colby award for 'The Hardest Place'

Author and journalist Wesley Morgan is this year’s winner of the William E.

US intel questioned for misjudging Afghanistan, Ukraine

Top U.S. intelligence officials acknowledge they misjudged the durability of the governments in both Afghanistan and Ukraine.

New life, new struggles: Afghans still adjusting to US

For many of the Afghans evacuated to the United States last August, their journey remains very much a work in progress.

Pulitzer Prizes award Washington Post for Jan. 6 coverage

The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize in public service journalism Monday for its coverage of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, an attack on democracy that was a shocking start to a tumultuous year that also saw the end of the United States’ longest war, in Afghanistan.

Taliban divisions deepen as Afghan women defy veil edict

A new Taliban decree that demands women cover up from head to toe in public, showing at most their eyes, has left many Afghans angry or fearful.

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US commission: Cite Afghanistan for religious persecution

A U.S. advisory body says that Afghanistan should join a list of the world's worst violators of religious freedom.

Death toll in Afghan mosque bombing rises to 33, Taliban say

A Taliban official says a bombing at a mosque and religious school in northern Afghanistan has killed at least 33 people, including students of a religious school.

Blasts across Afghanistan kill at least 10, injure dozens

Explosions across Afghanistan have killed at least 10 people and wounded scores more.

Blasts near Kabul schools kill at least 6 civilians, hurt 17

An Afghan police spokesman says explosions targeting educational institutions in Kabul have killed at least six civilians and injured 17 others.

EXPLAINER: What's ahead for politically volatile Pakistan?

Months of economic discontent in Pakistan have been capped by days of tense drama.

Al-Qaida leader circulates video, dispels rumor of his death

A rare video has appeared of al-Qaida’s chief praising an Indian Muslim woman who in February defied a ban on wearing the traditional headscarf, or hijab.

Afghan evacuees mark first US Ramadan with gratitude, agony

Afghan families evacuated to the United States when the Taliban regained power are celebrating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

China's Xi strongly backs Afghanistan at regional conference

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has issued strong backing for Afghanistan at a regional conference, while making no mention of human rights abuses by the country's Taliban leaders.

UN seeks record $4.4B for Afghans struggling under Taliban

The head of the United Nations says nearly all Afghans don’t have enough to eat and some have resorted to “selling their children and their body parts” to get money for food.

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China shows Afghanistan ambitions at multinational meetings

China’s ambitions to have a major hand in Afghanistan under the Taliban while boosting its own stature are on display at multinational meetings hosted by Beijing.

Yo-Yo Ma plays Mozart with Afghan refugees in Portugal

Celebrated U.S. cellist Yo-Yo Ma has joined refugees from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in the Portuguese capital Lisbon for a performance of Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik.

Taliban hard-liners turning back the clock in Afghanistan

Taliban hard-liners are turning back the clock in Afghanistan with a flurry of repressive edicts over the past days that hark back to their harsh rule from the late 1990s.

With eye to China investment, Taliban now preserve Buddhas

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers are working to protect ancient Buddha statues in caves carved into cliffsides outside Kabul.

Officials: Taliban blocked unaccompanied women from flights

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have refused to allow dozens of women at Kabul's international airport to board their flights because they were without a male guardian.

Taliban break promise on higher education for Afghan girls

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers won't reopen schools to girls above the sixth grade, reneging on a promise and opting to appease their hard-line base at the expense of further alienating the world.

Afghanistan world's unhappiest country, even before Taliban

Afghanistan is the unhappiest country in the world — even before the Taliban swept to power last August.

Two Fox journalists killed in Ukraine, underscoring dangers

Two journalists working for Fox News were killed in Ukraine after the vehicle they were traveling in with another reporter came under fire, the network said Tuesday.

First Afghan refugees arrive at new center in Virginia

A first group of Afghan refugees have arrived at a new temporary housing facility in Northern Virginia as the U.S. works to resettle people who fled the Taliban takeover of their country.

President Biden offers statement for “Blood Sunday” anniversary

On Sunday, March 7, 1965, time stopped and blood spilled as brave and righteous Americans sought to cross a bridge named after a Klansman in Selma, Alabama, to reach the other side of justice. Led by the late John Lewis, they marched to secure their sacred right to vote. Their heroism was met by batons and tear gas. They were beaten, but not defeated. Their absolute courage forced America to look in the mirror and Congress to act. Soon after, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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