In wake of Syria attack that killed two US soldiers, Trump faces complicated ally and echoes of Afghanistan

When an attacker killed two US service members and a civilian interpreter in Syria over the weekend, President Donald Trump ...
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First on CNN: Afghanistan withdrawal investigation launched by top Republican on House Foreign Affairs Committee

The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday requested from the State Department a vast number of documents related to the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, ...
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‘We have your location’: The Taliban death threats hounding this Afghan woman

“Where do you want me to rape you?” another message read. More than 5,000 calls and messages bombarded Marzieh Hamidi’s phone in the days after the Afghan Taekwondo champion dared to suggest that her ...
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From Mazar to Manhattan: How a young couple escaped the Taliban in Afghanistan

Deep in the jungle in Panama’s infamous Darien Gap, a lawyer and a dentist from Afghanistan kept pushing. With 77-pound packs on their backs, Ali, 29, and Leila, 27, whose names have been changed to ...
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First on CNN: 2 Americans held by the Taliban have been released, sources tell CNN

Two Americans who had been detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan have been released and are en route to Qatar, three sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. Two of the sources tell CNN that one of ...
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‘There is no school for girls’: Afghans who fled to Pakistan sent back to a homeland that is foreign to many

Earlier this week Nasim was leaving the only home he’s ever known, trudging toward Pakistan’s border alongside tens of thousands of fellow Afghan refugees who like him have been given a deadline to ...
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Afghanistan stuns Australia to secure one of the sport’s biggest upsets at T20 Cricket World Cup

It was a mismatch of considerable proportions. Australia won the T20 Cricket World Cup just three years ago, while Afghanistan has never progressed past the tournament’s second round nor defeated ...
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At least 78 people die as winter temperatures plunge in Afghanistan, Taliban says

At least 78 people have died in freezing conditions in Afghanistan in the last nine days, a Taliban official said Thursday, deepening a humanitarian crisis affecting millions of people now living ...