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Inside Operation Abraham’s daring effort to save Afghans from the Taliban
The Haidaris named their son Joseph, or Yousof, at the suggestion of Farouq Samim's Operation Abraham partners. Their daughter, Azada, is two months old.
u.s. politics
Army releases redacted police report on altercation during Trump’s Arlington cemetery visit
FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, center and Misty Fuoco, left, sister of Nicole Gee, place their hands over their heart after placing a wreath in honor of Sgt. Nicole Gee at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at Arlington National Cemetery, Aug. 26, 2024, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
world
Pakistan militant attack kills 10 frontier police, sources say
Cricket fans hold Pakistan flag as they wait to enter the National Cricket Stadium before start the first Twenty20 international cricket match between Pakistan and England in Karachi on September 20, 2022. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP) (Photo by RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Former Afghan policewomen live in fear of Taliban as Canada urged to resettle them
Afghan policewomen stand in formation during a graduation ceremony at a police training centre in Herat on December 22, 2011. Some 500 officers graduated following their eight-week training course at Ansar 606 police training centre in the western province of Herat. AFP PHOTO / Aref Karimi (Photo credit should read Aref Karimi/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. military board substantiates misconduct but declines to fire Marine who adopted Afghan orphan
FILE - Marine Maj. Joshua Mast and his wife, Stephanie, walk out of Circuit Court, March 30, 2023 in Charlottesville, Va. A Virginia appellate court ruled Tuesday that a U.S. Marine should never have been granted an adoption of an Afghan war orphan and voided the custody order he’s relied on to raise the girl for nearly three years. The decision marked a major turning point in a bitter custody battle that has international ramifications far greater than the fate of one child. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
world
Canada among countries seeking to hold Taliban legally accountable for discrimination against women
Afghan women wait to receive fiscal aid from Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) in Kohsan district of Herat province on September 25, 2024. (Photo by Mohsen KARIMI / AFP) (Photo by MOHSEN KARIMI/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
The Taliban’s suspension of Afghanistan’s direct polio-vaccination campaign is pure folly
Ruchi Kumar
politics
MPs to investigate former defence minister Harjit Sajjan’s use of special forces to rescue Afghan Sikhs
Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, Harjit Sajjan, listens during a funding announcement at Science World, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. As the former defence minister faces questions over his intervention for a group seeking to flee Afghanistan when the Taliban took over in 2021, federal Liberals won't say whether he extended a helping hand to any others. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
opinion
With the world’s attention elsewhere, we cannot forget about Afghan women
Kelly Cryderman
opinion
The Taliban are waging war on women in Afghanistan. This is how we are resisting
Zahra Nader
world
A suicide bomber detonates in Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least six people and injuring 13
Six U.S. soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
opinion
A new Taliban law is silencing women’s voices in Afghanistan
Sally Armstrong
world
UN will continue to engage the Taliban in Afghanistan despite new laws restricting women
A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
world
Taliban in Afghanistan ban women’s voices and bare faces in public with new law
Taliban fighters celebrate the third anniversary of the withdrawal of US-led troops from Afghanistan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)
world
The UAE accepts credentials of Taliban ambassador in major diplomatic coup for Afghanistan’s rulers
Taliban fighters celebrate the third anniversary of the withdrawal of US-led troops from Afghanistan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)
olympics
Refugee athletes deliver ‘a message of perseverance’ as they seek medals at Paris Paralympics
Member of the Refugee Paralympic Team Hadi Hassanzada, left, who will compete in Para taekwondo, trains ahead of the Paralympic Games, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024 in Reims, eastern France. (AP Photo/Patrick Hermansen)
opinion
The Taliban’s opium ban is working. But it could all still fall apart
Ruchi Kumar
opinion
Afghan women are in a hopeless situation – and yet they still hold hope. Let’s follow their lead
Mellissa Fung
opinion
To fix social media, force the platforms to open themselves up to each other
Andrew Coyne
olympics
First Afghan woman to compete internationally after Taliban takeover seeks Paralympic gold in Paris
Afghan Taekwondo Paralympian Zakia Khudadadi, part of the Refugee Olympic Team, poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)