Afghan cricketers play first match since fleeing Taliban
Afghanistan's female cricketers play an exhibition match at the Junction Oval in Melbourne, with the players hoping to "open ...
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Afghan women cricketers reunite in first game after fleeing Taliban
Afghanistan's women cricketers on Thursday played their first game since fleeing the Taliban three years ago, a charity match ...
Iran's foreign minister meets the Taliban in the first visit to Kabul in 8 years
Senior Taliban officials in Afghanistan say they hope for better relations with Iran after a visit from its foreign minister ...
The resurgence of the Taliban in Pakistan
This surge in violence is causing increasing tension between Islamabad and Kabul, with Pakistan accusing the Taliban regime ...
Sense of Place: For this Afghan pianist, music is an act of resistance
He was a young boy, an Afghan refugee in Pakistan, when he saw the film The Pianist. "I saw this movie and I was, like, 'Wow, ...
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The Growing Ambitions of the Pakistani Taliban
Newly empowered and emboldened, the TTP dreams of following in the Afghan Taliban’s footsteps by carving out its own emirate ...
Fleeing the Taliban: former Afghan journalist shares his journey two years after fleeing his home country
In 2016, moments after speaking on a TV interview about the dangers of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Zia Danesh's car was bombed on his way home. The explosion, a targeted suicide attack, killed his ...
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Afghan Taliban relocate TTP families
In an effort to placate Pakistan's growing anger, the interim Afghan Taliban government has relocated some family members of ...
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After fleeing the Taliban, the Afghan women’s cricket team is finally playing together – in Australia
On Thursday, an Afghan women’s cricket team will take on a Cricket Without Borders XI at Melbourne’s Junction Oval.
Canadian Ex-soldier Detained By Afghan Taliban Govt Freed
A Canadian ex-soldier detained by the Taliban government in Afghanistan was freed on Sunday after over two months of imprisonment in a deal brokered by Qatar, a source with knowledge of the release ...
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Afghan refugees in Lancaster say families fear Taliban reprisal after Trump executive order [video]
As a member of the Afghan military's Female Tactical Platoon, Farida Mohammadi served alongside U.S. Army soldiers seeking ...
Afghan refugee cricketers in Australia to play first match since fleeing Taliban
More than three years after fleeing Afghanistan as the Taliban swept to power, a women's team of refugee cricketers will play an exhibition match in Melbourne on Thursday, hoping it will be a first ...