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Iraqi at Guantánamo Bay to Plead Guilty in Afghan War Crimes Case
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — A disabled Iraqi prisoner at Guantánamo Bay has reached an agreement with military prosecutors to plead…
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Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle Against Opium
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — For years, opium has been the monster too big to slay. One Afghan government after another has…
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Taliban Outlaw Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban announced on Sunday that cultivating opium poppy in Afghanistan was banned, a move that will…
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Biden’s Decision on Frozen Funds Stokes Anger Among Afghans
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghans said they were outraged by the Biden administration’s decision to divert billions in frozen assets from…
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On Patrol: 12 Days With a Taliban Police Unit in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan — A young Taliban fighter with a pair of handcuffs dangling from his finger warily watched the stream…
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Threatened and Beaten, Afghan Women Defy Taliban With Protests
KABUL, Afghanistan — On a raw January morning, Khujasta Elham trudged through a snowstorm to sign her name on a…
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At Abandoned American Base, a Notorious Prison Lies Empty
On July 1, with little warning and no public ceremony, U.S. forces abandoned the sprawling Bagram Air Base, the hub…
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Dozens of Former Afghan Security Forces Dead or Missing Under Taliban, Report Says
More than 100 former members of the Afghan security forces in four provinces have been killed or disappeared by the…
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Your Friday Briefing
Good morning. We’re covering booster shots in France, Peng Shuai’s piercing accusations in China and the Pakistani madrasa that has…
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Where Afghanistan’s New Taliban Leaders Went to School
AKORA KHATTAK, Pakistan — The Taliban have seized Afghanistan, and this school couldn’t be prouder. Darul Uloom Haqqania madrasa, one…
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