US foreign aid cut to put 1,500 pregnant women in Afghanistan at risk, says UN
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order freezing foreign aid for 90 days, arguing that the step was needed to ...
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The Taliban Is Selling America’s Lost Afghanistan Arsenal
Given the Taliban’s contacts during their twenty-year insurgency, it should come as little surprise that American weapons are ...
Claims that the United States is sending taxpayer money to the Taliban need context
The U.S. government doesn’t send funds directly to the Taliban, but it has acknowledged that the terrorist group has ...
WHO warns polio progress in Afghanistan, Pakistan at risk due to US funding cut
A senior World Health Organization official cautioned Wednesday that the eradication of polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan, ...
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They Were Waiting for Flights. Then Trump Closed a Door for Afghan Allies.
He is still in Afghanistan, where he has lived in hiding since the Taliban takeover in 2021 while awaiting approval to resettle in the United States. He had passed background checks and needed ...
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U.S. and Afghanistan carry out prisoner swap, confirm Taliban and family
Jan. 21 (UPI) --The United States and Afghanistan have carried out a prisoner swap, the Taliban announced early Tuesday. Scant details released on the exchange state that an Afghan national held ...
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Claims that the United States is sending taxpayer money to the Taliban need context
In 2021, the United States withdrew all forces from Afghanistan after nearly two decades. Since then, the U.S. government has focused on providing humanitarian assistance to the country.