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Flash floods have killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan

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Flash floods kill 50 in western Afghanistan

Flash flooding has killed at least 50 people in western Afghanistan, provincial police said Saturday, with some reaching safety on higher ground mere minutes...

AFPMay 18, 2024

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is 'overwhelmed by the news of the murder of Spanish tourists in Afghanistan'

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Four killed in Afghanistan shooting, including three Spanish tourists

Three Spanish tourists and an Afghan were killed Friday in a shooting in the popular tourism destination of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan, local and...

AFPMay 17, 2024

Afghans shovel mud from a house following flash floods after heavy rainfall at a village in Baghlan province, where hundreds of people have been killed in the disaster

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‘They drowned together’: Lives swept away by Afghanistan floods

Jawed’s whole life was ripped away when flash floods tore through Afghanistan’s Baghlan province, drowning every member of his family except a young son...

AFPMay 11, 2024

Floods in Afghanistan's Baghlan province have killed more than 200 people, the IOM says

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More than 200 dead in Afghanistan flash floods: UN

Flash floods that have ripped through northern Afghanistan left more than 200 people dead in a single province, the United Nations said on Saturday....

AFPMay 11, 2024

Since mid-April 2024, flooding in various parts of Afghanistan has left about 100 people dead

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Flash floods kill 50 in one day in north Afghanistan

At least 50 people, mainly women and children, were killed Friday in flash flooding that ripped through Afghanistan’s Baghlan province, in the north of...

AFPMay 10, 2024

In Afghanistan, strict rules define what women are allowed to do, with their proponents claiming they guarantee both the women's, and their whole family's, honour

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Afghan women struggle under male guardian rules

Since the Taliban returned to power, Afghan women have been barred from going on long trips, travelling by plane or entering government buildings unless...

AFPMay 9, 2024

Ukraine said it shot down a Russian bomber that had fired missiles on two cities overnight

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US aid shows Ukraine will not be ‘second Afghanistan’: Zelensky

The House on Saturday approved the latest massive package of military and economic assistance for Ukraine.

AFPApril 21, 2024

In the capital Kabul, the third Eid al-Fitr festivities under the Taliban government were accompanied by heightened security

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Taliban leader hits back at global critics in rare address

The Taliban’s hyper-reclusive supreme leader made a rare public appearance Wednesday, an Afghan government spokesman said, berating the international community in a speech for...

AFPApril 10, 2024