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Pope asks world's Christians to pray and fast for Afghanistan

REUTERS Pope Francis on Sunday called on the world's Christians to pray and carry out fasting to ask God to bring about peace and coexistence in Afghanistan. Speaking to pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter's Square for his weekly blessin..
Afghanistan's 'Gen Z' fears for future and hard-won freedoms

REUTERS When 20-year-old Salgy found out last week that she had topped some 200,000 students who took Afghanistan's university entrance exam this year, she was elated. For months, she had locked herself away in her room in the capital Kabul..
QRCS Commences on Emergency Relief Intervention for Afghanistan

QNA Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) is responding to the recent events in Afghanistan, with their direct implications for the Afghan people, already suffering severe living conditions due to poverty, conflict, and natural disasters. ..
US strikes IS target in Afghanistan, pushes airlift into final stage

AFP The US conducted a drone strike against an Islamic State target in Afghanistan on Saturday, as the airlift of those desperate to flee moved into a fraught final stage with fresh terror attack warnings and encroaching Taliban forces primed to t..
Japan planes on standby near Afghanistan for evacuation, say officials

REUTERS Japanese military planes assigned to evacuate Japanese nationals from Afghanistan are now in a nearby country but moving them from Kabul airport does not mean Japan is ending its evacuation operation, Japanese government officials said on ..
Anger, grief for family members of 13 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan

REUTERS Steve Nikoui had been glued to TV reports on Thursday, desperate for hints his son, Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui, survived the deadly airport suicide bombing in Afghanistan when three Marines arrived at his door with the worst news possibl..
Don't abandon Afghanistan, pleads member of Afghan all-female robotics team

REUTERS A member of Afghanistan's all-female robotics team who has been flown to safety hopes the world will not forget her country as the United States and its allies rush to complete evacuations of their nationals and vulnerable Afghans. ..
Qatar offering COVID vaccines to Afghanistan evacuees yet to transit

REUTERS Qatar is offering COVID-19 vaccines to evacuees from Afghanistan who are temporarily staying in the Gulf Arab state, which has been facilitating global evacuation efforts since the Taliban seized Kabul, the foreign ministry said on Thursda..
Afghanistan faces humanitarian crisis as airlift deadline looms

REUTERS Afghanistan's neighbours should open their land borders to allow more people to leave, a NATO country diplomat said on Wednesday, as aid agencies warned of a looming humanitarian crisis under the new Taliban rulers. "Iran, Paki..

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