Afghanistan

Afghan women and children sit in front of a bakery waiting for bread donations in Kabul's Old City, Afghanistan, on Sept. 16, 2021.
Afghanistan
‘It is a catastrophe’: Afghans are in desperate need of food, humanitarian aid, refugee worker says
Newly trained female officers from the Afghan National Army sit in front seats as a new batch of officers attend their graduation ceremony at National Army's training center in Kabul on Sept. 23, 2010. 
Afghanistan
Two decades of war and daily life in Afghanistan
Group of US generals in army fatigues walk through the street in Afghanistan.
Military
Biden seems ready to extend US troop presence in Afghanistan
Reporters Shirin Jaafari and Jorge Valencia will talk to The World's senior editor Daisy Contreras about some of the foreign policy issues at stake in the 2020 election.
2020 US presidential election
Discussion: What’s at stake in the 2020 election?
Pentagon officials speak at a hearing
Global Politics
Russian bounty allegations shine spotlight on what Trump admin knew and when
popal
Women & Gender
A #MeToo moment for Afghanistan’s women’s soccer: ‘It happened so many times’
As Hurricane Florence Approaches, What About the People Forced to Stay?
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Yusra, played by Rhianna Merralls, struggles to fall asleep in the play, "Wherever I Lay My Head," performed in London City Hall.
Chronic insomnia plagues young migrants long after they reach their destination
Merger Mania: Corporate Consolidations Promise Lofty Returns, Can They Deliver?
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Arts, Culture & Media
Afghanistan’s Antiquities in Peril
Arts, Culture & Media
Now Playing: Homebody/Kabul
Arts, Culture & Media
Afghan Star
Arts, Culture & Media
Bomb Scare
Wynn, Lose and Draw For the RNC
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Searching
Conflict
DNA might help him identify his family. But he can’t find a way to give a sample.
Girls team
Global Politics
Six Afghan teens overcame US visa hurdles and became quick celebs at the ‘Robot Olympics’
Afghan Ajmal Faqiri, wearing a scarf, served as a translator for former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
Conflict
Visas are running out for the US military’s Afghan interpreters
Afghan journalist Habib Zahori made a cold trek across the US-Canada border on foot and on bicycle. "I remember thinking, wishing, 'Oh God, please, please send someone to arrest me!’ "
Conflict
Habib Zahori was scared to seek asylum in the US. So he pushed a rickety bicycle through snow to get to Canada.
Conflict
Conflict
This Pittsburgh restaurant offers takeout and a side of politics
Child Soldiers, Space Discoveries, Assault on Campus
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Vets Push for Change as PTSD Becomes a Weapon
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Afghan journalists Sayara Samadi and Mohammad Qais Rahmani lost their baby son trying to cross from Turkey to Greece by boat.
Conflict
Caught in the refugee crisis, these reporters lost their child to the sea
Afghan Uncertainty, Space History, Big Data, Christmas Cards
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An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier speaks on a radio at an outpost in Helmand province, December 20, 2015.
Conflict
Afghanistan can’t control the Taliban since the Taliban controls the drug trade
Dads Behind Bars, Stolen Water, Military Families
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A NATO soldier stands at the site of a suicide car bomb blast in Kabul, on October 11th.  A suicide car bomber targeted a convoy of foreign troops in the Afghan capital during rush hour-traffic, flipping an armored vehicle on its side.  No fatalities were
Conflict
What veterans think about President Obama extending the US military mission in Afghanistan
Afghan women
Education
My girlfriends were traded for a car
Afghan women's rights activists carry the coffin of Farkhunda, an Afghan woman who was beaten to death and set alight on fire on Thursday, during her burial ceremony in Kabul March 22, 2015
Justice
Why it’s hard for women to feel safe on the streets of Kabul
Razia Jan shares photos and stories with the 9th Grade class.
Education
Afghan woman returns to give country’s girls a lesson in education
Three addicts preparing to smoke heroin under a bridge in Kabul’s Pol-e Sokhta neighborhood.
Health
There’s almost no help for Afghanistan’s 1.6 million drug addicts
The crew and back-up team for Ahad Momand's mission. Momand is third from the left.
Science
The only Afghan to ever fly in space almost didn’t make it back to Earth
PFC Justin Blue of the 3rd Platoon, Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Calvary Regiment, from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). He is taking a break while on patrol near the village of Qalandrakhel  a few miles outside of B
Conflict
Using a pencil, not a lens, to capture images of the war in Afghanistan
Bergdahl family
Conflict & Justice
The US released senior Taliban officials in exchange for Sergeant Bergdahl
Bergdahl family
Conflict & Justice
The US released senior Taliban officials in exchange for Sergeant Bergdahl
A billboard calling for the release of US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, held for nearly five years by the Taliban after being captured in Afghanistan, is shown in this picture taken near Spokane, Washington on February 25, 2014. Bergdahl has been released
Conflict & Justice
Like Sergeant Bergdahl, reporter David Rohde knows about being a prisoner of the Taliban
A billboard calling for the release of US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, held for nearly five years by the Taliban after being captured in Afghanistan, is shown in this picture taken near Spokane, Washington on February 25, 2014. Bergdahl has been released
Conflict & Justice
Like Sergeant Bergdahl, reporter David Rohde knows about being a prisoner of the Taliban
Global Politics
The Afghan election is a great start, but Pakistan continues to destabilize the country
Global Politics
Despite violence, Afghans are more determined than ever to vote in the upcoming presidential elections
A supporter of Afghan presidential candidate Zalmai Rassoul holds his picture during an election rally in the city of Mazar-i-Shariff, in northern Afghanistan on March 27, 2014. The Afghan presidential election will be held on April 5.
Global Politics
Afghans face a possibly violent presidential election, with great hope
Arts, Culture & Media
The Afghans’ new-found freedom to shoot photos could disappear again when the US leaves
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is slated to step down next April.
Global Politics
In Afghanistan, a lame duck president is complaining and perhaps conspiring