The two men, detained in the western city of Herat on August 9, were released on Thursday morning.
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We're beginning a series of stories on Afghanistan 25 years after the Sept. 11 attacks and the start of the American war there. In our first report, we have a look at the lives of three people and their families and how they are faring five years ...
ROME, August 20 (IPS) - FIVE years after the Taliban returned to power, Fawzia Koofi, the former Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Parliament, denounces what she describes as "gender apartheid."
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have released two United Nations staff members who they had detained more than a week ago, the U.N. says.
Asghar Farhadi calls Mike Leigh 'one of the biggest filmmakers in the world,' condemns media and politicians for spreading 'hate.'
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Sporadic fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan has left the border between the countries closed to trade ...
Steve Coll, our senior editor, asks what the anniversary means in Kabul and Washington ...
Five years ago the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan and abandoned many Afghan allies. Americans owe them our continued support.
The former Marine Corps staff sergeant compared the carrier crew's living conditions to his own deployment in Afghanistan ...