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A ruined village in eastern Afghanistan is struggling back to life as aid trickles into the isolated region.

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Afghan government helicopters and trucks deliver aid. At least 1,000 people died and 1,500 were injured.

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Aid is beginning to trickle into the war-torn country, as poor road conditions hamper rescuers trying to reach survivors of Wednesday's deadly quake.

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The powerful quake hit the eastern Paktika province on the border with Pakistan, and authorities fear many more people are trapped or dead in the rubble of their homes.

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It's Afghanistan's deadliest earthquake in two decades.

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The New York-based watchdog says that the Taliban security forces in northern Afghanistan have unlawfully detained and tortured residents accused of association with an opposition armed group.

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The fate of some Afghans who were evacuated from their country to a United States base in the Balkans remains up in the air.

03/06/2022

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They might not have made it to Eurovision, but the Lithuanian-Afghan-Belarussian-Sri Lankan band 'Up Hill 7' has a message for Europe.

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About a dozen women chanting "burqa is not my hijab" protested in the Afghan capital Tuesday against the Taliban's order for women to cover fully in public, including their faces.

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Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have ordered all Afghan women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public, in a sharp turn towards a more hardline enforcement of religious rules.

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Muslims in Afghanistan attend Eid prayers as the fasting month of Ramadan comes to an end.

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No one has immediately claimed responsibility for the blast.

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Explosions in Afghanistan kill at least 10 people and injure dozens

The worst of the three blasts on Thursday occurred at a mosque in northern Mazar-e-Sharif.

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Several killed and injured in explosions outside Kabul shcool

Police said the blasts had targeted educational facilities in a mostly Shiite neighbourhood of Afghanistan's capital city.

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Taliban announce ban on harvesting poppies

In desperately poor Afghanistan the ban seems certain to further impoverish its poorest citizens at a time when the country is in an economic free fall.

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Farmers say the ban will ruin them as many rely on opium revenues to pay their bills. The opium is sold to dealers who process it to produce heroin.

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Taliban orders middle and high schools for girls to close

It happened on the first day of Afghanistan's new academic year.

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