Republicans Who Backed Afghan Visas Are Mum as Trump Halts Them

After a fatal shooting, the Trump administration froze a visa program for Afghans that Republicans in Congress had championed. The G.O.P. has not objected.

Iran hosts regional talks on Afghanistan, but Kabul stays away

A regional meeting hosted by Iran on Afghanistan underscored calls for lifting sanctions and strengthening regional cooperation, even as Afghanistan itself did not attend

How a child bride escaped Afghanistan and became a bodybuilding champion

Aided by her mother, Mahtab Amiri, who coordinated her escape, she left the country with Erfaan and was driven to Iran. From there, she made her way to Turkey and then Greece before she eventually settled in Norway, where she was granted asylum.

Thousands turn out in Kabul to cheer on Afghanistan's traditional buzkashi equestrian games

Through the dust kicked up by the pounding hooves of a scrum of horses and riders, a winner emerges. The victorious team gallops around the playing field, holding a flag aloft. The final of Afghanistan’s hugely popular annual tournament of buzkashi,
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Two Tajikistan Border Guards Killed in Attack Launched from Afghanistan

Two Tajik border guards were killed in a cross-border attack from Afghanistan, with Tajik authorities saying three assailants were shot

A final report on 20 years of Afghanistan Reconstruction finds billions in waste

The U.S. poured billions of dollars into rebuilding Afghanistan for two decades. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with John Sopko, the former Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.

A Vintage Kabul Cinema Finally Falls to Taliban Bulldozers

Built during a cosmopolitan era in the 1960s, the Ariana closed when the Taliban took power, but it was still standing. Now it’s making way for a shopping mall.

He risked his life for American soldiers in Afghanistan. Would America let him in?

What began as a battlefield partnership became a deep friendship, as an American veteran worked for years to help an Afghan interpreter enter the U.S. Just when it seemed they succeeded, the Trump administration enacted new limits on visas.

Photos capture Afghanistan’s traditional buzkashi tournament near Kabul

Riders from different Afghan provinces compete in the final of Afghanistan’s annual buzkashi tournament on the outskirts of Kabul, as spectators, including Taliban authorities, attend the event. Buzkashi is a traditional equestrian sport in which riders score points by carrying a goat carcass — nowadays replaced by a fake goat carcass — across a goal.
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Afghanistan, India, and a New Chapter of Trade Prospects

Afghanistan and India deepen trade ties with renewed economic cooperation, investment discussions, and bilateral commerce opportunities.
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