U.S. Lifts Millions in Bounties on Senior Taliban Officials
The move was a significant shift toward leaders of the Haqqani network, which was behind some of the deadliest attacks during ...
CNN executive who was demoted after high-profile defamation trial getting raw deal, staffers say
A CNN executive who testified at the network's defamation trial has lost some of his responsibilities, although it's not ...
Pakistani security forces kill 16 militants attempting to cross border from Afghanistan
Pakistan said its security forces killed 16 militants in a remote northwestern border area as they tried to enter the country from neighboring Afghanistan.
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Pakistan kills 16 fighters amid rising Afghanistan border tensions
Pakistan says all fighters killed overnight in North Waziristan while urging Afghan government to secure its borders.
Pakistan army says it killed 16 Islamist militants on Afghan border
Pakistan's army has killed 16 Islamist militants along the country's western border with Afghanistan, a statement said on Sunday.
The US lifts bounties on senior Taliban officials, including Sirajuddin Haqqani, says Kabul
The Taliban say the U.S. has lifted bounties on three senior Taliban figures, including the interior minister who also heads ...
UNICEF calls on the Taliban to lift ban on girls’ education as new school year begins in Afghanistan
The appeal by UNICEF comes as a new school year began in Afghanistan without girls beyond sixth grade. The ban, said the ...
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Gender Apartheid: The Erasure of Afghanistan’s Women and Refugee Populations
Isabelle Lassee of Amnesty International and The Diplomat’s Catherine Putz discuss the state of gender apartheid in ...
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Taliban Release U.S. Detainee and Other Headlines of the Day
Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the ...
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What we know about the Georgetown scholar facing deportation for alleged terror ties and ‘Hamas propaganda’
Trump administration officials accuse Georgetown University fellow Badar Khan Suri of being a mouthpiece for Hamas propaganda and having close ties to a suspected or known terrorist. But to his ...
Judge says Trump administration can’t deport Georgetown University fellow
A federal judge on Thursday ruled the Trump administration could not deport Georgetown fellow Badar Khan Suri, who the ...
American detained by Taliban in Afghanistan is freed in deal mediated by Qatar
An American who spent more than two years in detention in Afghanistan was released on Thursday, and is now on his way to the ...