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Afghan shepherds in Tunceli dream of home
In Turkish mountains so high the silver clouds almost touch the top of his head, the homesick Afghan shepherd prepares his baaing flock for a good shear.
The locals in the eastern province of Tunceli's Mercan Valley have been gradually replaced by Afghans, who fled here by foot and truck across Iran from the poverty and bloodshed back home.
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Survivors dig by hand after Afghanistan quake killing 1,000
Survivors dug by hand Thursday through villages in eastern Afghanistan reduced to rubble by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people, as the Taliban and the international community that fled their takeover struggled to aid the disaster's victims.
Scores killed in Eastern Afghanistan earthquake
Afghanistan's state-run news agency says at least 255 people have killed in an earthquake that struck the country's eastern Paktika province.
The state-run Bakhtar news agency reported the death toll Wednesday and said rescuers were arriving by helicopter.
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Illegal crossings of border up by 75% in first five months
Ljubljana – Slovenian police recorded 4,333 attempts at illegal crossing of the border in the first five months of the year, which is 75% more than in the same period last year, when 2,466 such attempts were recorded. Afghanis account for almost a quarter of those intercepted, the police statistics show.
UN Envoy on Arrival in Kabul: "Afghanistan has been Forgotten"
UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly T. Clements has called on the Taliban to discuss the plight of Afghan refugees and their return to the soil as many of them flee the war-torn nation when it seized power in Afghanistan last year.
Bulgaria Arrests Norwegian Suspected of Terrorism Links
Police car in Bulgaria. Photo: EPA/VASSIL DONEV
The arrests were announced by Norway's police on Wednesday and then confirmed by the Bulgarian authorities.
Both detainees are Norwegian citizens. One arrest took place in Oslo, Norway, while the other was in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. The arrest in Bulgaria was done on a warrant issued by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Norway.
As Iran-Taliban tensions rise, Afghan migrants in tinderbox
The Taliban members who killed her activist husband offered Zahra Husseini a deal: Marry one of us, and you'll be safe.
Husseini, 31, decided to flee. Through swaths of lawless flatlands she and her two small children trekked by foot, motorcycle and truck until reaching Iran.
Upgrading Turkey’s F-16s is strategic malpractice – Michael Rubin
It is disingenuous given how Turkey both legitimized & encouraged the Taliban in Afghanistan & has positioned itself as a hub for Russian sanctions evasion
Afghan universities reopen, but few women return
Afghanistan's main universities have reopened six months after the Taliban returned to power, but only a trickle of women went back to now-segregated classes.
The Taliban insist they will allow girls and women to be educated this time around, but only in segregated classes and according to an Islamic curriculum.
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Pentagon chief orders reforms to reduce civilian deaths
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered Pentagon officials on Jan. 27 to undertake reforms to reduce the number of civilian deaths from military strikes after multiple unjustified fatal incidents.