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What it's like backpacking in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan as an American
Newsweek· 5 days agoThe Taliban are a militant group that ruled Afghanistan in the late 1990s and early 2000s and...
Mines, unexploded ordnance a daily menace for Afghanistan's children
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe black mushroom cloud had barely faded in Ghazni province before kids clustered around the edge...
SHS senior left Afghanistan for 'safety and opportunities'; now he's a scholarship winner
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoHelali and his brother and another sister, had spent that time in Afghanistan waiting for their...
A group of armed men burns a girls' school in northwest Pakistan, in third such attack this month
Houston Chronicle· 1 day agoA group of armed men used kerosene to set fire to a girls’ school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying furniture, computers and books, police said Wednesday ...
This N.J. grad earned his degree while living in a safe house in Pakistan
NJ.com· 6 days agoHashmat Vejdani attended Fairleigh Dickinson’s commencement at MetLife Stadium last Wednesday as...
Melinda French Gates Announces $1 Billion Grant For Women’s Causes—Including US Abortion Rights
Forbes· 3 days agoExpressing concern about the upsurge in political and other forms of violence against women across...
Opinion | Melinda French Gates: Why I’m Donating $1 Billion for Women’s Rights
New York Times· 3 days agoMs. French Gates is a philanthropist and the founder of the charitable organization Pivotal. To...
Canada raises cap on applications for Palestinians joining relatives
Houston Today· 3 days agoImmigration Minister Marc Miller is increasing the number of applications that will be processed...
A tribute to the valiant: They gave their lives for us
New York Daily News· 4 days agoOnward marches the Big Parade, forever into the somber beyond. A column of the young and the brave....