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Gerard Butler action flick 'Kandahar' is summer's first surprise
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months ago“Kandahar” is a dumb movie with lots of smart ideas. It is populated with the usual gaggle of...
Doctor? Engineer? As dreams fade, Afghan girls turn to madrasas
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn a chilly classroom in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban...
Afghanistan's Taliban move spokesman's office to Kandahar
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe main spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban administration will move his office from the capital to...
Deputy U.N. chief pushes women's rights during visit to Taliban heartland
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoU.N. Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed expressed alarm to Taliban officials in Kandahar over...
Aid group NRC resumes work with female staff in Taliban heartland
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAn international aid agency in Afghanistan has resumed operations in the southern province of...
Taliban close education centers in southern Afghanistan
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfghan authorities are closing education centers and institutes supported by non-governmental groups...
This NJ nonprofit is keeping Afghan kids in school despite US sanctions, Taliban's return
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn the video, four girls hover over sheets of paper spread across a carpet, gripping markers in...
Afghan universities ready to readmit women but not until Taliban leader says it's ok, official says
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAfghanistan’s universities are ready to readmit female students, but the ruling Taliban's leader has...
Brown raises $100.7 million for residence hall construction, building renovations
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPROVIDENCE — Brown University will fund the construction and renovation of three projects through...
3 NGOs suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bar women
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKABUL, Afghanistan — Three major international aid groups on Sunday suspended their operations in...