Airbnb offered free housing to 20,000 Afghan refugees globally on Tuesday and sought more assistance from hosts who rent property…
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Because Afghanistan has been afflicted with war and conflict for decades, many Afghans see a need for improvement in health…
Afghan officials said Saturday that a maximum of about 500 people died in a landslide that engulfed a village, updating earlier information that 2,500 people were feared dead. “The first figure that we announced was obtained from local people, not from…
Five members of the US-led NATO force in Afghanistan died in a helicopter crash in the south of the country on Saturday, NATO officials said, adding the cause of the incident was being investigated. The crash was the largest single loss of life for…
Wrapped in a purple shawl, Mirjan wanders downcast among the ruins of the Islamabad slum where she lived, newly demolished. The authorities in Pakistan’s leafy, affluent capital have declared war on the slums, largely populated by Christians and Afghan…
US President Barack Obama welcomed the completion of Afghanistan’s presidential vote, set to usher in the country’s first democratic transfer of power, saying it was critical to ensure continued international support. “These elections are critical to…
Afghan voters turned out in large numbers Saturday, braving Taliban threats, to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai in the country’s first democratic transfer of power as US-led forces wind down their 13-year war. Long queues formed outside…