Some 4 years after fleeing Afghanistan, a group of refugees returns to international competition

Some four years after players from the Afghanistan women’s national team fled their homeland amid the Taliban’s takeover, a number of the teammates are representing their country once more in an international soccer tournament.

No resolution as Afghanistan, Pakistan end peace talks in Istanbul, sources say

By Asif Shahzad and Sayed Hassib ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Istanbul to broker a long-term truce have ended without a resolution, two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday,

Taliban Declare Truce ‘Broken’ After Pakistan Strikes on Afghanistan

The tenuous peace between Pakistan and Afghanistan appears to have ended after days of escalating conflict that came to a head as Afghanistan accused its neighbor of carrying out airstrikes on its territory on Friday.

Pakistan says peace talks with Afghanistan's Taliban government in Istanbul failed after 4 days

Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have failed in Istanbul after four days of negotiations, Pakistan’s information minister said early Wednesday, accusing the Taliban government in Kabul of refusing to act against militants blamed for deadly cross-border attacks.

Veterans built an interactive map of Afghanistan to record 20 years of war

An interactive map of Afghanistan, Project Athena is an archive to which veterans can upload photos, chronicling the war as they lived it.

Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to new ceasefire after more than a week of deadly clashes

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to a new immediate ceasefire during talks in Doha, Qatar’s foreign ministry said early Sunday, following more than a week of deadly clashes which continued despite an earlier truce.

Afghanistan and Pakistan head to Turkey for second round of crisis talks

ISLAMABAD -- ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan and Pakistan are heading to Turkey for a second round of crisis talks, officials said Friday, after recent fighting between them killed dozens of people and injured hundreds more.

‘Push them back to the caves’: Pakistan minister Khawaja Asif’s big warning to Afghanistan after failed peace talks

When asked if Afghanistan was heading for a repeat of the 2001 Tora Bora offensive, the Pakistan minister Khawaja Asif replied in the affirmative.
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Managed Instability: China’s Quiet Preference for a Contained Afghanistan

Beijing appears to have realized that sustainable peace in Afghanistan will require more effort than it can spare.

Pakistan says peace talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban government in Istanbul failed after four days

By SUZAN FRASER and MUNIR AHMEDANKARA, Turkey (AP) — <a href=" talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have failed in Istanbul after four days of negotiations, Pakistan’s information minister said before dawn Wednesday,

The U.S. Evacuated Them from Afghanistan—Then They Got Stuck in the Desert

Some 1,300 Afghans are in limbo at an American camp in Qatar, unable to continue to the U.S. but in danger if they go back home.
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