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Taliban announcement a clear sign girls returning to school
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Schools for all students will open this week, Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Education Ministry announced Monday in the clearest sign yet that girls will be allowed back in school.…READ MORE
Afghanistan world’s unhappiest country, even before Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan is the unhappiest country in the world — even before the Taliban swept to power last August. That’s according to a so-called World Happiness report released ahead of the U.N.-designated International Day of Happiness on Sunday.…READ MORE
UN food agency official alarmed by Afghan food, fuel prices
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An official with the U.N. food agency warned Friday that with Russia’s war in Ukraine taking an increasing toll on the global economy, the ripples of that conflict will further increase food and fuel prices in the desperately poor Afghanistan.…READ MORE