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Taliban take key Afghan district, adding to string of wins
June 21, 2021

Taliban take key Afghan district, adding to string of wins

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban fighters took control of a key district in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province Monday and encircled the provincial capital, police said, as the insurgent group added to its string of recent victories on the battlefield.…READ MORE

AP Interview: Former president says US failed in Afghanistan
June 20, 2021

AP Interview: Former president says US failed in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s former president said Sunday the United States came to his country to fight extremism and bring stability to his war-tortured nation and is leaving nearly 20 years later having failed at both.…READ MORE

Afghanistan running out of oxygen as COVID surge worsens
June 19, 2021

Afghanistan running out of oxygen as COVID surge worsens

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s is racing to ramp up supplies of oxygen as a deadly third surge of COVID-19 worsens, a senior health official told The Associated Press in an interview Saturday.…READ MORE