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The rare testimony publicly exposed for the first time the strain and differences the military leaders had with the Biden administration in the final days of the war.

The experts said the the Taliban and al-Qaida remain close, and “the high concentration of terrorist groups” in Afghanistan is undermining security in the region.

Protests were held in Calgary and in other cities around the world  on Sunday demanding action against the Taliban.

One-by-one, 333 refugees stepped through the international gates around 8 a.m. Yaqoobi arrived hours before.

The West Block host Mercedes Stephenson speaks to a former Israeli prime minister, a reporter with The Globe and Mail and the Asia Pacific Foundation.

Veterans trying to access Canada's critical injury benefit say they're being delayed and denied. Some say they've waited more than a year to have their applications processed.

This week marks one year since the Taliban abruptly banned women from universities, making Afghanistan the only country in the world with restrictions on female education.

Seven of ten family members of the Ahmadi family, who spent two years fleeing the Taliban, finally arrived on Vancouver Island on Saturday.

Pakistan’s air force launched retaliatory airstrikes early Thursday in Iran, allegedly targeting militant hideouts, an attack that killed at least nine people.

More than 50 countries are due to hold national elections in 2024, but the number of citizens exercising the right to vote is not unalloyed good news.

Wednesday's attack in Kerman, which targeted a commemoration for an Iranian general slain in a 2020 U.S. drone strike, killed at least 84 people and wounded an additional 284.

The Taliban overthrew a Western-backed government in August 2021, following the retreat of the United States military from its long-time presence in the country.

Immigration policy experts say the Biden administration may be capitulating to hard-right demands for asylum limits and other policy changes in order to get Ukraine aid approved.

The poll comes two years after the United States pulled out of Afghanistan in August 2021 following its 20-year war, and the Taliban returned to power.

As bombs continue to drop over Gaza, thousands of women may be preparing to give birth in a conflict zone, lacking water, food and access to life-saving medicine.

The head of UN Women told the Security Council that increasingly dire Taliban edicts are exacerbating mental health issues and suicidal thoughts, especially among young women.

An estimated 500 people are injured after two earthquakes struck Herat, Afghanistan Saturday, the country's national disaster authority said.

The disaster near Herat, Afghanistan is one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the country in two decades.

A suicide bombing and another blast ripped through two mosques in Pakistan amid events marking the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed, police and health officials said.

If summer is the time of beach reads, thrillers, and escapist fun, the fall and winter is for serious reading. That includes books about music.