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

British police said they were aware of reports of threats and had a robust policing plan in place ahead of Arsenal's match against Bayern Munich in London on Tuesday night.

The Canadian government is echoing a warning from the U.S. embassy in Russia of an 'imminent terrorism risk' in Moscow over the next 48 hours.

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.

Metropolitan Police Commander Jon Savell said closed-circuit television images showed Abdul Ezedi walking on a bridge over the river but never exiting it.

The bipartisan group of senators who negotiated the deal said the vote was a missed opportunity to try and address one of the most intractable issues in American politics.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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

The new interviews were triggered in part by assertions that the 2021 bombing could have been stopped, which conflict with the Pentagon's conclusion that it was unavoidable.

The suits accuse the government of offering advantages to Ukrainians that were not offered to Afghans hoping to escape the Taliban takeover in 2021.

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.

The mission said in a report it had recorded at least 218 extrajudicial killings with links to the Taliban from their takeover of Afghanistan in mid-2021 up to June.

An adviser at the Higher Education Ministry said universities were ready to readmit female students as soon as Akhundzada gives the order for the ban to be lifted.

Two years ago, the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan when Kabul fell. Now, millions of people are displaced or remain in the country where they likely face poverty and famine.