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          Read the latest news about the extremist group governing Afghanistan after American-led coalition forces withdrew in 2021

          People run for cover after an explosion in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on April 18, 2015. Parwiz/Reuters

          Suicide bomber kills 33 in bloody attack outside Afghan bank

          WorldApril 18, 2015

          Series of talks in Dubai will highlight women

          UAEApril 13, 2015
          Sent to the land that was never theirs: Afghan refugees in Pakistan

          Sent to the land that was never theirs: Afghan refugees in Pakistan

          WorldApril 11, 2015
          A handout photograph showing three schoolgirls at Gatwick Airport in London who are believed to be making their way to Syria to join ISIL. London Metropolitan Police Photo

          ISIL is deploying children for base strategic reasons

          OpinionApril 04, 2015
          U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani arrive for a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington March 24, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

          US to slow troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

          WorldMarch 25, 2015
          In this photograph taken on March 12, 2015, a Sufi Muslim prays at the grave of their leader and his son, who were shot dead during prayers at the Bahaduria Sufi mosque in Kabul. Shah Marai/AFP Photo

          Afghanistan: the slow splintering of a nation

          WorldMarch 24, 2015

          Pakistan army says 80 Taliban militants killed in heavy Khyber clashes

          WorldMarch 22, 2015

          US pullout from Afghanistan hinges on developing forces

          WorldMarch 22, 2015

          Fearing ISIL, Afghanistan’s Shiites seek help from former foes

          WorldMarch 22, 2015

          Seven killed, 41 injured by Taliban truck bomb in Aghanistan

          WorldMarch 18, 2015
          Afghanistan's only known female taxi driver, Sara Bahai, right, drives a customer, in Mazar-i Sharif city, capital of northern Balkh province, Afghanistan. For the sake of her family whom she supports, Ms Bahai risks her life to be a taxi driver. Mustafa Najafizada/AP Photo

          Afghan woman who risks her life to be taxi driver

          WorldMarch 11, 2015
          In this photograph taken on January 13, 2015, Pakistani policemen keep vigil outside the central jail in Karachi where authorities are said to have executed a prisoner. Rizwan Tabassum/AFP Photo

          Pakistan to restart executions for all death row prisoners

          WorldMarch 10, 2015
          Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is among those misinterpreting Islam. (AP)

          How has a religion of beauty been presented as ugly by ISIL?

          OpinionMarch 08, 2015
          Turkish soldiers inspect a damaged vehicle at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on February 26. Rahmat Gul / AP Photo

          2 dead in Kabul attack on Turkish diplomatic vehicle

          WorldFebruary 26, 2015
          To go with AFP story 'Pakistan-unrest-Afghanistan-fashion-Lifestyle' by Issam AHMEDIn this photograph taken on January 29, 2015, Afghan dressmaker Shir Rahim Salimi makes a bridal dress at his shop in Islamabad. With ballgowns, Western-style bridal wear and cocktail dresses, Afghan tailors driven out of their homeland by the Taliban are carving a niche for themselves in Pakistan's capital city. AFP PHOTO / Aamir QURESHI

          Dressmakers bring touch of old Afghanistan to Pakistan

          WorldFebruary 16, 2015
          Pakistani volunteers move an injured worshipper near a Shiite Muslim mosque in Peshawar after an attack by Taliban militants on February 13, 2015. A Majeed/AFP Photo

          Taliban storm Pakistani Shiite mosque, killing at least 20

          WorldFebruary 13, 2015
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