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Europe fears Afghan refugee crisis after Taliban takeover

Sunday, 22 August 2021, 07:32 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

From above, the new border wall separating Turkey from Iran looks like a white snake winding through the barren hills. So far it only covers a third of the 540-kilometer (335-mile) border, leaving...

EU warns Taliban it has not recognized their regime

Saturday, 21 August 2021, 17:41 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The European Union’s top officials warned the Taliban on Saturday that the current conversations being held to secure the exit of as many Afghan evacuees as possible do not mean the bloc is...

Historic Rai announcer Nicoletta Orsomando dies

Saturday, 21 August 2021, 17:27 Last update: about 5 years ago

Nicoletta Orsomando, a historic figure on Italian national TV, died today, aged 92, Italian media report. Orsomando was a Rai programme announcer, known as the “signorine buonasera”,...

Europe fears Afghan refugee crisis after Taliban takeover

Saturday, 21 August 2021, 12:25 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

From above, the new border wall separating Turkey from Iran looks like a white snake winding through the barren hills. So far it only covers a third of the 540-kilometer (335-mile) border, leaving...

Tensions over aid grow in Haiti as quake's deaths pass 2,000

Thursday, 19 August 2021, 09:36 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Tensions have been growing over the slow pace of aid reaching victims of a powerful weekend earthquake that killed more than 2,100 people in Haiti and was trailed by a drenching tropical...

Taliban marks Afghan independence as challenges to rule rise

Thursday, 19 August 2021, 09:29 Last update: about 5 years ago

The Taliban celebrated Afghanistan's Independence Day on Thursday by declaring it had beaten "the arrogant of power of the world" in the United States, but challenges to their rule ranging from...

Taliban vow to respect women, despite history of oppression

Wednesday, 18 August 2021, 11:41 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The Taliban vowed Tuesday to respect women's rights, forgive those who fought them and ensure Afghanistan does not become a haven for terrorists as part of a publicity blitz aimed at reassuring world...

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