Taliban soldiers are patrolling the streets of the Afghan capital, Kabul, as dozens of governments called for calm to allow for the departure of hundreds of foreign nationals and Afghans seeking to leave the country after the militants toppled the Western-backed government over the weekend.
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Just weeks away from completing its military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the United States is sending thousands of combat troops back to Kabul in a last-ditch attempt to move diplomatic personnel and Afghan allies out of harm's way.
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The United Nations has warned that civilian deaths and injuries in Afghanistan sharply increased in the first half of 2021, setting the war-ravaged country on course to witness the highest ever number of civilian casualties in a single year.
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About 500 kilometers northwest of Kabul, in the town of Nakarabad, 24-year-old Shukria sews to save lives. She produces about 100 masks a day—masks that serve the 1,700 people in her hometown, covering a shortage of this simple yet lifesaving piece of equipment.
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In Afghanistan's Herat province, medical facilities have done their best to cope with the influx of COVID-19 patients, but power outages have made it challenging to provide adequate treatment.
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