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Published
August 30, 2022

U.N. warns 6 million Afghans at risk of famine as crises grow

The U.N. humanitarian chief said more than half the Afghan population - some 24 million people - need assistance and close to 19 million are facing acute levels of food insecurity.
Published
August 17, 2022

Bombing at Kabul mosque kills 10, including prominent cleric

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the latest to strike the country in the year since the Taliban seized power.
Published
August 1, 2022

Drone strike on al-Qaida leader delivered ‘justice,’ Biden says

Al-Zawahri and the better-known Osama bin Laden carried out the deadliest attack ever on American soil — the Sept. 11 suicide hijackings.
Published
June 23, 2022

Afghans bury dead, dig for survivors of devastating quake

The quake took the lives of 1,000 people, according to the state-run Bakhtar News Agency, which also reported an estimated 1,500 more were injured.
Published
June 22, 2022

Afghanistan earthquake, deadliest in decades, kills at least 1,000 people

The disaster inflicted by the 6.1-magnitude quake heaps more misery on a country where millions face increasing hunger and poverty and the health system has been crumbling since the Taliban retook power nearly 10 months ago.

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Published
February 17, 2022

Fear runs through Afghanistan’s ‘hazardous’ media landscape

Journalists in the Taliban-ruled country say they operate in a climate of fear and uncertainty
Published
February 4, 2022

Kabul airport attack involved single bomb with ‘disturbing lethality,’ Pentagon inquiry finds

The suicide bombing killed 13 U.S. troops and an estimated 170 Afghans outside Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 26.
Published
January 5, 2022

Maine Voices: Afghan allies with Maine ties have been left for dead – now what?

We dishonor our troops’ sacrifices when we leave behind those who served alongside them – please urge Maine’s delegation to back humanitarian entry.
Published
November 7, 2021

New Portland VA clinic poised to serve Maine veterans for decades to come

The $64 million Veterans Administration outpatient clinic on West Commercial Street is set to open in January.
Published
November 5, 2021

A rebel, a bureaucrat: The women who stayed in Afghanistan

Many have fled the country in response to the Taliban takeover, fearing a return to the brutal repression that marked the group’s previous rule in the late 1990s.