CNW/ - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on National Flag of Canada Day: "Sixty years ago today, the Canadian flag was raised for the first time on Parliament ...

President Donald Trump issued executive orders that put an end to programs used to help Afghans get to safety in America.

Following a deadly ambush on a Pakistan convoy bringing supplies to Kurram, a region bordering Afghanistan , social media posts falsely claimed a photo showed residents burning the Pakistani flag. The ...

Ahmad Habibzi pauses to pray at the top of the halfpipe hill on a mountain at the Yabuli Ski Resort in northeastern China.

Taliban officials have a plan to turn one of the country’s most remote corners into a global trade hub by linking the Afghan ...

"Since childhood, I dreamt of representing Afghanistan, and looking back now, I am proud to have played a part in raising our nation's flag on the international stage." Throughout his ...

Since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 2021, the fundamentalist group has banned education for women and girls post-primary school. Women cannot go to parks, and beauty salons and ...

Tooba Khan's life changed forever when Afghanistan fell back into the hands ... "We were in the darkness … but the Catherine call was a small light to the darkness," said Ms Yosofzai.

More than three years after fleeing Afghanistan as the Taliban swept to power, a women's team of refugee cricketers will play an exhibition match in Melbourne on Thursday, hoping it will be a ...

Female Afghan cricketer Firooza Amiri declares that her team will represent millions of women in Afghanistan who are denied their rights. The Afghanistan Women's XI will face a Cricket Without ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Cricketer Firooza Amiri says her team will “represent millions of women in Afghanistan who are denied their rights” when the side reunites after more than three ...

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