KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — When the Taliban swept into power, they found Afghanistan’s economy fast approaching the brink and were faced with harrowing predictions of growing poverty and hunger. So they ordered the financial managers of the collapsed former government back to work, with an urgent directive: Do your jobs, because we can’t.

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The economy on the brink, Taliban rely on former technocrats

The acting inspector general of the State Department is launching a number of inquiries into the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S.'s withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to a notification sent to Congress and obtained by The Hill. 



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State watchdog to launch review of Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal

The State Department on Monday said the U.S. would not be taking part in talks on Afghanistan being held by Russia this week, citing logistical reasons.



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US to skip Russia-organized talks on Afghanistan

(Last Updated On: October 19, 2021)A meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) was held on Monday at the Presidential Palace in Kabul under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, Zabiullah Mujahid, the deputy minister of information and culture said in a statement. The meeting was […]

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IEA Council of Ministers meet to discuss numerous issues

Kabul [Afghanistan], October 19 (ANI): The Journalists Association has called on the international organizations which stand for freedom of media to support and back Afghanistan's media, saying that there is a lack of access to information despite the introduction of spokespersons to the government departments.

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Afghan journalists concerned over information dearth under Taliban regime

There are about 130 children at the orphanage which has operated for more than a decade.

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In Pictures: A Kabul orphanage struggling to feed its children

HILLSBOROUGH CO., Fla. (WFLA) -- A gifted woodcarver from New Hampshire is honoring the 13 U.S. service members killed in Kabul in August the best way he knows how.He's delivering a handmade wooden cross to each of the families that lost a loved one in the attack, including one in the Tampa Bay area.Stephen Wing doesn't know any of these families. He's already made his way to Tennessee and North Carolina to meet with some.

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Woodcarver honoring 13 killed in Kabul, visits Tampa Bay mother of fallen solider

Britain’s envoy warned repeatedly that the Taliban would seize Kabul quickly

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Dominic Raab was warned that Kabul would fall quickly

WASHINGTON - The United States said on Sunday that talks in the first face-to-face meeting between senior U.S. and Taliban officials since the hardline group retook power in Afghanistan in August were "candid and professional". But the U.S. side reiterated that the Taliban would be judged on its actions, not only its words. A State Department statement said the U.S. delegation in the

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Taliban will be judged on deeds, says U.S., after 'candid and professional' talks

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