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  • Former Australian Defence Force soldier Ben Roberts-Smith walks during a break outside the Federal Court of Australia, in Sydney, Australia, May 1, 2025.

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    Former Australian soldier speaks out against allegations of Afghan war crimes

  • Ben Roberts-Smith arrives at the Federal Court of Australia in Sydney, Australia on June 9, 2021. Ben Roberts-Smith is suing three Fairfax newspapers for defamation over reports he committed war crimes while serving in the Australian Special Air Services in Afghanistan.

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    Australia’s most decorated soldier arrested over alleged war crimes

  • Smoke and flames rise from an area hit by airstrikes, in Kabul on March 16, 2026.

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    Afghanistan says Pakistan hit Kabul rehab center killing 408, Islamabad rejects claim

  • An Afghan woman walks out of a cell inside the women's section of the Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 23, 2021.

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    Taliban allows men to beat their wives as long as they don’t break bones or leave open wounds

  • Afghan men gather near a damaged car after an overnight Pakistani airstrike hit a residential area at the Girdi Kas village in Bihsud district, Nangarhar province, on February 22, 2026.

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    Pakistan’s defense minister says latest clashes with Taliban mean ‘open war.’ What’s happening?

  • Residents gather at the site, following the Pakistani airstrikes, in Bihsud district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, February 22, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

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    Afghanistan and Pakistan exchange cross-border strikes in escalating retaliatory attacks

  • Afghan men search for victims after a Pakistani air strike hit a residential area in the Girdi Kas village, Nangarhar province on February 22, 2026.

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    Pakistan launches airstrikes against Afghan-based ‘militants’ it blames for cross-border attacks

  • Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of copper, 22,000 tons, was last year dug out of this crater –– the Muhammad Khel Copper Mine –– and hauled off to China; a nation with a seemingly insatiable appetite for metals and minerals.

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    The US wants these critical minerals, but militants with American weapons stand in the way

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  • President Donald Trump, pictured in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday, has cast doubt on whether the United States' allies would rally to its defense.

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    Trump angers allies with claim NATO troops ‘stayed a little back’ from front lines in Afghanistan

    Jan 23, 2026

  • Afghans walk past as the Taliban demolish the historical Ariana cinema in Kabul on December 18, 2025.

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    Afghanistan’s historic Ariana Cinema torn down to make way for shopping center

    Dec 26, 2025

  • From left: Peter Arnett, Osama bin Laden, Peter Bergen and cameraman Peter Jourvanal pose for a photo in 1997.

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    What Peter Arnett asked Osama bin Laden

    Dec 19, 2025

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