"Peace negotiations should be among Afghans and for Afghans," Agha told CNN.
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Now Afghans are talking to Afghans, the prospect of a real US withdrawal timetable emerges.
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Two million undocumented Afghans and a million Afghans with refugee status already lived in Iran.
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We saw some heroism from some Afghans and there were obviously some Afghans who underperformed.
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He said many Afghans were realizing that "a single fixed formula prescribed by one foreign power will not help Afghans attain peace".
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In one sign of tension between the communities, Yazidis accuse Afghans of stealing their belongings, while Afghans make the same claim of Iranians.
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This year, Norway has sent back 442 Afghans, more than half of them forcibly, while Germany has returned 2,900 Afghans, nearly all voluntarily.
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Selin Unal, UNHCR spokeswoman in Turkey, said the most vulnerable, including Afghans, still received interviews, adding that close to 500 Afghans had been interviewed last year.
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We criticized Pakistan for engaging in a toxic campaign of deportation threats and police abuses against Afghans, justified by claims that Afghans as a whole are dangerous.
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Afghans have charged that they are responsible for attacks that left many civilians dead and use brutal tactics that have turned large swaths of Afghans against the forces.
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Despite the security problems, many Afghans appreciate Ghani's anti-corruption policies, opening of economic corridors with regional powers, and appointing of young and educated Afghans in top government positions.
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Like many Afghans, after decades of foreign involvement and war, he is caught between the limited help outsiders want to give Afghans, and the bigger assistance they yearn for.
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"We should not forget that the victims of war are Afghans, so the initiative of peace should be in the hand of Afghans," Mr. Ghani said in his address.
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Roughly 220 percent of all Afghans want to leave their country, according to a recent Gallup poll, and more than 215,22015 Afghans are expected to head for Europe this year.
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"The United States shares the aspirations of all Afghans for a peaceful Afghanistan where all Afghans see themselves included," Mr. Khalilzad said in a statement, which did not acknowledge the meeting.
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"They never make a show of the Iranian fighters who die in Syria, only the Afghans," said Murtaza, who claimed to have seen graves of hundreds of Afghans killed in Syria in Qom.
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Afghans who took huge risks to help Americans deserve better.
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It was later controlled by the Afghans and the Mughals.
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Abdullah called on Afghans to support the current administration instead.
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"We Afghans, we do not forget our friends," Aziz said.
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For many Afghans, the Taliban are not to be trusted.
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So Afghans have to play their "home" matches in India.
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FIRST CAME THE Burmese, then the Afghans and the Africans.
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Meanwhile, ordinary Afghans see little improvement in their daily lives.
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Police said another man was caught Saturday transporting 10 Afghans.
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Only that realisation will end the suffering of ordinary Afghans.
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The UK does not issue visas to Afghans in Kabul.
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Fights between Syrians and Afghans have begun to break out.
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In early April they caught 23 Afghans near the border.
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Afghans are the largest national group seeking asylum in Austria.
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He could not understand why the Europeans didn't want Afghans.
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Afghans are not a particularly large group living in Elizabeth.
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The conflict displaced 600,000 Afghans, adding to the refugee crisis.
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Like many Afghans, the police commander has only one name.
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Many Afghans have fought valiantly with us and for us.
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Ordinary Afghans want the fighting to stop, whatever it takes.
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The Taliban have told Afghans to boycott the upcoming polls.
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The snipers are usually Russians, Chechens or Afghans, he said.
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None of the Afghans seemed to be armed at all.
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The overwhelming majority of them were Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans.
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Most of those arrested Monday were Afghans, Pakistanis and Moroccans.
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It was much worse for Afghans in Iran, he said.
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At the immigration office, Africans, Bangladeshis and Afghans loitered outside.
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The fourth problem will be internal strains among the Afghans.
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Afghans are thankful for the current diplomatic mission to Kabul.
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His remarks not only disappointed US allies, but also Afghans.
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Ghani called the allegations "shocking and unacceptable to all Afghans".
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We train the Afghans to operate by the same standard.
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They should learn to leave Afghans and their mountains alone.
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But Afghans say they are hassled by police for carrying the expired cards, and members of the estimated one million Afghans who are still unregistered also face difficulties with the authorities, aid workers say.
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For ordinary Afghans caught between warring sides, life is quickly deteriorating.
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Some Afghans calling for Americans to be tried in Afghan courts.
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For Afghans, 1,85003 were killed, 2,246 were wounded and 1,004 kidnapped.
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For Afghans, 28500,6900 were killed, 2628,28503 were wounded and 22020,004 kidnapped.
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Over 1.2m Afghans have quit their homes to flee the fighting.
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Many Afghans sold stuff to and built things for the foreigners.
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Many Afghans believe the vote may not take place on time.
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RZ: They're locals, but they're not just Afghans; they're also Pakistanis.
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The Blue Mosque is an open-air space that Afghans treasure.
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Millions of Afghans have been displaced by the ongoing war there.
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Like most Afghans, Mr. Nasim does not speak or understand Arabic.
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Since November only Iraqis, Afghans and Syrians have been allowed through.
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Afghans, meanwhile, took advantage of Western forces to settle personal vendettas.
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Today, they provide 2628 percent of coalition forces aiding the Afghans.
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Last year, some 60,000 Afghans voluntarily returned home, Okoth-Obbo said.
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A few thousand Afghans became absurdly rich on the U.S. presence.
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After returning home, they retained a close relationship with the Afghans.
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Several countries are trying to dissuade Afghans from making the journey.
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Afghans complain of being pushed to the end of the line.
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Some Afghans believe the border closure is intended to punish them.
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The Americans were there to train, advise and assist the Afghans.
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Campbell, who was in Kabul, was not happy with the Afghans.
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Afghans have quickly shot to the top ranks of the sport.
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Most Afghans, Lamb points out, did not even know his name.
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And, anyway, the acts were not committed by Pashtuns or Afghans.
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Afghans would welcome any agreement that brings improved security and governance.
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The Pakistani authorities have been cracking down on undocumented Afghans refugees.
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Some 3,300 Afghans returned home of their own volition last year.
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He could not understand why Afghans no longer qualified as refugees.
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Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis accounted for more than half the applications.
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"They share these oppressive views and values," Trump said of Afghans.
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We don't want a peace in which Afghans wouldn't have dignity.
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In emails, Iraqis and Afghans have offered us their own views.
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More than two generations of Afghans have seen nothing but war.
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"If Taliban want peace they should stop killing Afghans," Rahmani said.
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But the Afghans have reason to fear they will be abandoned.
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And many Afghans fled, becoming refugees in countries near and far.
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Generally, over 80 percent of Afghans have access to a radio.
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They were not alarmed by the Afghans, and they began talking.
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Afghans visit to conduct business, receive medical care and see family.
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For many ordinary Afghans, it's a frustrating case of déjà vu.
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Nasima's memories of that day are harrowing, yet common among Afghans.
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"My fellow Afghans will soon celebrate this historic agreement," Haqqani wrote.
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Kidnapping of foreigners and Afghans for extortion is common in Afghanistan.
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Robert Bales, who pleaded guilty to killing 16 Afghans in 2012.
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" Continued Nicholson, "You don't need to keep killing your fellow Afghans.
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Afghans came during their country's civil war and the Taliban period.
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Undocumented Afghans are routinely rounded up in the country and deported.
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After nearly 40 years, Afghans are tired of the war, too.
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Afghans are the second-largest group of refugees worldwide, after Syrians.
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More than 70 percent of Afghans fear for their personal safety.
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She needed happy, normal Afghans, she explained, living happy, normal lives.
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One through line is the mutual incomprehension between Americans and Afghans.
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It's not as if the Taliban are just crushing the Afghans.
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In his annual message ahead of next week's Eid al-Fitr holiday, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada sought to reassure Afghans that the Taliban wanted an end to decades of conflict and a government that represented all Afghans.
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Many will join the estimated 1.5 million Afghans already displaced from their own homes by the country's spiraling conflict, which killed and maimed more Afghans in 2016 than any other year since records began in 2009.
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Bismillah Taban, the police of chief of the district where the attack happened, said six Afghans and a British citizen were killed in the attack, and 20093 others — 11 Nepalese, 11 Afghans, and 5 British — were wounded.
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Many Afghans complain about being asked to defray distant relatives' wedding costs.
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But there are Afghans who refuse to trust the Taliban's new stance.
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He believes that around 70% of Afghans live in government-held areas.
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Only about 60% of Afghans live in areas controlled by the government.
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Afghans hang out in iCafe, which caters to young men and women.
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Abed's comedy show has helped many Afghans find some relief in humor.
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There were four Afghans that were wounded that were evacuated as well.
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Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis made up 64 percent of those granted protection.
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There are currently about 2130 million Afghans in Iran, Afghan officials said.
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"Afghans are used to war, but they're tired of it," he says.
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"The bulk of the fight is done by the Afghans," he said.
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These included Afghans who had fought in Syria under Qods Force commanders.
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By the end of last year 1.5m Afghans were living in Pakistan.
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Yet practically no one appears willing to speak on the Afghans' behalf.
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I don't think anybody spoke to ordinary Afghans about what they wanted.
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It was a Sunday, and several Afghans were gathered in one bedroom.
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Yes, Afghans must decide what type of society they are striving for.
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In this calm, traditional setting, Afghans could now discover their own history.
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As the recent, fleeting truce with the Taliban showed, Afghans crave peace.
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Afghans, Iraqis and Pakistanis would be deported to their countries, he said.
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They might find that instead, Afghans are more than willing to share.
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It's the first time Afghans have made an agreement of this nature.
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Most Afghans despise the Salafist jihadists, whom they view as barbarous foreigners.
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One photographer set out to capture the makeshift prosthetics some Afghans use.
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And the voices of those Afghans are notably underrepresented in the debate.
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Perhaps we would have been better off helping Afghans achieve Afghan justice.
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Afghans returning from Iran crossing into Afghanistan at Islam Qala on Sunday.
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Some estimates put the number of Afghans killed in Syria around 600.
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He and his network are behind ruthless attacks against Afghans and foreigners.
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Result: As of 23.5, more than three in five Afghans remained illiterate.
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Smugglers showed up in cars, and Wafa and the Afghans jumped in.
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The United States said it wouldn't work with any refugees except Afghans.
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The shortfall, he said, was in those training and advising the Afghans.
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But he stressed that peace terms are for the Afghans to decide.
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"resented not only the Taliban and enemy insurgents, but Afghans in general."
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The groups said that about 60 Afghans were taken away on Monday.
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It is time for Afghans to take responsibility for their own future.
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Back then nearly 60 percent of Afghans were positive about their future.
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As hours passed, the Afghans descended slowly, bearing bodies wrapped in sheets.
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The Afghans are a very resilient people, they will find some accommodation.
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More than 700,000 undocumented Afghans have returned from Iran this year as the Iranian economy tightens, according to data from the U.N.'s migration agency, and Iranian media said some Afghans were seeking to enter Turkey to reach Europe.
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Some 2.9m Syrians and hundreds of thousands of Afghans and Iraqis live there.
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ISIS FM was for months how the militants reached out to local Afghans.
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But but but ... Compare that to Afghans ($22,000), Nepalis ($25,000) and Laotians ($32,000).
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Whoever is in charge in Kabul, ordinary Afghans may face more turbulent times.
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Flashman was found unconscious, draped in the flag and surrounded by dead Afghans.
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Any talks with the Taliban will be led by the Afghans, he said.
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Afghans were the second largest group of asylum-seekers in Europe after Syrians.
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One of these small businesses was a boot factory that employed 300 Afghans.
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In 2015, 163,000 asylum-seekers, mostly Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis, reached the country.
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Afghans voiced outrage over the girl's killing in hundreds of social media posts.
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Unregistered Afghans had become a major security issue for the government, he added.
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More recently young Afghans there have reportedly been pressured to fight in Syria.
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Many Afghans have long considered their southern neighbour to be a destabilising force.
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The Taliban had to hope the Afghans wouldn't be ready, and just wait.
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America's odd policy toward Pakistan is a source of major frustration among Afghans.
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The Afghans are suffering losses that American commanders warn are unsustainable (see table).
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The deteriorating security situation is a major factor behind the exodus of Afghans.
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The N.D.S., with a documented history of torture, is feared by most Afghans.
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Taliban and Islamic State fighters killed 211 Afghans and wounded 1,437 between Jan.
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Beyond the counterinsurgency failures, many Afghans remain resistant to ideas imposed by foreigners.
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The more Afghans discuss their political future, the more realistic political negotiations become.
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Arabs, Kurds, Afghans, and countless others were proud to call themselves our friends.
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Sometimes she seems to know the Afghan law better than the Afghans themselves.
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Until recently, Afghans and Syrians were among the groups considered eligible for asylum.
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The other two programs—one for Iraqis and another for Afghans—are temporary.
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For three days, Afghans were united and elated by the possibility of peace.
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Humanitarian-aid access is needed to build trust among aggrieved Afghans, they say.
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Germany topped the list of most deportations last year, sending back 3,440 Afghans.
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The Taliban had agreed to attend, but the Americans and Afghans had refused.
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Success here will put Afghans in a much stronger position to defeat ISIS.
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Yet thousands of Afghans perish, and life is made miserable for the remainder.
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All Afghans, they were the first migrants sentenced for illegal entry since 2014.
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At that point, in 1996, many Afghans thought they had found their saviors.
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The Afghans and the Kenyans didn't just want help with the Trump administration.
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But the Afghans' struggle against extremism continues even when we may be distracted.
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They included 268,866 applications from Syrians, 127,892 from Afghans and 97,162 from Iraqis.
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The scale of the Taliban's recent offensive also has left many Afghans wary.
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Votel said the upped U.S. presence will help the Afghans become better fighters.
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I encourage the Taliban to demonstrate their concern for Afghans by respecting it.
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Still, 2023,000 coalition military personnel and 25,000 civilian contractors support the Afghans' efforts.
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On the same day, Afghans deported from Austria and Sweden entered Kabul's airport.
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What's more, labs can be replaced almost instantly, Afghans on the ground reported.
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On social media, the dominant sentiment among young Afghans is one of solidarity.
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The Taliban declared the vote illegitimate and told Afghans to stay at home.
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It estimated 2.2 million Afghans would be affected by the drought this year.
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When Trump announced that he was scuttling the talks, many Afghans were relieved.
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Last year, just under half of Afghans said they had confidence in Ghani.
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Of the 47 Mi-17s assigned to the Afghans, only 20 are operational.
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Snapshot: Above, Afghans mourning victims of an airstrike in Baghlan Province on Tuesday.
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Snapshot: Above, Afghans mourning victims of an airstrike in Baghlan Province on Tuesday.
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Those challenges have left many Afghans skeptical of what new commissioners can do.
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Only 12% of Syrian refugees live in the West and just 7% of Afghans.
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Macedonia recently banned Afghans from entering the country and increased checks for other nationalities.
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"There are no more resilient people on Earth," U.N. Representative Lanzer said about Afghans.
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Most were Afghans and none had requested asylum in Greece, a government official said.
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The US Institute of Peace estimates that 89% of urban Afghans own a television.
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Following the poll, the Taliban issued a statement thanking Afghans who did not vote.
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Yet Afghans are not convinced that a thoughtful deal is what they will get.
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But it also holds a dangerous warning for what happens when Afghans turn inward.
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Only after, with its leverage increased, would the group then negotiate with other Afghans.
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They are surrounded by Afghans, who make up the majority of the camp's population.
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Because these are the main "Afghans" we see and hear from in the movie.
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I wasn't sure if "we" meant Muslims, Afghans, or both, but I accepted it.
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But there are more than 15,000 Afghans at some stage in the application process.
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He was born in Iran, but his parents were Afghans living there without papers.
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So far this year, Sweden has rejected four of five Afghans' applications for asylum.
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"The Intercontinental has been a major place where Afghans themselves meet," said Felbab-Brown.
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Housing for Afghans became more expensive -- some rents have now dropped by almost half.
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A lot of Afghans thought it was British revenge for defeats at that time.
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Most were Pakistanis and Afghans; a few came from Bangladesh, Ivory Coast and Congo.
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Around 1,200 Afghans are said to be on death row, many for drug offences.
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If there's one thing it's that most people—Afghans, Syrians, Iraqis—just want peace.
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Many Afghans are getting the message that they are no longer wanted in Pakistan.
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They decided that the Americans and the Afghans would move into Kunduz that night.
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Such practices damage government legitimacy and give disaffected Afghans reason to support the Taliban.
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He is raising funds on Kickstarter to turn "The Afghans" into a photo book.
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Thousands of Afghans have been made jobless as bases and assistance programs have closed.
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The detainees sent to the United Arab Emirates included 20093 Yemenis and three Afghans.
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But what kind of settlement, and which Afghans will have a say in it?
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Mr. Simpson wrote that Pakistan was now on a mission to repatriate all Afghans.
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In desperation, Khamenei is also now attempting to send thousands of Afghans to Syria.
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"We've already seen change — some upper-middle-class Afghans are getting interested," he said.
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The three people who drowned were Afghans, humanitarian groups working in the area said.
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No doubt "Kael Weston" is another such name preserved among both Iraqis and Afghans.
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The chaos has led many Afghans to raise questions about a common Afghan identity.
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At least six Afghans and a British citizen were killed and 27 were wounded.
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Afghans will elect a president just as a wobbly peace agreement lurches into view.
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The Afghans formed a protective circle around the women and children in their group.
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Afghans have fought in Damascus, Hama, Lattakia, Deir al-Zor, Homs, Palmyra and Aleppo.
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But for millions of Afghans like me, a reduction in violence is not enough.
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This would pave the way for negotiations among Afghans for a comprehensive peace agreement.
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We have orphans, we have widows -- if people from government die they are Afghans.
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Meanwhile, the Afghans have come to view Saudi Arabia as both friend and foe.
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Currently, advisers are mainly working with Afghans at the command level of army corps.
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Two million Afghans took refuge in Iran during the Soviet invasion in the 1980s.
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Once it is entirely fulfilled, Afghans will see the departure of all foreign troops.
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First, the US are handing off the baton of peace talks to the Afghans.
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Do they see the Afghan government and other Afghans as equals as negotiating partners?
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But for Afghans, it would be the beginning of a long and difficult challenge.
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Iranians, Russians, Afghans were the biggest buyers of Turkish properties following Iraqis, it said.
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Each day, Afghans are killed by suicide blasts, roadside bombs, checkpoint ambushes and airstrikes.
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Background reading: Afghans have endured four decades of conflict, with little prospect of peace.
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Many Afghans fear that insurgents will attack polling sites when voting begins on Sept.
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To many Afghans, the group's name or differences from the Taliban are barely noteworthy.
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Five Afghans, including two United Nations local staff, were slightly wounded in the attack.
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While victory was heavily due to US intelligence and military support, Afghans significantly sacrificed.
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We have orphans, we have widows -- if people from government die, they are Afghans.
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At some point, the Afghans must stand on their own feet and defend themselves.
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Decades of conflict, poverty and neglect prevents many disabled Afghans from reaching their goals.
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There was some truth to that, but the problem was not limited to Afghans.
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In addition, 61 percent of all Afghans are satisfied with democracy in their country.
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The new commanders proposed shifting forces downstream, closer to cities where more Afghans lived.
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Details: Gallup's survey reveals that conflict within the country has devastated Afghans' daily lives.
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Afghans are now bracing for a fresh round of Taliban violence, AP reported Monday.
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Afghans on social media were critical of the delegation, questioning whether they represented Afghanistan.
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Although some of these Afghans may support the foreign forces' cause and dislike the Taliban, many of these Afghans have taken such jobs simply to earn a living and support their families in a country at war with a dearth of economic opportunity.
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Afghans stoically observe other nations talking about billions spent on defense, development and diplomacy in Afghanistan, while they fail to acknowledge the Afghans who sacrifice their lives and put their families in danger so that others can live in a safer world.
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On average, the Afghans surveyed by UNHCR had been on the road for 65 days.
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He would sit down with the Taliban and persuade them to talk to the Afghans.
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Several times, Afghans have lined up in their finest clothes to vote in national elections.
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Syrians fleeing civil war were the largest group, numbering nearly 363,000, followed by 178,200 Afghans.
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Some Afghans have joined existing teams, which typically have large contingents from the Asian subcontinent.
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Nooruddin, who like many Afghans has one name, says all of those killed were civilians.
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Most Afghans are Sunni Muslims, but the Hazara people adopted Shiism from the Safavid Persians.
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The United States funds a lot scholarships for Afghans to study, including many for women.
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At least 126,000 Afghans have been forced to flee their homes, the United Nations says.
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Amnesty said displaced Afghans lacked proper shelter, food, water, access to healthcare, employment and education.
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Many Afghans have lived in Pakistan for decades and contribute significantly to its labour force.
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Many Afghans seek what they see as superior medical care and university education in India.
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About 3 million of them are Afghans, many from the ethnically Hazara, religiously Shia minority.
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The Afghans were having a civil war in 22011 when we first went in there.
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Why it matters: Without progress among Afghans, the U.S. cannot achieve its core counterterrorism objectives.
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Nearly 200,000 Afghans also applied, more than four times the number of applications in 2014.
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"What's important to understand is that is the Afghans' fight," White said in the briefing.
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It claims the country has demonstrated generosity in hosting the Afghans despite its economic limitations.
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Her arrest appeared to be part of a Pakistani crackdown on Afghans carrying illegal IDs.
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He said he hoped the show in Washington would validate Afghans' traditions and cultural achievements.
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Afghans made up 27 percent of the total and Iraqis about 8 percent, it said.
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He also stressed the terms of peace in Afghanistan are for the Afghans to decide.
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Fear and despair are gripping Afghans after 17 years of war and unending political crises.
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Thousands of Afghans who unsuccessfully seek sanctuary in Europe are routinely returned against their will.
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"Peace must be decided by the Afghans and settled among them," Mr. Pompeo said Monday.
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The renewed violence spread fear among Afghans that the war would continue with little respite.
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The explosion targeted Le Jardin, a popular French restaurant frequented by wealthy Afghans and foreigners.
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It would be up to negotiations among Afghans themselves to agree a settlement, he said.
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Many Afghans are nervous that America, in its haste to leave, will shred those interests.
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When the Marines handed over responsibility for Sangin to the Afghans, similarly high casualties resulted.
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On this issue, the clerics, analysts, and authoritative Afghans make decisions in its right time.
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That includes 1,632 Afghans, according to the Refugee Admissions Program and the Refugee Processing Center.
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But by 22003 they feared their program was encouraging talented Afghans to leave the country.
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That would be an outcome that Americans, Afghans and Pakistanis can all root for together.
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And some Afghans fight with foreign forces in combat as interpreters, translators and cultural advisers.
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Like many Afghans, especially in the countryside, he was not born with a last name.
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He and hundreds of other young Afghans fought under the orders of the Revolutionary Guard.
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A majority of the Afghans who fought with him in Syria have stayed in Iran.
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It is important that all Afghans demonstrate national unity in support of the peace process.
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If current trends continue, however, within a decade, hundreds of thousands more Afghans could die.
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In rural areas, about 75 percent of Afghans depend on the radio to get information.
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Pickup trucks arrived, and Wafa and somewhere around 35 other Afghans piled into the back.
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The Afghans moved through an endless series of safe houses and, once, a cow barn.
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The project, which could have provided jobs to thousands of young Afghans, never took off.
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About 2.4 million displaced Afghans have returned to Afghanistan since 2014, according to U.N. estimates.
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My response to such concerns is that it will depend on a consensus among Afghans.
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Currently, advisers are working with Afghans mostly at the command level of the army corps.
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Have no doubt Afghans will defend themselves and the globe from the danger of terrorism.
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Nicholson assured the Afghans on Sunday that the U.S. commitment to the country will continue.
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Afghans are the second largest group of refugees and migrants arriving in Europe behind Syrians.
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Afghans have been trained to maintain and repair aircraft, and to assemble and load munitions.
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First Class Debra Richardson, adding that the Afghans had been targeting a Taliban operations center.
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Amnesty said displaced Afghans lacked proper shelter, food, water, access to healthcare, employment, and education.
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The women were allowed to come and go from their cells, which smelled of Renuzit air freshener and were blanketed in handmade afghans, for privacy and probably so as to make use of these afghans, which they churned out on the oily axle of time.
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Even if one emerges, it will have little bearing on the roughly 100,000 Afghans in the United States, many of whom are refugees from this long war and pose no unusual threat; attacks by Afghans appear no more common than those from any other group.
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The question of whether Beijing can bring it around looms heavily in the minds of Afghans.
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But Prince in recent months has revived that pitch by directly marketing it to influential Afghans.
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Our troops are being killed by the Afghans we train and we waste billions there. Nonsense!
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"Everyone knows Afghans are escaping war," he said, and refused to entertain the thought of deportation.
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Armed with assault rifles, the Afghans peered cautiously from beneath their helmets at the ridges above.
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The Americans moved quietly, equipment strapped to their sides to reduce noise, the Afghans less so.
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Pupils range from poorer Afghans on scholarships to the sons and daughters of the country's elite.
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The Navy investigators also interviewed several Afghans and Navy personnel who described some of the abuses.
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In the Middle East, US wars and sanctions have displaced millions of Iraqis, Afghans, and Syrians.
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The passengers were all Iraqi Kurds, aside from the smugglers, who were believed to be Afghans.
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If ordinary Afghans see the state as predatory, they will not defend it against the Taliban.
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If Afghans care to establish a stable democracy, they must take control of their own destiny.
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Some Afghans and Arabs who fought the Soviet Union during 1980s received funding from Islamic banks.
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Hundreds of thousands of Afghans, mostly young adults, have fled the country for Europe and elsewhere.
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In 2013 the UNHCR's Turkish office suspended asylum applications from Afghans, citing a backlog of cases.
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A newly inked agreement between Turkey and the EU has left Afghans out in the cold.
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More Afghans have hope in their future, and so much of that is because of you.
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There are approximately 1.5 million displaced Afghans in Pakistan who hold Pakistani proof of residency cards.
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Some 5.8 million Afghans have voluntarily returned to Afghanistan since 2002 under a UNHCR repatriation program.
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Yet, Afghans now have far more educational opportunities and resources than they had a decade ago.
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The Taliban have urged Afghans to boycott the vote and said polling stations would be targets.
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It can take months for Afghans just to begin the uncertain asylum process through Greek channels.
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"Since August of 2017, 5,600 Afghans have died fighting the Taliban and ISIS," he told Bolduan.
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Its scale and the international community's dismissive attitude toward the plight of vulnerable Afghans is shameful.
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Afghans sent to the U.S. for training have a tendency to go AWOL or seek asylum.
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"I don't know, it's just Afghans at the moment," he said, urging her to hurry up.
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The program provides visas to Afghans who assisted U.S. troops and diplomats during the Afghanistan War.
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However, that hasn't stopped Afghans from attempting to erase, quite literally, the unwanted reminders of conflict.
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Several million Afghans have migrated or displaced, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
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Last year Afghans made up the second largest group of refugees coming to Europe, behind Syrians.
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The annual defense policy bill would provide 6900,2628 more visas for Afghans who helped U.S. troops.
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A spokeswoman for the C.I.A. would not comment, nor would Afghans directly involved with the forces.
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The possibility of a peace deal has inspired waves of enthusiasm and hope among many Afghans.
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"The Europeans like free food even more than us Afghans," Mr. Aslami said with a laugh.
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Distraught and angry Afghans are asking why the government cannot protect its own heavily militarized capital.
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Coronavirus poses a mortal threat and requires Afghans to put their country, and its people, first.
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But he returned quickly to criticizing the domineering control of "Punjabis," as Afghans disparagingly call Pakistanis.
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Opinion BAMIAN, Afghanistan — War and poverty have scattered Afghans across the globe like pieces of shrapnel.
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Today, over 27.5 million Afghans — more than half of the country's population — are younger than 25.
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To many Afghans, it appeared more than paradoxical to celebrate an alleged independence under such circumstances.
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The smugglers took Wafa and the Afghans to the edge of a massive forest in Turkey.
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Afghans, far from being particularly interested in joining a "community of nations," simply want to survive.
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For millions of Afghans, the deal represents some hope for an end to years of bloodshed.
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Turkey hosts some 3.7 million Syrian refugees, in addition to Afghans, Iranians, and Moroccans among others.
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The president spoke of giving Afghans tools to develop their economy, something Mr. Biden did not.
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While refugees from Iraq or Syria are regularly granted asylum, more and more Afghans face deportation.
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For many Afghans in Europe, it is very clear that their government has sold them out.
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The international force assisting the Afghans has about 13,20093 troops, of whom about 8,400 are American.
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General Nicholson told Congress the shortfall was mainly in forces for training and advising the Afghans.
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"Afghans will never forget his services for this country," said Rahimullah Samandar, a civil society activist.
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Ten thousand Afghans have applied for the special immigration visas, but only 3,500 visas remain available.
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Of immediate concern, the United Nations just reported one-third of Afghans need urgent humanitarian aid.
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Warring Afghans in pursuit of peace would do well to keep donors and capitalists in mind.
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Some aviation experts say the Afghans will rely on American maintenance and other support for years.
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At the same time, American military officials have been warning that the Afghans remain dangerously unprepared.
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Greek officials said the 52 migrants arrested from Monday to Tuesday included Syrians, Afghans and Iranians.
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"We'll partner at whatever level has the most return on investment for the Afghans," he said.
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But many Afghans are concerned that the Americans might be too eager to strike a deal.
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Tens of thousands of Afghans have died since the American-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
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I think that the Afghans will survive, but the Taliban, they live there, that's their home.
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The death of an American soldier in a car bombing last week was the reason Mr. Trump cited for abruptly ending the talks, but some Afghans were skeptical that one U.S. fatality could have upended the process when the deaths of thousands of Afghans had not.
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Afghans, however, make up only a small portion of that group, though their numbers have been rising.
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Even as the U.S. has increased troop numbers and expanded programs to train and advise the Afghans.
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While the overwhelming majority of victims are Afghans, some foreigners have also been taken in recent years.
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Yet millions of Afghans have defied Taliban threats and waited, often for hours, to cast their votes.
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Diplomats say ISIS pays salaries sometimes triple what the Taliban offer, making it attractive to impoverished Afghans.
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Young Afghans hang out in the latest trendy cafe on the main street of Shahre Naw neighborhood.
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But if it ends the invasion and helps all foreign forces to withdraw, Afghans will welcome that.
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"The statement was embarrassing and an insult to all Afghans," said Shakib Noori, a Kabul-based entrepreneur.
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Images of Afghans, Iraqis or Syrians being removed against their will could lead to an international outcry.
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Money is an important enticement to Afghans, 40% of whom are unemployed, according to the United Nations.
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"It's always Afghans that are harmed and get killed, rather than who the attacker wants to target."
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In 2013, around 60 percent of Afghans seeking asylum in Sweden were successful, Migration Agency data shows.
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Two stories stick out of Afghans who are not where the West told them they would be.
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Western fatigue with the horrors their troops saw, and with the violence inflicted daily on Afghans themselves.
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"When I first arrived, in late 22014, there was a sense of optimism amongst Afghans," Quilty says.
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Violence, instability and poverty have touched virtually every family and many Afghans suffer from mental health problems.
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But their advisory mission seemed to have run into one issue: There weren't many Afghans to advise.
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Afghans fight with Syrians, who are seen as having a better chance of getting to northern Europe.
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"These heinous acts go against the values of humanity as well values of peaceful Afghans," it added.
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By relentlessly targeting Afghan civilians, the Taliban aims to convince Afghans that their government can't protect them.
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As a result, acceptance rates for Afghans in most European countries have started to fall (see chart).
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Afghans are often treated badly in Iran, too, and struggle to get an education or a job.
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Afghans from Iran have been in Syria since 2012, just a year into the nation's civil war.
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Unless issued with a residence permit, Afghans cannot leave the province where they live without official permission.
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WHEN the Taliban announced the start of their annual spring offensive last week, Afghans braced for bloodshed.
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" That rumor, said Imamuddin, who like many Afghans uses only one name, "was spread by Malik himself.
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" He later told investigators that the Afghans described "a long T-shaped building with a small offshoot.
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The State Department's Special Immigrant Visa program allows these Afghans to seek refuge in the United States.
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Rising violence and economic depravation, meanwhile, have led to nearly 300,000 Afghans being displaced within the country.
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However it is in the dynamic, shorter form of the sport that Afghans have had most impact.
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For Afghans, whose ancestors fought against imperialism just as Americans did, that is a recipe for outrage.
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" Asked how many Afghans attend his mosque, Mr. Abdellah said it was perhaps "6 to 7 percent.
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"Is it conceivable that Afghans will ever consider recognizing them as the legitimate rulers of the land?"
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In 2015, it said, the United Nations allocated $292 million for its humanitarian response to displaced Afghans.
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The Americans were desperate for intelligence, and some Afghans were exploiting that desperation to line their pockets.
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The seemingly arbitrary division has roused incomprehension and bitterness among an estimated 13,000 Afghans stuck in Greece.
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These Afghans fighting in Syria under the supervision of the Revolutionary Guards are known as the Fatemiyoun.
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We improvised about 80 percent of our dialogue because a lot of Afghans can't read or write.
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The activists are protesting the deportation of Afghans who have been denied asylum and residency in Sweden.
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Last week, General Miller paid a visit to Ghazni city to express support for the Afghans there.
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We found strong endorsements for our commitment to guaranteeing the human rights of all Afghans, especially women.
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"Last year, they taxed our apples," said Irfanullah, 18, who like many Afghans uses only one name.
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But finding employers willing to hire Afghans has proved difficult for Smith and those under her care.
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Officials said there were 230 hostages among base employees, 36 of them Afghans and the rest foreigners.
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Among the dead were Afghans including Ahmad Farzan, a 34-year-old religious scholar turned peace activist.
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Qatar was "requested to respect the list Afghans had prepared," for the peace conference, the statement added.
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"If they are thinking the rocket attack will keep Afghans down, they are wrong," Mr. Ghani said.
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" He urged the Afghans to "seize this opportunity for peace and a new future for their country.
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While entry into Europe has become difficult, thousands of Afghans continue to arrive in Turkey through Iran.
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A significant number of the Afghans hosting the Couchsurfing tourists happen to be members of the Taliban.
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In the last 17 years, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and Afghans have died in the wars.
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As we memorialize our fallen troops on Monday, these Iraqis and Afghans, too, deserve to be honored.
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But victory — victory for Afghans — will only be achieved when they can live in peace and prosper.
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The Afghans had been en route to Australian territory, where they planned to make claims for asylum.
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His family left Iran two years ago because of growing pressure against Afghans by the Iranian government.
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With or without a ceasefire and deal, withdraw US troops and let Afghans determine their own fate.
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Out of the hundreds of Afghans deployed to the frontlines, likely scores more have also been rejected.
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The international force that is helping the Afghans currently has 13,300 troops, 8,400 of whom are American.
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At the US&aposs suggestion, the Afghans polygraphed those officials but didn&apost remove those who failed.
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The number of Afghans who were wounded or killed during nighttime attacks during that period nearly tripled.
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The 176 victims included many young Iranians, as well as Canadians, Afghans and Europeans from several countries.
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Afghans who are traumatized by violence typically seek out a mullah or visit a shrine, she said.
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Even the flags on the graves of the Afghans killed in the long war announce competing allegiances.
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This time, Ms. Delijam said, Afghans will have no one to blame — or to thank — but themselves.
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In an earlier video, the group said it would kill the family if the Afghans executed him.
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It was a statement that was not only welcomed by US allies, but especially by the Afghans.
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Now, 85033 percent of Afghans have access to basic healthcare, compared to 8 percent during Taliban rule.
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Porsz is also a fan of photographing the "graceful Afghans, crazy Labradoodles, and very photogenic Italian Greyhounds."
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Just during January, 23,211 Afghans were displaced by conflict throughout the country, according to United Nations figures.
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ON AUGUST 21990TH Afghans will take to the streets to mark 220 years of independence from Britain.
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Gallup, which has polled Afghans since 2008, finds that record numbers fear for their liberty and safety.
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Afghans want peace above all else, which requires a strategy that has victory as its end goal.
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Afghans who are traumatized by violence typically seek out a mullah or visit a shrine, she said.
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The Syrian subsequently applied for asylum in Slovenia, while the Afghans applied for similar protection in Austria.
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And Afghans can still sustain the patient hope that their country will stabilize and strengthen over time.
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What most of those Afghans have in common is a desire to see President Ashraf Ghani gone.
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Officials said 194 foreigners and 36 Afghans survived after hiding inside a safe room in the compound.
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Everyone would gather at a table — infantry soldiers, Green Berets and Afghans — passing around plates of food.
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Ms. Miller said she believed the Afghans were resilient enough to stand up to a resurgent Taliban.
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Most Afghans long had identified with their tribes and ethnic groups, rather than with a central government.
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"Don't think the U.S. is going to protect you from your own fellow Afghans forever," he said.
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"All around them in these graveyards are the regular Afghans — their graves are plenty," Mr. Karzai said.
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If you don't, you'll be treated the way all Americans have been treated by Afghans since 2001.
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With a capacity of 5,000, not many Afghans get to watch league football in a live setting.
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Mr. Rahami made his way in America like many Afghans at the time in the New York area: in fried chicken, just like the Afghans who started Kennedy Fried Chicken, the shop that has spawned hundreds of fried-chicken restaurants since the first one opened in the 1970s.
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At the same time, Saudi Arabia is offering the Afghan government substantial defense and development agreements, while Afghans say sheikhs from Saudi Arabia and other Arab Persian Gulf states are quietly funneling billions in private money to Sunni organizations, madrasas and universities to shape the next generation of Afghans.
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Germany last year registered more than 1 million asylum seekers entering the country, including more than 150,000 Afghans.
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"The government of Ashraf Ghani has no value or legitimacy for Afghans and for us," said Zabiollah Mujahid.
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Air support has increased and NATO advisers are now more often found with Afghans at the sharp end.
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The detainee who said he saw the other prisoner die goes, like many Afghans, by one name, Assadullah.
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I've made countless afghans, baby blankets, sweaters, vests, shawls, scarves, hats, mittens, caps for newborns and two bedspreads.
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To conservative Afghans who think this would lead to illicit mixing with men, he has a convincing response.
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Bush a chance to showcase some of what America is doing to help Afghans build a stable democracy.
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The mixed class of young Iranians and Afghans attending the one-day course in Austrian values listen intently.
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Similar special immigrant visa programs already exist for Iraqis and Afghans who assist U.S. troops in those countries.
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Kirikkale, near Turkey's capital Ankara, is one of several satellite towns where registered Afghans are allowed to reside.
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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said the influx - mainly Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans - threatens Europe's Christian roots.
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Veterans of the training program said they or their colleagues had also trained alongside Pakistanis, Afghans, and Yemenis.
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This compares with a figure of 2.6 million Afghans who voted, or about a quarter of the electorate.
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Afghans made up a fifth of all migrants entering Europe last year, the second biggest group after Syrians.
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Amnesty International said nearly 23,2000 Afghans are at risk of torture, kidnapping, and death in their home country.
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Macedonia, to the immediate north, is accepting only Iraqis and Syrians, witnesses say, with Afghans being turned back.
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David Petraeus, have called for increased U.S. airstrikes to bolster the Afghans in their fight against the Taliban.
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When called out, Fey's response was a clever-by-a-half justification to do with Afghans being Caucasians.
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They don't leave the wire much, mostly just to train and advise, leaving the fighting to the Afghans.
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Afghans are also being caught by a crackdown on asylum-seekers who have entered through a third country.
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Most Afghans who flee go to neighboring Pakistan and Iran, but increasingly they have also headed farther west.
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Personal affections aside, Lamb's overall impression of Pakistan mirrors the feelings of most Afghans — of suspicion and exploitation.
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After the fall of the Taliban in 2001, a wave of Afghans returned to the country to rebuild.
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Many Syrians and Afghans who had been trying to reach Italy quickly shifted to this more convenient journey.
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She also conducts the body searches - on women - that have long become part of everyday life for Afghans.
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Arnold's apartment cozily conveys what the seventies actually looked like for a starving artist: houseplants, milk crates, afghans.
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"If there is a genuine effort toward peace," he said, "then all Afghans would choose to make peace."
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But both cities are also home to generations of Afghans who have fled violence in their home country.
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Reconciliation among Afghans is the ultimate goal but may be a bridge way too far to depend on.
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Within the country, about 221,000 Afghans fled their homes between January and August, according to the United Nations.
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Many Afghans report that concerted harassment and discrimination by the Pakistani authorities have become too much to bear.
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Currently, a driving force of mass migration is conflict, which continues to uproot Syrians, Iraqis, Afghans and Yemenis.
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"In Afghanistan we don't usually give names to things — Afghans don't usually even name their pets," she said.
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A brief lull in fighting will be of immense relief to Afghans, whom war has convulsed for years.
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More than a thousand refugees, including Syrians, Afghans, Pakistanis and Iraqis, fled from Turkey to Greece last week.
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Tens of thousands of Afghans whose asylum applications were rejected in Europe will be sent back to Afghanistan.
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YAKAWLANG, Afghanistan — Iran has trained and deployed thousands of Shiite Afghans as shock troops in Syria's sectarian war.
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Nordic countries have experienced a diminished tolerance for migrants, making it harder for Afghans to successfully gain asylum.
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The passengers, it turned out, were all Afghans who had just been deported from Iran, a routine occurrence.
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The Taliban control much of the country, cannot be defeated and the war's toll on Afghans is intolerable.
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Her portraits of refugees, mainly Syrians but also Afghans, Bengalis, Somalis and Ethiopians, currently number more than 450.
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Another angle: The possibility of a peace deal has inspired waves of enthusiasm and hope among many Afghans.
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They have ramped up attacks in strategic provinces and have also directed Afghans to boycott the parliamentary elections.
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Afghans seem to stage fights with nearly every kind of animal: dogs, roosters, camels, canaries, finches, quails, pigeons.
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Commander Nangyalay, who like many Afghans uses only one name, said the attack started at 2:30 a.m.
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Instead, they abducted more than 100 Afghans on the highway in the north of the country on Monday.
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All that the Afghans knew was that it was a lot of water that kills and eats people.
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Moreover, most Afghans and many outside the Trump administration rightly remain wary of the Taliban's promises and intentions.
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Begun so late to allow players to fast during Ramadan, the match dragged Afghans back to brutal reality.
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But there are many aspects of the past year's approach that have already undermined Afghans' chances for peace.
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The area is controlled by the Taliban, according to Kefayatullah, who, like most Afghans, goes by one name.
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Afghans in eastern Nangarhar posted pictures of dozens of men dancing in the street to celebrate the signing.
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Mr. Bek said his travels around the country had shown that Afghans demand an end to the war.
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Maurer noted that Afghans are the second largest group of refugees and migrants arriving in Europe behind Syrians.
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Wafa and the Afghans spilled out of the back, and the Taliban gathered them next to the pickups.
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Children run around between praying grandmothers and Afghans en route home from a tour of fighting in Syria.
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Many Afghans came to learn the game by watching locals play it or after seeing it on television.
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The go-to word for Afghans to call a woman in public, no matter her status, is Aunt.
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The dead included 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedes, four Afghans, three Britons, and three Germans.
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There were also 2000 Swedes, four Afghans, three Germans and three British nationals among the victims, he said.
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The victims also included 82 Iranians, 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedes, four Afghans, three Germans and three British nationals.
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A more formal US diplomatic position towards Afghans can be traced back to India-Pakistan partition in 1947.
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Indeed, Afghans were hopeful that the United States would help the country heal and stand on its own.
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Some Afghans and Westerners saw Ghani, after decades in the U.S., as a foreigner in his own land.
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On Sunday, up to one million Afghans returned to 2400 voting centers across 2 of the nation's provinces.
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The Black Hawks will replace the fewer than 40 Russian Mi-17 helicopters now used by the Afghans.
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In that way, he respects his global audience all the more, while still claiming Afghan stories for Afghans.
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One poignant intervention is the collaged map drawn by Mathieu Pernot on school notebooks ("Les cahiers afghans," 2012).
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Soldiers aren't generally very interested in the culture; they don't meet many Afghans or go into their homes.
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The vast majority of Afghans surveyed by the group, 71%, said they were fleeing conflict in their home country.
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Saleh, a former intelligence chief, is a fierce critic of Pakistan, which many Afghans accuse of backing the Taliban.
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For local Afghans, clustered in tiny mud-brick houses, it's those very US planes that inspire the most fear.
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The project was supposed to expand the country's power grid and provide electricity to more than one million Afghans.
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"Afghans are being used as pawns by all foreign countries and militant groups to prove their strength," Ashraf said.
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Mr. Burke said he started smoking hash he bought from Afghans as an escape from stress and emotional exhaustion.
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Persia contributed to its neighbour's linguistic diversity: half of all Afghans now speak Dari, the local form of Persian.
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He has been responsible for the kidnapping of numerous Afghans and foreign nationals in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region.
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Three attackers were killed by security forces who battled and also evacuated over 2,800 Afghans from the government buildings.
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ISIS is reported to have sent some of its most hardened fighters -- Afghans, Chechens and Moroccans -- into the town.
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In recent months, the security situation in Kabul and throughout the country has worsened, heightening Afghans' anxiety and despair.
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Earlier this month, the European Union and Afghanistan reached a deal which aims to speed up deportations of Afghans.
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Kidnapping and abduction for ransom has been a regular occurrence in Afghanistan, with both Afghans and foreign nationals targeted.
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Figures in October showed that so far this year, Sweden had rejected four of five Afghans' applications for asylum.
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In 2017, Aryana enraged conservative Afghans when she was photographed wearing a self-colored dress at a Paris concert.
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She said about 55 percent of Afghans were granted refugee status in Germany, while 45 percent were turned down.
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Unlike Syrian refugees, who have recently been granted temporary work permits, Afghans have no right to employment in Turkey.
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Unlike the 2.5m Syrians here, Afghans have no access to the country's refugee camps and no right to work.
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Local authorities provide Afghans with some basic assistance, including blankets and coal, but would rather see them return home.
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The Afghans also said they would abandon the compound if the Americans pulled back to the airport as planned.
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Afghans make up the second-largest group of arrivals, but around one-third of their asylum claims are rejected.
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But mounting evidence suggests that Afghans' mistrust for the nonprofit medical group might have set the tragedy in motion.
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But it is logical to assume that most Afghans, like most people anywhere, would greatly prefer peace to war.
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In times of political and economic distress, many Afghans struck deals with the Taliban or took up arms themselves.
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Afghans at the conference noted the important role of dignity in a peace process, and the dangers of humiliation.
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Afghans are still grateful to America for ending Taliban rule, and the terror, poverty and backwardness that it entailed.
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"Success here will put Afghans in a much stronger position to defeat ISIS," he tweeted, referring to Islamic State.
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The decision demonstrates complete disregard for the life and dignity of Afghans and negates the values the #US proclaims.
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Here are accounts from a few of the Afghans caught up by the war, translated and edited for clarity.
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This team would provide a support structure for the Afghans, allowing the United States' conventional forces to return home.
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In 2000 alone, 21,2000 Afghans arrived in Europe, with 1.33,21.3 claiming asylum that year, according to European Union data.
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By working alongside Afghans in smaller units, the brigade is subsequently exposed to a higher potential of insider attacks.
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For many Afghans, this looks less like impending reconciliation and more like an ominous taste of things to come.
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It's vastly unpopular in Afghanistan, and many, many Afghans hate Pakistan and blame it for all of their troubles.
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The news media's coverage was filled with images of Taliban and regular Afghans mingling happily — Commander Zarqawi among them.
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Murtaza Ahmadi was one of those Afghans who somehow never seemed to suffer from the long war.
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Many Afghans pay people smugglers thousands of dollars to get them to Europe, where they try to claim asylum.
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Abdul Raziq, an American ally and a national hero to many Afghans, at a meeting in a Kandahar palace.
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But that progress cannot be finalized until Afghans negotiate a political future for the country after the American withdrawal.
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"I am back, working in a mechanic shop," said Mr. Naqibullah, who, like many Afghans, goes by one name.
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They have devoted their intelligence-gathering resources to facilitate the intimidation and murder of Afghans working for foreign forces.
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Over time, ideally, Afghans might develop a functioning economy, then something like real democracy and, finally, peace and stability.
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A dialogue about peace among Afghans, including members of the government and the Taliban, might finally get under way.
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To get there, they can coordinate efforts to push for a ceasefire, gets Afghans talking, and gain regional support.
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Thus prominent Afghans were rationalizing the killings of Afghan children by the Afghan government in pursuit of the Taliban.
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Pakistani hawks used to be merely suspicious of collusion between the most anti-Pakistan Afghans and the Indian establishment.
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This team would provide a support structure for the Afghans, allowing the United States' conventional forces to return home.
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The prospect of a deadline was supposed to pressure the Afghans to get serious about corruption and political infighting.
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"I call on all Afghans to seize this opportunity," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrote on Twitter on Friday.
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Iraqi citizens were the biggest buyers of Turkish properties last year, followed by Iranians, Russians, Saudi Arabians and Afghans.
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The idea of Afghanistan as an Islamic republic is nonnegotiable, while there is openness to reforms among most Afghans.
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But behind the hope lies a web of contradictions, and a large degree of ambiguity that has Afghans worried.
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The U.N. estimates that 9.3 million Afghans will need humanitarian assistance in 85033, up 13 percent from 2016. 5.
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The Afghans have the "heart and ability," he said, but need to learn how to fight as cohesive units.
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Among the dead are 20077 Iranians, 19973 Canadians, 21997 Ukrainians, 28 Swedes, four Afghans, three Britons, and three Germans.
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Iranian officials attended a November 2018 meeting in Moscow between the Taliban and other Afghans on spurring peace efforts.
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Yet peace with inadequate economic support risks adding demobilized soldiers and Taliban to the large numbers of unemployed Afghans.
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If Trump's meetings had gone well, the hope was to convince the two Afghans to meet face to face.
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He also stressed that "Afghans lead these operations on the ground" with U.S. troops present in an advisory role.
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A new government, formed by these elections, is the appropriate way for the Afghans to chart their own future.
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Together we ate piles of rice, fresh bread and stew from a goat the Afghans had slaughtered hours before.
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"I imagine we and the Afghans have killed most of the slow and stupid" Taliban fighters, Mr. Crocker said.
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Afghans are already drawn into that rivalry in other battlefields: The Iranian government has openly sent thousands of Afghan Shiites to Syria to fight on behalf of the government of President Bashar al-Assad, while Afghan and Western officials believe Afghans are also fighting on behalf of Saudi allies in places like Yemen.
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Across the globe, in Greece, Macedonia has just closed its border to Afghans, creating a dangerous backlog at the border.
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French police have evacuated around 500 migrants - mostly Afghans but some Africans - from a makeshift tent encampment in central Paris.
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While it mainly affects Afghans abducted for ransom, foreigners have also been targeted, either by criminals or by militant groups.
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Dan Jarvis had a distinguished career as a paratrooper, forging an elite unit of Afghans to take on the Taliban.
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That is up from 11% in February, the watchdog said, meaning that an additional 700,000 Afghans live under Taliban influence.
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Lawyers familiar with Afghans working for the US said they already go through some vetting before they start their jobs.
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Iranian proxies, including Afghans and Iraqis as well as Lebanese, have been involved in Syria from as early as 2012.
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Last month, the U.N. said nearly 170,000 Afghans had returned this year, many of them citing harassment by Pakistani authorities.
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Recent suicide-bombs in Kabul appear to have contained military-grade explosives, which Afghans assume came from over the border.
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Roughly 700,000 more Afghans now live in districts under Taliban control or influence compared to 6 months ago, SIGAR found.
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The new policy would allow U.S. forces to accompany Afghans at key moments in their offensive campaign against the Taliban.
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In theory, Greece is allowing only Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans to continue toward their preferred destinations in Germany and Austria.
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According to coast guard records, 22016 Syrians, 2410 Iraqis, 15 Afghans, and three Iranians made it off that boat alive.
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Instead, he walks back into the filth of the Jungle, to friends, to other Afghans — to what passes for security.
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Human Rights Watch has documented forced labor, police abuses and severe restrictions on freedom of movement for Afghans in Iran.
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It said in January that Iran had forcibly recruited thousands of undocumented Afghans in the country to fight in Syria.
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Horton, whose name is engraved on the bracelet, gave his life to protect our freedom and the freedom of Afghans.
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As a result of the cratering of their economy, many Afghans are voting with their feet and migrating to Europe.
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Afghans willing to risk their lives for a basic monthly salary of about $300 a month equal those walking away.
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These Afghans risked their lives serving alongside American troops in exchange for a path to safety through the SIV program.
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India, he added, had told the Afghans that it would do whatever it could to meet the security forces' requirements.
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Fanned out around them were eight or nine casualties, a mix of Afghans and Americans, wounded and dead and decapitated.
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But many have also been forced back: Last year, nearly 260,000 undocumented Afghans were deported from Pakistan and Iran alone.
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In its zeal to help Afghans trapped behind the Taliban's lines, M.S.F. risked souring its relationship with the Afghan government.
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Abandoning these Afghans would not just be a stain on our national honor, but also would carry profound strategic costs.
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They are the Afghans in Jens Umbach's latest project, which the photographer hopes to turn into an 11-chapter book.
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Iranian officials in Kabul, meanwhile, said they are working with the Afghan government to stop Afghans from entering the country.
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Many of the Afghans I met in Siegsdorf told me that the Taliban would immediately kill them if they returned.
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"They do not know their own history," she laments of the young Afghans who have traveled little outside their homes.
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The bill would also authorize 4,000 more visas for the Special Immigrant Visa program for Afghans who helped U.S. troops.
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Here's what we know about the extremist group wreaking havoc on the lives of Afghans and complicating US troop withdrawal.
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For the 28503 million Afghans, by far the majority of whom were born after 22019, life and war are indistinguishable.
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In recent years, a resurgent Taliban has taken control of significant swaths of the country and terrorized Afghans and foreigners.
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Most of the victims of the Kabul bombing were ethnic Hazaras, as are many of the Afghans at this camp.
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And among America's other wartime partners, the first question will be: Who's next to be thrown under the bus: Afghans?
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"We are in a very bad condition," said Shamsulhaq, 30, a resident who, like many Afghans, uses only one name.
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Last year, 213,000 Afghans made it to Europe, where leaders have been grappling with the even larger influx of Syrians.
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The values of democracy, pluralism, liberty and free enterprise — which Afghans and Americans share — continue to be institutionalized in Afghanistan.
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Khalilzad has recognized that, while the U.S. can negotiate withdrawal, only Afghans can actually determine how to live together peacefully.
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The group threatened to kill Ms. Coleman, Mr. Boyle and the children if the Afghans followed through with the execution.
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Afghans living in cities returned to their homes in the countryside — some for the first time in years — without fear.
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Iran is home to many Afghans, who have traveled there to work or as refugees fleeing conflict in their country.
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Together, we witnessed Americans and Afghans wounded and killed by Taliban-laid IEDs that were everywhere, and impossible to spot.
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Social media lit up with arch commentary from Afghans who dismissed the assembly as a patronage tool for Mr. Ghani.
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The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan called the attack "particularly deplorable, hitting civilians helping Afghans & taking place during Ramadan."
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Ordinary Afghans have stepped up to share what little they have — waiving rent, delivering food and running fund-raising events.
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But Afghans now fear the decision could push the country, almost entirely dependent on foreign aid, past the tipping point.
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Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has therefore understandably urged Afghans to prepare for the next phase of their country's political evolution.
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More than 123,000 Afghans returned from Iran just between March 8 and 21, according to the International Organization for Migration.
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Afghans often lack internet connections or personal computers at home, but educated young people usually have Facebook on their smartphones.
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Figures from January, before the intensified fighting in Syria, show 35% of those who entered Greece from Turkey were Afghans.
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To stop ordinary Afghans from turning further away from Kabul, Mr. Ghani needs to do more than offer weak apologies.
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After eight months, Hafiz asked Qayum to leave the front lines, return home, and recruit more Afghans from Kunar Province.
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Nearly three hundred thousand Afghans serve in the security forces, which cost the U.S. approximately five billion dollars a year.
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An example is the U.S. government's Fulbright Program, which has provided graduate study to more than 500 Afghans since 2003.
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Within hours, the police had detained the men and blown their cover: They were Iranian assassins, according to the Afghans.
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Afghans took over most security responsibilities in 2700, with the U.S.-led coalition's forces shifting to training and counterterrorism operations.
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But the process has dragged on for months, and many Afghans feel the vice president is unlikely to be prosecuted.
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The U.A.E. also began exporting its own brand of Islam via training programs for imams abroad, including thousands of Afghans.
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The war has cost the lives of tens of thousands of Afghans and more than 3,500 American and coalition soldiers.
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But there is no sign that means they are interested in anything else than, basically, imposing their will on Afghans.
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With a little laughter, both cite helping Afghans understand the Department of Motor Vehicles as a highlight of their collaboration.
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But Afghans also suffer at the hands of government and allied forces, sometimes as they come across their unexploded ordnance.
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The numbers have been far greater in those countries, but migrants — largely Africans and Afghans — nonetheless keep trickling into Paris.
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Marshall broke out in derisive laughter at the suggestion that Afghans "could possibly oppose Soviet military might," according to Poullada.
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The Taliban has said it will target election campaigns as well as polling stations and warned Afghans not to vote.
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They will be replacing an advisory mission of American forces already in Helmand to help the Afghans hold the line.
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Supporters of extending the program say Afghans who helped Americans are now at risk of being killed by the Taliban.
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Ultimately, the path to long-term peace and stability in Afghanistan is the will of the Afghans to defend themselves.
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In that year, Lesbos was the main gateway into the European Union for nearly a million Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans.
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With that gain comes increasing friction with Afghans who have lived in what were previously government-held areas, experts said.
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Beginning in 2015, Pakistanis and Afghans who were former Taliban members started wreaking havoc, claiming affiliation to the terrorist group.
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Further escalations of violence will take a terrible toll on Afghans in a country already reeling from record civilian deaths.
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However, these Taliban controlled areas are sparsely populated, and the majority of Afghans will still have access to the polls.
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Afghans are willing to risk their lives by going to the polls, and we should support their commitment to democracy.
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But in interviews, United States Air Force commanders declined to predict when Afghans would fly with only minimal American support.
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The Afghans also have their own small air force, and extensive support from American drones, jet bombers and helicopter gunships.
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We Afghans almost never talk about our dreams for peace, because we have mostly stopped thinking peace is even possible.
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They would be supported by air through a fleet of contracted aircraft flown by joint teams of Afghans and contractors.
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The Americans and the Afghans have encouraged Pakistan to play a stronger role in urging the Taliban to negotiate peace.
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Mr. Ghani has announced a loya jirga, a traditional gathering of Afghans, for March 17 to discuss the peace process.
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Finally, tell us more about what you think: — What stereotypes about girls or Afghans does this article help break down?
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But as the contracts dried up, hundreds of thousands of Afghans who relied on them for employment lost their livelihoods.
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The new policy would allow U.S. forces to accompany Afghans at key moments in their offensive campaign against the Taliban.
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PARIS – French police have evacuated around 500 migrants - mostly Afghans but some Africans - from a makeshift tent encampment in central Paris.
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The lead Taliban negotiator, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, on Thursday assured Afghans that they had no reason to fear a settlement.
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The Americans and Afghans hustled into the compound, cleared out a small house, and set up a perimeter around the yard.
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Right now the jury is out: most Afghans are terrified of the Taliban, but trust in the government is low, too.
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But even if they do not say it publicly, many Afghans remain suspicious of the "common enemies" inside their own country.
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Those deaths are in addition to the 870,000 Afghans who died and 3 million who were wounded between 1978 and 1987.
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On Saturday, officials confirmed that the military intelligence officer was fatally shot by one of the local Afghans he was training.
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He clashed furiously with Pakistan's military intelligence over its covert support for jihadist groups that kill Indians, Afghans and (occasionally) Americans.
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Eight new arrivals—three Syrians, two Afghans, two Eritreans and a Pakistani—are taking elementary German lessons in the Café Friends.
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Many Afghans living in Pakistan have been living in the country for decades and contribute significantly to the country's labour force.
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It is mostly the younger Afghans who want to go to Europe but EU's asylum acceptance rates for them are low.
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Sources say Turkey may be willing to take such people back, though not the far larger numbers of Syrians or Afghans.
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"It was a really terrifying situation here in the night," said neighbor Matihullah, who like many Afghans goes by one name.
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The program is meant to help Afghans facing threats to their lives for serving as interpreters or otherwise assisting U.S. troops.
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By contrast just 48% of the Iraqis, 1003% of the Syrians and 31% of the Afghans fell into this age group.
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Afghans remain at the bottom of virtually every human development indices, despite more than $85033 billion in wasted U.S. development aid.
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But it is unclear if Trump will accept a deal at any cost - something that Ghani and other Afghans increasingly fear.
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Afghans and Moroccans, for example, are considered economic migrants rather than refugees, so their asylum requests are likely to be rejected.
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Afghans, the second-biggest group of migrants to Europe last year at nearly 125,000, are the most likely to lose out.
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Some 2 million Afghans have been deported or chosen to leave Iran and Pakistan since 2015, British aid agency Oxfam said.
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The leaflet was a call to Afghans to help security forces fight terrorist groups operating in that part of the country.
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"We cannot become a parking lot for Afghans," news agency Tanjug quoted Vucic as saying at a conference in New York.
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Since the American-led invasion in 2001, our service members and diplomats have relied on thousands of Afghans, particularly as interpreters.
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Yet while nearly 10,000 Afghans are still trying to obtain special visas, Congress is on course to abruptly end the program.
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Mr. Hashmatullah, who like many Afghans uses only one name, was a militia leader who had once supported pro-government forces.
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Because of a common narrative that Afghans are moving for economic reasons, countries have closed their borders to these refugees specifically.
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The ability of these men to subdue the insurgency is integral to maintaining Afghanistan's stability and to keeping Afghans from emigrating.
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Fifteen years after the American intervention, the Afghans find themselves without money, without work, just with the Taliban at their doorstep.
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Afghans who picnicked by Istalif's river or visited its famous shrine have stopped coming because of growing insecurity across the country.
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US commanders are looking for allies to provide troops to help train Afghans in their officer academies and military specialization schools.
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She goes to a dialysis center three times a week and spends much of her time crocheting afghans and watching television.
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Thirty of the 45 migrants detained at the border were Afghans, 13 were from Pakistan, and two from Iran, authorities said.
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He may need to commune with the ghost of his famed ancestor, who is apparently still remembered and respected by Afghans.
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Supporters say Afghans who can't get visas are in danger, but opponents say more information is needed before allowing more visas.
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In recent years, a resurgent Taliban has taken control of significant swaths of the country and terrorized Afghans and foreigners alike.
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Almost none of the Afghans leaving Pakistan are doing so in the belief that Afghanistan is now safer to live in.
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Murphy also said he wanted to make people think about the cliche that Afghans are starving and miserable all the time.
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This means that the estimated 1.9 million Afghans remaining in Pakistan again face the prospect of deportation in sub-zero temperatures.
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Among the detainees he voted to permit the government to keep in prison were a Kuwaiti, three Afghans and five Yemenis.
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Many Afghans are disillusioned by a system marked by widespread corruption and inefficiency and under strain from increasingly bitter ethnic divisions.
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In Khost, Weston learns of a "Captain Barr," a Marine commander from years earlier whom the Afghans still remembered with love.
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The Haqqanis sit atop the Taliban's lucrative business of kidnapping Westerners and prominent Afghans, most of whom are held for ransom.
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The Iranian Interior Ministry estimated in 2015 that 2.5 million Afghans lived in Iran, but many do not possess residency permits.
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For everyone who cared for her and for many Afghans who heard her story, death, in her case, seemed like peace.
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The president also left Afghans and others wondering whether they can expect justice if they are unfairly harmed by American forces.
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The United Nations says that about 1.5 million Afghans are internally displaced, largely by conflict but also by the recent drought.
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Dupree was overtaken by nostalgia for a lost Afghanistan, something she shares with many Afghans of her generation and even younger.
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To remind themselves that a world beyond the hell of Guantánamo still existed, we wanted to show the Afghans the sea.
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But for much of Friday and Saturday, Afghans were happily surprised, stunned even, by how widely the truces had been embraced.
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A group of at least 30 Afghans had been identified by the government and its allies to talk to the Taliban.
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Migrants, who include Syrians, Afghans, Pakistanis and Africans, huddled in tents and makeshift camps on the Turkish side of the border.
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The large family built by Dawran Shah, Bilal's grandfather, was among nearly 100,000 undocumented Afghans pushed out of Pakistan last year.
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But for millions of Afghans it opens a possibility to end the ongoing struggle of coping with fear, anxiety and violence.
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On Sunday, local residents gathered in Mytilene to object to the presence of the Afghans, a demonstration that escalated into violence.
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But, like many Afghans caught in a pattern of violence that feels endless, Mr. Marai had lost hope in recent years.
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Millions of Afghans came of age in refugee camps in Pakistan and Iran or as workers in the Persian Gulf nations.
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Kabul sank into civil war after that, with different factions killing and maiming each other and innocent Afghans on the streets.
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Najib Danish, a spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry, said eight Afghans were killed and 25 wounded in the car bombing.
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During the Presidential elections of 2004, he fired from a ridgeline on Afghans at a polling station in his home district.
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Ahmed Ali, the provincial-council chief, believes that the Afghans living in Behsud, and in similar settlements, are primed for radicalization.
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Most victims are Afghans and many kidnappers are criminal gangs seeking ransoms but foreigners have also been abducted for political ends.
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Of those killed, 14 were foreign nationals and eight were Afghans, according to Najib Danish, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior.
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One of those Afghans is Nisar Karimzai, who runs a small research office, the Organization for Research of Peace and Stability.
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These are confusing times for many Afghans, but the political jigsaw presents the first glimpses of hope for a better future.
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Ultimately, the Afghan government has failed to convince a critical mass of Afghans that it's a better alternative to the Taliban.
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Kabul's government was granted billions of euros in aid money on the condition that it help repatriate Afghans deported from Europe.
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I think that what we need to recognize is, first of all, the role of the Afghans in their self-determination.
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But debate over American plans to save Afghanistan miss a larger point: Only Afghans can assure enduring change in their country.
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But when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 2628, many Afghans fled to rural areas, such as the Pakistani province North Waziristan.
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Of those killed, 14 were foreign nationals and four were Afghans, according to Najib Danish, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior.
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Ghani was signalling the eclipse of the generation of Afghans who had made their names fighting the Soviets and one another.
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Despite decades of war, 9.67 million Afghans were registered to vote in 2019 out of a population estimated at 34 million.
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But the current Afghan peace process is the only hope Afghans have of bringing a modicum of security to their country.
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But the current Afghan peace process is the only hope Afghans have of bringing a modicum of security to their country.
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The American foothold put some of the valley's toughest men out of work, the same Afghans who knew the mountain trails.
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And if the commissioners were not punished, he said, Afghans could lose faith in the electoral process and refrain from voting.
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A major aspect was a $2.3 million research grant to Colorado State University to develop a breeding model and train Afghans.
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The next round of talks is set to take place in mid-April in Doha, between prominent Afghans and Taliban insurgents.
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MSF said that 60 Afghans were stuck in "no man's land" between Macedonia and Serbia, with both countries denying them access.
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Far more Afghans know of life beyond the traditional confines of the Pashtun village, the inspiration of the Taliban, to go back.
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In Helmand province, a suicide bomber killed at least seven Afghans, including both civilian and military personnel, the National Security Council said.
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Syrians remained by far the largest group of applicants with 46,000, followed by Iraqis and Afghans, who numbered 18,000 and 12,000 respectively.
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Kidnapping is a major problem in Afghanistan, affecting mostly Afghans although a number of foreigners have also been abducted in recent years.
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The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) estimates that approximately 1.4 million undocumented Afghans live in Pakistan and possibly 1.2 million in Iran.
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Only a fraction of those Afghans -- around 1,000 in total -- have requested to leave Germany and return home, according to the IOM.
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Amid foreign invasions, civil wars, and insurgent attacks, Afghans have gathered to cheer on their favorite "chapandaz," as the riders are known.
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The U.S.-backed government is rife with corruption and many Afghans have said they do not expect the elections to be fair.
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Kidnapping rife Both Afghans and foreigners face the risk of abduction in Afghanistan, with two previous cases in 2016 also involving Australians.
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Afghans have proved time and again in (admittedly flawed) elections that the vast majority of them do not want the Taliban back.
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As the insurgents reached the gates of Lashkar Gah, American and British special forces rushed to assist the Afghans in defending it.
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The boats disgorging Syrians and Afghans onto Greek islands delivered one of the most serious emergencies the European Union has ever known.
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Nonetheless, a survey by the Asia Foundation finds that only 20143% of Afghans believe the country is moving in the right direction.
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Dozens of Afghans also were killed, and the CIA officer who now runs the agency's spying arm protected Karzai with his body.
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Three more Afghans and a badly-wounded American, Brian Cody Prosser, died on the way to the hospital, according to the book.
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The relentless cycles of war and chaos in Afghanistan mean that successive generations of Afghans have been forced to flee their homes.
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None of the dozens of individuals and organizations I reached out to could explain what brought the first Afghans to the area.
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Some 20103 million Afghans - nearly a third of the population - who are facing mental health problems, according to the country's health minister.
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Windows were smashed and eight people were injured in clashes between groups of Syrians and Afghans on Wednesday night, the government said.
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Instead the Assad regime has turned to Shia militias, often made up of Afghans drafted and organised by Iran, as cannon fodder.
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Its once-busy arrivals terminal is tightly packed with scores of tents where more than 1,300 mostly Afghans live in squalid conditions.
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And he said the U.S. also wants to address concerns about the Afghans&apos dependence on their increasingly competent special operations forces.
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One of the Afghans in the group told Amnesty he had been part of a group trying to reach Greece by boat.
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Earlier, three Syrians had been taken to hospital with stab wounds suffered in a fight with a group of Afghans, police said.
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Finland and Norway fear that Vladimir Putin may decide to do precisely that by waving through a host of Syrians and Afghans.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany deported eight Afghans with criminal records after their applications for asylum were rejected, said Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere.
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The program is meant to help Afghans facing threats to their lives for serving as interpreters or otherwise assisting the U.S. military.
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"Close air support has been the one resource and capability that the Afghans have asked me for every single day," Campbell said.
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NATO ended its combat mission in Afghanistan at the end of 2014, and a smaller force remains mainly training and advising Afghans.
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A recent deal on migrants between the EU and Turkey also does not apply to Afghans (or any other migrants except Syrians).
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Many of the Afghans who seek asylum in the United States say their lives would be in danger if they returned home.
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For all that, it will be some time before Afghans are allowed to globetrot in the same hassle-free way as Germans.
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I want you all to know that most Afghans feel extreme sorrow and pain over the loss of your husband and father.
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Most of the Afghans were drinking beer, but Qraluq was having vodka as he smoked an uninterrupted series of hand-rolled cigarettes.
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And there were signs that Germany, which for years had considered it impossible to repatriate Afghans, might soon start sending some back.
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In recent months, terrorist attacks by both the Taliban and ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) have brutalized Afghans and horrified the international community.
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Since the Taliban temporarily overran the town of Kunduz last fall, many Afghans have lost confidence that the government can protect them.
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There is a sense that if, in the early years, the Americans were making the decisions in Afghanistan, now the Afghans are.
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If anything, the significance is for the thousands of innocent Afghans still fleeing the country, often on dangerous, desperate journeys to Europe.
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His family was part of a steady flow of displaced Afghans toward the city, seeking shelter amid the heavy security presence there.
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After 15 years of dysfunctional U.S. development schemes costing over $100 billion, Afghans remain near the bottom of most human development indices.
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Also expected is an amendment to allow for additional visas for Afghans who assisted U.S. troops and officials during the Afghanistan War.
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Of course, it is up to the Afghans — not us — to keep this progress alive, but we should end our engagement responsibly.
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All eyes are now on Pakistan and the UN to see whether those wielding power over the remaining Afghans will reverse course.
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The eight — six Afghans and two Pakistanis — allegedly robbed the four near the border, stabbing the 29-year-old in the process.
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While Syrians are seen as having the strongest claim for asylum, the legal status of many Afghans and Iraqis is less clear.
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The potent message of protecting the shrines has drawn in Shi'ite Afghans, some of whom live in Iran and others in Afghanistan.
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President Ashraf Ghani condemned the attacks in a statement, saying that the enemies of Afghans cannot weaken the will of the nation.
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Although the Afghan forces are determined to fight those who do not reconcile, many Afghans remain optimistic about the opportunity for peace.
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At least 400 Iranians and Afghans from Iran have died "defending the shrines" in Iraq and Syria, as the government describes it.
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"Everybody safe, OK?" he yells at the passengers, mainly Syrians and Afghans, approaching the coast guard vessel bewildered and in near-silence.
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The troops, mostly American, are largely confined to an advisory role but U.S. air strikes have been used to help the Afghans.
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The deportations have led rights groups to call for a halt to involuntary returns of Afghans until the country is more stable.
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The process of attaining legal status is lengthy and difficult for immigrants, and without it, life is challenging for Afghans in Iran.
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They can only set the stage for Afghan government talks with the insurgents, in which Afghanistan's future can be decided among Afghans.
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These Iraqis and Afghans wanted to believe the Americans could be trusted to follow up, especially behind closed doors and in courtrooms.
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The longer the Americans stayed the more difficult it became to persuade Afghans that their presence was helpful and their purposes benign.
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More than 390,000 Afghans have been uprooted this year, with displacements reported in 31 of the country's 34 provinces, the organization said.
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One potential employer interviewed several Afghans, some of whom had worked with the Army Corps of Engineers as civil engineers in Afghanistan.
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A third theory blames the cynical designs of Pakistan's intelligence agency, which Afghans have long accused of trying to destabilize their government.
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Direct aid to Afghans is also declining, from $1 billion in the 2017 fiscal year to just under $500 million in 2019.
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They are the possessions of the dead, lovingly preserved by family members of Afghans killed during the past 226 years of conflict.
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Afghans also revere Ghazni as a seat of ancient culture, once the capital of a vast empire that ruled modern-day India.
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"We believe in providing a peaceful and respectful life for all Afghans, including those Taliban who leave violence behind," Mr. Ghani said.
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But the fear of that next big bombing remains, and with it a conviction that ordinary Afghans will again bear the brunt.
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Many Afghans, particularly those in power today, fear that America is likely to make big concessions in its rush for the door.
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One problem is that the Taliban have refused to negotiate with other Afghans until America announces a timetable for a complete withdrawal.
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It turned Wafa's glorified shed into a radio station and turned hundreds of Afghans working for the US military into DJ warriors.
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In Kandahar, I was told by many Afghans that the small thieves are caught so that the big thieves may go free.
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Afghans have seen for themselves what impact, or lack of one, the death of a militant commander can have on a group.
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As they look to shore up revenue, mobile phone companies are trying to expand their data services and bring more Afghans online.
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A group of Afghans with children waded across the fast-moving waters of the Evros river and took refuge in a chapel.
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The initial government report said that 146 Iranians were killed, in addition to 11 Ukrainians, 10 Afghans, 5 Canadians, and 4 Swedes.
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The period could pave the way for sustainable peace and negotiations among Afghans, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in a statement.
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" His comments were quickly criticized by Afghans, some of whom even made reference to Afghanistan's unofficial title as the "Graveyard of Empires.
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Ideally, the Taliban would agree to a mutual cease-fire that eases the suffering of Afghans in both urban and rural areas.
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The Sacramento Valley is home to some 75,20113 Muslims, according to Mr. Elkarra, including thousands of Iraqis and Afghans who fled wars.
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Taliban suicide bombers hit a medical facility being built just outside Bagram Air Base to provide care for local Afghans on Wednesday.
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The closing of the Calais camp led to the arrival of Afghans in Grande-Synthe, creating overpopulation and tensions with the Kurds.
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Stark words from a man who once implored other Afghans -- even on US radio in Washington D.C. -- to stay, build and fight.
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That electoral process will need to come to closure before non-Taliban Afghans will be ready to engage in a peace process.
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It is worth the patient determination of Americans to try to forge such a way forward with Afghans and key international partners.
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Today, 40 percent of Afghan children who attend school are girls, and 75,000 Afghans attend universities — 35 percent of which are women.
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Ghani has introduced anti-corruption policies, opened economic corridors with regional powers, and appointed young and educated Afghans in top government positions.
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In Afghanistan, Biden rejected the notion that America had any moral obligation to improve the lives of Afghans or prevent civil wars.
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Conflict in the countryside has forced hundreds of thousands of Afghans out of their homes, crowing urban areas with displaced, impoverished people.
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To put forces back on the offensive, Miller said he has gotten rid of layers of approval for soldiers advising the Afghans.
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Nangayalay, a local police commander in the area (who like many Afghans has only one name), also confirmed that sequence of events.
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But with delayed elections scheduled for October still in doubt, Afghans still yearn for peace that lasts longer than a few days.
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New American military units are expected to arrive, adding to the approximately 14,000 troops already here, to advise and assist the Afghans.
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I would say in general, the broader takeaway is that the United States recognizes that the Afghans are in a losing stalemate.
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Serbia in turn sent hundreds of Afghans back to Macedonia, where around 800 Afghan citizens are now stuck at the border, he added.
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Another 19% of Afghans surveyed had never actually lived in their country, and had been displaced before ever making the journey to Europe.
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At illicitly boozy parties in Kabul, the capital, rich Afghans make dark jokes about the impending arrival of the jihadists at their gates.
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"If (Afghans) think of us like brothers I trust in God that all the problems will be solved," Baradar said, speaking in Pashto.
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Some 60,000 migrants, mostly Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans, are still scattered across the country, which is struggling to emerge from a debt crisis.
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At least 144,000 people, mostly Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans, have arrived in Greece so far in 2016 according to U.N. refugee agency data.
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Thousands of Afghans took the US up on it, some solely for the rare paycheck in a time of war and economic uncertainty.
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When Obama left office, there were still about 8,400 US forces left in the country to continue to train and advise the Afghans.
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Afghans laughed at the suggestion, and Afghan women spoke out on Twitter about the hypocrisy exhibited by both the Taliban and the world.
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For the millions of Afghans who have suffered through more than four decades of war in their country, happy endings are rarer still.
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The Pakistanis and Afghans speak warmly of the friends they have made from other countries, but they do not have any Chinese ones.
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Afghans want to transport saffron, dried fruit and other goods to China — which for its part wants copper to flow along the route.
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Many Afghans had fought for their neighbour during the Iran-Iraq War, and ties between those veterans and the Iranian security apparatus endured.
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But America also outsources the job to regional allies, such as Kurdish rebels in Syria and secret paramilitary units made up of Afghans.
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Afghans don't care if the United States has 8,400 troops in the country, as it does now, or 12,000 troops or 20,000 troops.
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Unlike Syrians, Afghans are not eligible for the relocation emergency program adopted by the EU last year, and their future is highly uncertain.
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The location -- close to so many embassies -- will likely have been chosen to target embassy employees and weaken international resolve to help Afghans.
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Many young Afghans who were once employed by the reconstruction efforts or who have decided the country is no longer safe are leaving.
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And for the first time since the early 2000s, Afghans were able to truly realize this holiday's tenets of peace, forgiveness, and mercy.
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Still, a survey by WIN/Gallup International in 2012 suggested that Brazilians were more religious than Afghans and Armenians more zealous than Iraqis.
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Last year some 650,000 migrants, mainly Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis, crossed Croatia on their way to the European Union's visa-free Schengen zone.
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Frozan is one of more than 38,000 Afghans who have been helped since the charity opened its office in the country in 2007.
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European countries have also deported smaller numbers of Afghans, despite rising violence as groups like the Taliban and Islamic State battle the government.
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" Instead of fighting, she said, the U.S. should help Afghans "reach a realistic peace settlement that halts the violence and protects our security.
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In addition, the administration is "disappointed" the bill does not include 4,000 special immigrant visas for Afghans who have helped the U.S. military.
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The American officers quickly agreed that the Afghans lacked urgency and that they needed to get into the city as fast as possible.
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There were also reports of unrest at the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on Wednesday night, with Afghans fighting Pakistanis.
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She cried with joy when she saw two 17-year-old Afghans she helped last year at a reunion at a local cafe.
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"We mourn all those who lost their lives in the attack, whether Afghans or citizens of other countries," Tillerson said in a statement.
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" Lasting peace, Mr. Obama said, would depend on not only defeating the Taliban but helping "Afghans grow their economy from the bottom up.
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But I do think you'll see [the Afghans] increasingly capable, increasingly competent, and increasingly proficient in employing their own assets as fighting continues.
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But according to one driver in Kabul, the two groups wreak the same kind of havoc in the daily lives of ordinary Afghans.
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The deal was criticized by some Afghans and human rights groups for the pardon it granted to Hekmatyar and many of his fighters.
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Thousands of Afghans who helped the U.S. military are being threatened by the Taliban, but a visa program for them is in jeopardy.
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His parents, Afghans living in Peshawar, Pakistan, found a local specialist who could perform the necessary surgery, but the price tag was $7,000.
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They are part of a wave of Afghans who are returning this year to a country in the middle of a worsening war.
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About 200 migrants, mostly Pakistanis and Afghans, were returned to Turkey on Monday, and an additional 124 were forcibly sent back on Friday.
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Amid rumors that Afghans and other non-Syrians could be deported, anger boiled, and scuffles began to break out between the two groups.
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The war in Yemen is one indication of how Afghans are already being drawn deeper into the Iranian-Saudi rivalry, on both sides.
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But some Afghans labeled their tribal and factional enemies as "Taliban" in order to put them in the American special operators' cross hairs.
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The Americans have so far tried to link any progress on a withdrawal timeline to the Taliban engaging with Afghans, including the government.
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But the United States has insisted that nothing can be finalized until the Taliban and the Afghans figure out the country's political future.
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But she said she feared the country would never recover as long as Afghans seek conflict and retribution rather than healing and reconciliation.
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In 21960, he resigned from the program (which is no longer offered in Afghanistan) to work on education with more input from Afghans.
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The misinformation, apparently meant to obscure the true venue, was betrayed by discrepancies in similar photographs released by the Americans and the Afghans.
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Above the picture of a lion and the dog, the latest leaflet contained an appeal to Afghans to report insurgents to the authorities.
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But many Afghans still believe in the promise of some kind of democracy, and they want to vote even though they are disillusioned.
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My veteran friends, from sergeants to generals, all have stories of fallen Iraqis and Afghans that have stayed with them over the years.
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The insurgents insisted they would talk to Afghans only after negotiating the withdrawal of the American forces who toppled their regime in 2001.
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In 2015, Eritreans comprised the third-largest nationality after Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans undertaking the dangerous journey in search of asylum and safety.
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When Wafa and the Afghans emerged from the woods, the smugglers led them to an open field and told them to stay put.
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A source told CNN that Khalilzad is close to all of the players, knows the region well and is known by the Afghans.
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Six of the men — who included Pakistanis, Syrians and Afghans— had obtained fake passports, claiming to be from Israel, Morocco, Belgium or Britain.
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In all, the warrant calls for the arrest of five people, four Afghans and a Pakistani, three of whom are still at large.
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The agony of seeing Afghans dying all around me and not being able to do anything about it was too much to handle.
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Thousands besieged the base, shouting death to America and throwing gasoline bombs, and at least 29 Afghans and 6 American soldiers were killed.
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Mr. Trump suddenly called off the talks, citing a Taliban attack that killed an American and NATO soldier and nearly a dozen Afghans.
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They included 82 Iranians, 3 Canadians, 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedes, 4 Afghans, 3 Germans, and 3 Brits, according to Ukraine&aposs foreign minister.
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