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After helping many families flee the Taliban in Afghanistan, Farouq Samim has finally been reunited with his own. His nephew and his nephew’s wife and children arrived in Ottawa on March 13. CBC | World News
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UN says Taliban is restricting Afghan women from working, seeking health care
The Taliban are restricting Afghan women’s access to work, travel and health care if they are unmarried or don’t have a male guardian, according to a UN report published Monday. CBC | World News
Read More »Former Afghan interpreter for Canadian Armed Forces arrested by the Taliban, family says
Bashir Ahmad Azizi, a former Canadian Armed Forces military interpreter, has been arrested by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, CBC News has learned. Azizi and his family have been in hiding for two years as they await immigration paperwork that would allow them to come to Canada. CBC | World News
Read More »Afghan government will free 1,500 prisoners, Taliban wants 5,000 out
The Afghan government said on Wednesday it would free 1,500 Taliban prisoners, while delaying the release of another 3,500 that the militants say must be set free for talks to begin under a peace deal reached with the United States. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. strikes Taliban forces in first hit since peace deal
The U.S. conducted its first airstrike against Taliban forces in Afghanistan since signing an ambitious peace deal with the militant group. CBC | World News
Read More »Taliban rule out taking part in talks with Afghan government until prisoners freed
Taliban militants will not take part in intra-Afghan talks until about 5,000 of their prisoners are released, a spokesperson said on Monday, presenting a major possible barrier to ending the war. The statement came as a reduction of violence period came to and end, and the Taliban said a resumption of operations against Afghan government forces could now take place. ...
Read More »Taliban, U.S. sign deal aimed at ending war in Afghanistan
The United States and the Taliban have signed a peace agreement aimed at ending the 18-year war in Afghanistan, America’s longest. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S., Taliban plan to sign peace agreement next week
The United States and the Taliban are on target to sign a peace agreement next week after a seven-day period of reduced violence, American and Taliban officials said Friday. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. and Taliban agree to temporary truce in Afghanistan
The peace deal would call for negotiations between Afghans on both sides of the conflict to start next month, an eventual countrywide cease-fire and a commitment from the Taliban not to harbour terrorist groups like al-Qaeda, while setting a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. says Taliban has agreed to reduction in violence in Afghanistan
An airstrike in Afghanistan on Friday killed at least eight people — all believed to be civilians, residents said — just hours after U.S. statements that there had been a breakthrough in peace talks. CBC | World News
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