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Asef Ghafoory

Stranded people crossing the border between Pakistan Afghanistan, in Chaman, Pakistan, Aug. 13, 2021. Pakistan opened its Chaman border crossing for people who had been stranded in recent weeks. Juma Khan, the Pakistan border town's deputy commissioner, s

Taliban seize Herat and assault nearby dam that provides water and power to hundreds of thousands of Afghans

The Taliban have taken over the Afghan city of Herat, capping three weeks of furious fighting in which both men and women took up arms to defend their city while many residents fled gunfights and rocket attacks.