The federal government has launched a contest to design the national memorial to Canada’s mission in the Afghanistan war. The long-delayed monument was first promised by the...
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The federal government has launched a contest to design the national memorial to Canada’s mission in the Afghanistan war. The long-delayed monument was first promised by the...
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Ancient Buddhist clay heads and other precious artefacts looted from Iraq and Afghanistan and illegally exported to the UK will soon be returned to their country of origin....
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An ancient tower dating back 2,000 years in the historic Afghan city of Ghazni collapsed this week, local officials said, raising concerns about the vulnerability of the...
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Footage uploaded to social media shows a fort in the old city crumbling. The tower was one of dozens already destroyed in the city. Officials blamed heavy...
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Centuries of neglect and frequent floods are threatening the Minaret of Jam, one of Afghanistan's archaeological treasures. Last week, the 800-year-old structure in the remote, western province...
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A row has broken out in Russia over a film about the Soviet Union’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, after politicians and former servicemen criticised its unflattering depiction of Red...
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Simon Tisdall’s denunciation of the US-led western involvement in Afghanistan as “17 or so years of ultimately pointless, criminal mayhem” (The US ruined Afghanistan. It can’t simply walk...
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This year, Chinese New Year runs from February 5 to 19 but celebrations kick off on New Year’s Eve, February 4. The festival is usually called Spring Festival...
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The Taliban has refused peace talks for years, hoping that one day it will capture Kabul, remove a democratic government, and form an extreme regime in the...
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It was the moment he became a part of history. When he joined the army about 15 years ago, Slywka listened avidly to the men who fought...
Read moreThe United States ambassador to Afghanistan on Thursday openly questioned the Afghan government's commitment to fighting corruption after reports...
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