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Afghanistan releases detained US citizen

Afghanistan releases detained US citizen

Afghanistan's Taliban government released a US national on Tuesday who had been detained for more than a year, after a letter from his family requesting his freedom. The foreign ministry said the family of linguist and researcher Dennis Coyle had written to the supreme leader of Afghanistan, asking

'Many dead': Wounded survivor escaped Kabul clinic strike

'Many dead': Wounded survivor escaped Kabul clinic strike

Azmat Ali Momand had just finished his rounds, checking patients at the "Camp Omid" drug rehabilitation centre in the Afghan capital, Kabul, when the explosion erupted. "The room collapsed on me," the 30-year-old doctor, who has worked at the centre for two years, told

Afghan barbers under pressure as morality police take on short beards

Afghan barbers under pressure as morality police take on short beards

Barbers in Afghanistan risk detention for trimming men's beards too short, they told AFP, as the Taliban authorities enforce their strict interpretation of Islamic law with increasing zeal. Last month, the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice said it was now "obligatory"