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Reporter at the @nytimes Kabul bureau.

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The Ariana Cinema, according to Kabul residents, was a reminder of past memories and the film industry in the country, but this building no longer physically exists for people to recall the past by seeing it. Our latest for the @nytimes with @ElianPeltier https://t.co/aFRX6HXuVs
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Built during a cosmopolitan era in the 1960s, the Ariana closed when the Taliban took power, but it was still standing. Now it’s making way for a shopping mall.
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The suspect in the DC attack had joined a CIA-backed Afghan paramilitary unit during the U.S. war in Afghanistan to earn money for his family and get medical training, not for ideological reasons, a friend of his told @SAFIPADSHAH. When he returned in his native eastern
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More than a year before the Trump administration granted asylum to the Afghan immigrant, the volunteer’s emails raised concerns that he was unraveling.
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D.C. Shooting Suspect Worked With C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
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The C.I.A. and an Afghan intelligence official said that the shooter had been part of an Afghan β€œpartner force,” known as a Zero Unit, trained and supported by the agency in the southern province of...
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Elian Peltier
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Diapatch from Mazar-i-Sharif this week, with Yaqoob Akbary and @SAFIPADSHAH on the ground https://t.co/naZx18uRHh
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The Blue Mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif suffered heavy damage in the earthquake on Monday. Like Afghanistan, it is still standing. But like the country it is increasingly weakened and frail, with hopes of reconstruction dimming by the day. πŸ“Έ @SAFIPADSHAH
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Scars in the Blue Mosque Reveal Afghanistan’s Rifts
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The namesake of Mazar-i-Sharif suffered countless cracks in a 6.3-magnitude quake, but, like Afghanistan, it has endured for centuries.
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At Least 10 Dead and Hundreds Injured After Strong Quake Hits Afghanistan
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A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Mazar-i-Sharif, a northern city known for its magnificent Blue Mosque, which suffered damage.
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Clashes Between Afghanistan and Pakistan Kill at Least 12
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The cease-fire went into effect on Wednesday, hours after explosions hit Kabul and 12 Afghans died in fighting along the countries’ border.
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Overnight Violence Between Afghanistan and Pakistan Threatens a Wider Conflict
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Isolated confrontations have intensified over the past week into the sharpest escalation of violence between the two countries in years.
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Social Media Restrictions and 2-Day Internet Shutdown Rattle Afghanistan
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A telecommunications blackout and restrictions on social media have further isolated Afghans who rely on the internet as a lifeline.
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Taliban Expands Ties with India, While Accusing Pakistan of Bombing Afghanistan
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As it elevates its relationship with India, Afghanistan’s Taliban government is striking a delicate balance in the region.
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Afghanistan Frees a U.S. Citizen Held in Prison
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The move comes as the country seeks to break the international isolation it has faced since the Taliban seized power in 2021.
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Taliban Rebuffs Trump’s Effort to Regain Air Base in Afghanistan
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An Afghan official rejected the idea of a renewed presence for the U.S. military in the country, but left the door open for β€œpolitical and economic relations.”
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Internet Shutdowns Hit Parts of Afghanistan Amid Talk of a Crackdown
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Some provincial officials said the country’s leader instructed them to switch off Wi-Fi in their area to limit the β€œmisuse of the internet” and diffusion of β€œimmoral acts.”
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4 months
The situation in Nurgal district is critical, still there are dead and wounded left under the rubble and the death toll is expected to rise. Reporting from Nurgal district of the eastern Kunar province. Our latest for @nytimes https://t.co/Gtm3GDgbZe
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Villages remain cut off in the remote, mountainous areas in the east that have been hardest hit by the disaster, which has killed at least 1,400 people.
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Elian Peltier
4 months
But that is such an incomplete picture of the devastation that has swept through eastern Afghanistan and that @SAFIPADSHAH at the @nytimes witnessed.
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Elian Peltier
4 months
There's a little more in the article we wrote tonight. Here's a link. All photos & videos from Kunar Province shot by @SAFIPADSHAH https://t.co/S3d5HPWEi5
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Villages remain cut off in the remote, mountainous areas in the east that have been hardest hit by the disaster, which has killed at least 1,400 people.
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Earthquake Kills Hundreds in Afghanistan
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The quake, near the border with Pakistan, injured more than 2,500 people in mountainous areas that rescue workers took hours to reach.
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An β€˜Economic Storm’ of Crises Is Battering Afghanistan. Our latest for the @nytimes
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Afghanistan was on a timid recovery path. But four years after the Taliban retook power, it has been badly hit by aid cuts and an inflow of two million Afghans forced out of Iran and Pakistan.
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