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Afghanistan's former President Hamid Karzai, speaks during a press conference, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. Karzai called a White House order freeing $3.5 billion in Afghan assets for America's 9/11 families "an atrocity against the Afghan people." He also sought the help of Americans, and in particular the families of the thousands killed on 9/11, to press the White House to rescind last week's order which he said was both "unjust and unfair." (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Ex-Afghan president: Biden order on frozen funds an atrocity
By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press
Sun,02/13/22-5:49AM , 147 Reads
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's former president on Sunday called a White House order to unfreeze $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the U.S. for families of 9/11 victims an atrocity against the Afghan people.
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Afghan protesters hold placards and shout slogans against U.S. during a protest condemning President Joe Biden's decision, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. President Biden signed an executive order, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, to create a pathway to split $7 billion in Afghan assets frozen in the U.S. to fund humanitarian relief in Afghanistan and to create a trust fund to compensate Sept. 11 victims. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Afghans protest US move to unfreeze $3.5B for 9/11 victims
By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press
Sat,02/12/22-6:12AM , 174 Reads
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Demonstrators in Afghanistan’s capital on Saturday condemned President Joe Biden’s order freeing up $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the U.S.
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Taliban fighters walk at the frozen Qargha Lake, near Kabul, Afghanistan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. The Taliban have detained two foreign journalists on assignment with the U.N. refugee agency and a number of its Afghan staff working in the country's capital, UNHCR said Friday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Taliban free detained UNHCR staff, 2 foreign journalists
By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press
Fri,02/11/22-8:39AM , 146 Reads
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban released two foreign journalists working with the U.N. refugee agency and several of the aid organization’s Afghan staff on Friday, UNHCR said, hours after news broke about their detentions in the capital, Kabul.
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An Afghan patient infected with COVID-19 sits on a bed in the intensive care unit of the Afghan Japan Communicable Disease Hospital, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. All but five of 38 COVID treatment hospitals that once operated in Afghanistan have been forced to close for lack of doctors, medicines and even heat. This comes as an economically devastated Afghanistan last week experienced a 67% increase in the numbers of reported COVID cases, according to the World Health Organization. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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New COVID surge batters Afghanistan's crumbling health care
By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press
Wed,02/09/22-12:06AM , 161 Reads
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Only five hospitals in Afghanistan still offer COVID-19 treatment, with 33 others having been forced to close in recent months for lack of doctors, medicines and even heating. This comes as the economically devastated nation is hit by a steep rise in the number of reported coronavirus cases.
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