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Najibullah Quraishi has won numerous awards for his reporting, including three Emmy awards, a Peabody award, an Overseas Press Club award and a DuPont award. He's currently in Kabul, where he's waiting to hear when he can get a flight out of Afghanistan.

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A more moderate Taliban? An Afghan journalist says nothing has changed

2:10pm October 07, 2021

by Terry Gross

Reporting from Kabul, Najibullah Quraishi says the Taliban's vice and virtue squads have reinstituted harsh punishments, including whipping, chopping off hands and even hanging people from cranes.

Demonstrators shout anti-U.S. slogans at a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, on Tuesday, a day after President Trump tweeted that Pakistan has "given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools."

U.S. Suspends Most Security Assistance To Pakistan

5:35pm January 04, 2018

by Hannah Bloch

After Monday's tweet by President Trump accusing Pakistan of "deceit" and of harboring terrorists, the U.S. announced it will suspend most security aid to Islamabad. But the cut won't be permanent.

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Canadian Man Details Horrors Family Endured In Years Held By Haqqani Network

1:51pm October 15, 2017

by Renee Montagne

Canadian Joshua Boyle and his American wife Caitlin Coleman were captured by the terrorist group in 2012. This past week they and their children were freed, and face a tough reentry into society.

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This still image made from a 2013 video released by the Coleman family shows Caitlan Coleman and her husband, Canadian Joshua Boyle, in a militant video given to the family.

U.S. Woman And Family Freed After 5 Years In Captivity In Afghanistan

9:54pm October 12, 2017

by Greg Myre

Caitlan Coleman, her Canadian husband and their three children had been held by an extremist group in Afghanistan. The U.S. and Pakistan say they worked together to secure the release.

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Mourners carry the coffin of one of six Afghan employees of the Red Cross killed in an attack in a remote northern province in February.

In Their Own Words: Why Armed Fighters Attack Aid Workers

3:07pm September 14, 2017

by Malaka Gharib

In the first study of its kind, researchers ask members of al-Shabab, the Haqqani network and the Taliban to explain why they attack the humanitarians trying to help them.

The death toll from Wednesday's bomb attack in Kabul has risen to more than 150, according to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. He spoke at an international peace conference Tuesday in the Afghan capital.

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Death Toll In Kabul Blast Surpasses 150, Afghan President Says

3:56pm June 06, 2017

by Amy Held

Previous estimates said 90 had died in last week's truck bombing outside the German Embassy. Speaking at a Kabul peace conference, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani did not explain the sharp increase.