Afghanistan

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FILE - Children stand in front of a home destroyed during a Sept. 5, 2019, night raid by U.S. forces in a village in a remote region of Afghanistan, on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Adoption

US government worked against itself to let Marine adopt Afghan girl, documents obtained by AP show

FEB. 13, 2026

Immigration Afghan Arrests
Abdul Salam, center, and his son Ahmad Sodais shop for sweet treats inside of an Afghan grocery store in Carmichael, Calif., Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Afghanistan

AP documents increased immigration arrests of Afghans after National Guard shooting

DEC. 19, 2025

Afghan Refugees
FILE - A boy flies a kite on a hilltop overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Afghanistan

AP details one family’s globe-spanning migration and deportation saga

OCT. 31, 2025

POLIO-FALLAS DE ERRADICACIÓN
Un trabajador médico administra la vacuna contra la polio a un niño, el 21 de abril de 2025, en Karachi, Pakistán. (AP Foto/Fareed Khan, Archivo)

Afghanistan

The world nearly beat polio. But fake records, an imperfect vaccine and missteps aided its comeback

AUG. 15, 2025

Pakistan Afghan Refugees
Afghan refugees take rest at a transit station setup to facilitate Afghan refugees' deportations, outskirt of Chaman, a town on the Pakistan and Afghanistan border, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo)

Afghanistan

US restores urgent food aid, except in Afghanistan and Yemen, two of the world’s poorest countries

APRIL 9, 2025

A general view of a luxury house is seen in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)
A general view of a luxury house is seen in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)

Afghanistan

Thanks to peace, two unexpected words are echoing across Afghanistan’s capital: Luxury housing

DEC. 3, 2024

Paris Olympics Afghan Paralympian
Afghan Taekwondo Paralympian Zakia Khudadadi, part of the Refugee Olympic Team, poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Afghanistan

First Afghan woman to compete internationally after Taliban takeover seeks Olympic gold in Paris

AUG. 6, 2024

Afghanistan Women
An Afghan woman tailor works with a sewing machine in the Afghan Women Business Hub in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. Half of Afghanistan's population now finds itself locked out of the freedom to work at a time when the country's economy is worse than ever, with few jobs available to women in the country. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)

Afghanistan

An Afghan woman wanted to be a doctor. Now she makes pickles as the Taliban restricts women’s roles

JULY 3, 2024

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This illustration depicts a baby being held, and an airplane leaving the Kabul, Afghanistan airport. An Afghan couple who arrived in the U.S. as refugees are suing a U.S. Marine and his wife for allegedly abducting their baby. (AP Illustration/Nat Castaneda)

Adoption

AP breaks stunning story of child caught in custody battle between Afghan couple, US Marine

OCT. 28, 2022

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FILE - In this television image from Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera, Osama bin Laden, right, listens as top al-Qaida deputy Ayman al-Zawahri speaks at an undisclosed location in this image made from undated video broadcast by Arab news channel Al-Jazeera, April 15, 2002. A U.S. drone strike killed al-Zawahri in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden announced, Aug. 1, 2022. . , according to a person familiar with the matter. President Joe Biden will speak about the operation on Monday night, Aug. 1, 2022, from the White House. (AP Photo/Al-Jazeera/APTN, file) Al-Qaida's then-deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri speaks in video broadcast by Arab news channel Al-Jazeera on Jan. 30, 2006.

Afghanistan

Strong sourcing, teamwork put AP first with US drone strike on al-Qaida leader

AUG. 12, 2022

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Qandi Gul, 10, holds her brother outside housing for those displaced by war and drought near Herat, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2021. Gul’s father sold her into marriage without telling his wife Aziz, taking a down payment so he could feed his family of five children. Without that money, he told Aziz, they would all starve. He had to sacrifice one to save the rest. But Aziz is fighting to save her daughter from being forced into the arranged marriage. (AP Photo / Mstyslav Chernov)

Afghanistan

Stunning AP package reveals desperate Afghan parents selling children; readers respond

JAN. 7, 2022

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Afghan migrant Ali Rezaie looks at a map on his phone as he and Sayed Hamza trek through the French-Italian Alps to reach a migrant refuge in Briancon, France, Dec. 12, 2021. When the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August, some Afghans resolved to escape and embarked on forbidding journeys of thousands of kilometers to Europe. Like others, Rezaie’s odyssey through five countries carried him high into the French-Italian Alps, where he was pushing through knee-deep snow to evade border guards. (AP Photo / Daniel Cole)

Afghanistan

Only on AP: Exclusive coverage as Afghan migrants trek across Alps in winter

DEC. 31, 2021

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