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WASHINGTON — Cydney Mizell, an aid worker teaching English in southern Afghanistan, vanished in 2008, abducted after being driven off the side of a road and presumed dead for 15 years. Members of her family, left with few other details of the circumstances surrounding her disappearance, wondered whether they would ever learn her fate. Jan Mizell, her younger sister, said she would tell people: “Somebody over there knows what happened to my sister. They’re just not talking.&#...

Ariana Afghan Airlines is to soon begin flights from Khost province to the United Arab Emirate, an official said.

Read MEI's weekly briefing featuring expert analysis of key regional developments for the week ahead.

More than 6,000 doctors including 1,200 women took the examination for medical expertise in Monday in Kabul.

A 100-year-old feud between Gubaz and Wadir tribes in eastern Kunar province has been converted into friendship as a result of mediation by local officials and tribal elders.

State-run *Radio Pakistan* says crossing opened for "commercial assignments", no cargo vehicle to be allowed without documents from April 1.

WASHINGTON — Cydney Mizell, an aid worker teaching English in southern Afghanistan, vanished in 2008, abducted after being driven off the side of a road and presumed dead for 15 years. Members of her family, left with few other details of the circumstances surrounding her disappearance, wondered whether they would ever learn her fate. Jan Mizell, her younger sister, said she would tell people: “Somebody over there knows what happened to my sister. They’re just not talking.&#...

Recently, we have welcomed the year 2024, crossing the threshold of a new life cycle. The first month of a new year is always a time of meetings of the closest friends, a time of new hopes and accomplishments. It is profoundly symbolic that I will make my first visit this year to the Celestial Empire at the invitation of the distinguished President of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Xi Jinping.

Frequent, prolonged shutting of Torkham and other crossings may compel Afghan traders to look elsewhere.

More than 6,000 doctors including 1,200 women took the examination for medical expertise in Monday in Kabul.