The Taliban Moves Into More Areas, Complicating Afghanistan's COVID Response
People on vehicles, holding Taliban flags, gather near a crossing point in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Chaman, Pakistan, July 14, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Abdul Khaliq Achakzai Last month, Ajmal Omari found himself stuck in a taxi, waiting at one of the many Taliban checkpoints that have proliferated across Afghanistan over the past year. Omari, a 34-year-old journalist, was traveling with his father, who was weak and breathless after having contracted COVID-19. The father and son live near a large private hospital in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan, but traffic was backed up...
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