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Airlines reroute flights from Afghan airspace

2021-08-16 12:55:45| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

United Airlines and British Airways have stopped using airspace after the Taliban swept into Kabul.

Afghan Girls Banned From US Robotics Competition Finally Attend Event

2017-07-17 14:30:41| Extremetech

The State Department contacted US Citizenship and Immigration Services to reverse its decision and allow the girls into the country just in time for the event. The post Afghan Girls Banned From US Robotics Competition Finally Attend Event appeared first on ExtremeTech.

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Afghan Taliban want telecom infrastructure 'protection tax'

2016-01-18 09:45:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) The Taliban are demanding a "protection tax" from Afghan mobile phone companies, industry and militant sources told AFP. At a secret meeting last month near the Pakistani city of Quetta, the Taliban's central leadership formally demanded the tax from representatives of four mobile companies in exchange for not damaging their sites or harming their employees.

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Officials ID Afghan attack victims--one from Dubuque County

2015-12-23 04:58:01| Auto Dealers - Topix.net

A New York City detective who was killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan was mourned Tuesday as a selfless public servant and a devoted family man, while a second victim was identified as a Long Island man. Detective Joseph Lemm was one of six American service members killed Monday when an attacker rammed an explosives-laden motorcycle into their patrol.

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