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An overhaul of the U.S. immigration system could be key to aiding Afghan women find a new life, advocates said during an event Tuesday to mark International Women’s Day.  

Taliban attacks undermine peace talks, says Afghan ambassador Roya Rahmani

Unrelenting Taliban attacks like the deadly car bomb that rocked Kabul on Wednesday are undermining the credibility of negotiations to end the nearly 18-year-old war in Afghanistan, the country s ambassador to the US said.

Afghan ambassador in Washington celebrates return of stolen antiquities

Afghan ambassador in Washington celebrates return of stolen antiquities Jenna McLaughlin © Provided by Yahoo! News Recovered Afghan artifacts: “Head of a Bodhisattva with a headdress,” 3rd century, valued at $2,000; “Standing Buddha,” 3rd-4th century, valued at $167,500; and “Relief depicting Buddha’s first sermon,” 3rd century, valued at $55,000. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Manhattan district attorney’s office) WASHINGTON Ambassador Roya Rahmani never cried as a young woman in Afghanistan. Tears were a sign of a woman’s “weakness,” she recalled being told, a dogma she said she swore to defy. Then she turned on the television in March of 2001 and saw the Taliban detonating explosives to destroy the ancient Buddhas of Bamiyan, a pair of towering statues carved into a cliffside.