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Fear and anxiety gripped Filipinos in Afghanistan as Taliban forces entered the capital Kabul, with militants taking over the presidential palace on Sunday night. 000_9L68HF Joseph Glenn Gumpal, leader of the Filipino community in Afghanistan, said the Filipino community cannot help but feel...

Senator Francis Tolentino urged on Monday, August 16, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to immediately repatriate Filipinos in Afghanistan following Taliban's takeover of the country. Senator Francis Tolentino (Senate of the Philippines) “As...

In view of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday said it is currently undertaking arrangements for the repatriation of Filipinos still left in Kabul. Screenshot_20210503_091256_com.twitter.android-01-2 “The Department and its Foreign Service Posts...

A roadside bomb struck a bus in Afghanistan overnight killing at least 11 people just hours before the Taliban announced a three-day ceasefire to mark this week's Eid al-Fitr holiday, the interior ministry said Monday. A man pushes an injured boy on a stretcher along a hospital corridor in Kandahar...