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Afghans who worked for the U.S. military and government are being told that they cannot apply for special visas to the United States, even though Afghanistan is not among the countries listed in President Donald Trump’s new travel ban, according to advocates for Afghan refugees.

"Afghans Who Worked for U.S. Are Told Not to Apply for Visas, Advocates Say" is from the March 10, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Fahim Abed and Rod Nordland and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

The front line between rival U.S.-backed and Turkish-backed militias in northern Syria, just eight miles north of Manbij, snakes over mostly barren hillsides and through newly planted olive orchards. It consists of many miles of bulldozed earthworks, with fortified bunkers every few hundred yards.

"Kurds and Their Allies in Syria Count On Promises of U.S. Support" is from the January 31, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rod Nordland and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan military helicopters bombed a religious gathering in the northern province of Kunduz on Monday, killing at least 70 people and wounding 30 others, according to a local official in the area.

"Afghan Military Strike Kills at Least 70 at Mosque" is from the April 02, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rod Nordland and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Five people were found dead in Kabul’s largest hotel Sunday morning, as authorities hunted the surviving attackers of an armed group that stormed the hotel 10 hours earlier, trapping hundreds of guests during fighting that raged all night.

"At Least 5 Killed in Afghan Hotel Attack that Trapped Hundreds of Guests" is from the January 21, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Fatima Faizi and Rod Nordland and narrated by Kristi Burns.

On 5,753 occasions from 2010 to 2016, the U.S. military reported accusations of “gross human rights abuses” by the Afghan military, including many examples of child sexual abuse. If true, U.S. law required military aid to be cut off to the offending unit. Not once did that happen.

"Afghan Pedophiles Get Free Pass From U.S. Military, Report Says" is from the January 23, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rod Nordland and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Iraqi forces have driven Islamic State fighters from the northern city of Hawija, the militants’ final urban stronghold in Iraq, three years after they seized control of nearly a third of the country, the Iraqi government said Thursday.

"Iraq Claims Victory in Islamic State's Last Urban Stronghold" is from the October 05, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by David Zucchino and Rod Nordland and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

More than a thousand Islamic State fighters fled their crumbling Iraqi stronghold of Hawija. Instead of the martyrdom they had boasted was their only acceptable fate, they had voluntarily ended up here in the interrogation center of the Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq.

"More Than 1,000 ISIS Fighters Surrender" is from the October 08, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rod Nordland and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan — Mohammad Nasim knew he would not be searched at the gates of the International Committee of the Red Cross orthopedic center because he was a polio patient who had been going there for 19 years.

"He Killed a Caregiver. Now Even He’s Among Afghans Asking Why." is from the April 07, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rod Nordland and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

On visiting days in the women’s wing of Pul-e-Charki prison in Kabul, Najia Nasim would regularly see a young girl named Dahlia waiting outside her mother’s cell, standing up straight, wearing a small backpack. Inside the backpack were all of the girl’s clothes and a few personal possessions.

"Orphanages Rescue Some Afghan Children From Jails" is from the December 30, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rod Nordland and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

KOBANI, Syria — Turkey’s military suffered its worst day yet in the two-week offensive in Afrin, Syria, when at least seven soldiers were killed and a tank was destroyed in the fighting, official Turkish news outlets reported Sunday.

"Turkey’s Worst Day Yet in Syria Offensive: At Least 7 Soldiers Killed" is from the February 04, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rod Nordland and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

A suicide bomber detonated explosives in a crowd celebrating the Persian New Year in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, killing 31 and leaving desperate family members searching among bodies and body parts for their loved ones’ remains.

"‘May God Kill Your Own Son’: Bomb Rips Families Apart in Kabul" is from the March 21, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Fatima Faizi, Rod Nordland and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

A court in the Czech Republic ordered the release of a senior Kurdish official Tuesday, despite an extradition request from Turkey, which wanted to try him as a terrorist, according to the official’s lawyer and the Czech News Agency.

"Czechs Release Top Kurdish Official Despite Turkish Extradition Request" is from the February 27, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rod Nordland and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

KABUL, Afghanistan — A U.S. airstrike killed the leader of the Islamic State group in northern Afghanistan, the latest in a series of crippling setbacks for the extremist organization in the country, according to U.S. and Afghan officials on Monday.

"Islamic State Leader in Afghanistan Is Killed in U.S. Airstrike" is from the April 09, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rod Nordland and Zabihullah Ghazi and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Dubai, one of the seven emirates in the United Arab Emirates, portrays itself as welcoming to foreigners. Its boosters claim it is the fourth most-visited tourism destination in the world, and it has at least 12 times as many foreign residents as citizens. But a legal system based on a hard-line interpretation of Shariah law often lands foreigners in jail for offenses that few Westerners would dream were even crimes.

"Welcome to Dubai. Now, Please, Stop Holding Hands." is from the November 11, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rod Nordland and narrated by Kristi Burns.

The blood moon rose over a scene of bombed-out buildings reduced to boulder-size rubble, with newly printed street signs noting the names of people who had died here in this little Syrian city of Kobani.

"By Light of a Blood Moon, Life Returns to a Bombed-Out Syrian Landscape" is from the February 11, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rod Nordland and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Taliban insurgents using sophisticated night vision and laser targeting equipment overran Afghan army positions near the northern city of Kunduz on Tuesday, killing at least eight people and wounding five more, Afghan officials said.

"Taliban Fighters Using High-Tech Gear Kill Afghan Forces" is from the January 16, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Najim Rahim and Rod Nordland and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Senior diplomats have gathered to talk about peace in Afghanistan dozens of times through the years, and the Taliban have uniformly been both absent and dismissive of their efforts.

"Taliban’s Rare Silence on Talks Charges Up a New Peace Conference" is from the March 27, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rod Nordland and Mujib Mashal and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Taliban insurgents overran the government headquarters of a district in northern Afghanistan on Monday, the latest in a string of losses for Kabul, just hours before President Donald Trump was to unveil his long-delayed strategic plan for handling the nearly 16-year war.

"Afghan Insurgents Gaining as Trump Rolls out War Plan" is from the August 21, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rod Nordland and Fahim Abed and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The U.S.-led campaign to hunt down the last pockets of Islamic State militants in Syria has lost its most effective fighting partner — Kurdish forces that are newly-focused on a Turkish assault — in what U.S. military officials fear will stall a critical phase of the offensive and leave open the door for hundreds of foreign fighters to escape.

"Amid Turkish Assault, Kurdish Forces Are Drawn Away From U.S. Fight With Islamic State" is from the February 28, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Eric Schmitt, Rod Nordland and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The Afghan singer and pop star Aryana Saeed, as famous here for her curve-hugging costumes as she is for her feminist lyrics, can sell out any stadium in Afghanistan, and in many other countries as well. When it comes to her home country, though, that does not necessarily mean she can perform in them.

"For Afghan Pop Star, Mullahs Aren't Showstoppers" is from the August 19, 2017 International section of The New York Times. It was written by Rod Nordland and Fatima Faizi and narrated by Kristi Burns.