Afghanistan

This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses Gov. Kevin Stitt's choice of a new leader for the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, the state's sweeping immigration law remaining on hold and more.

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is calling for Oklahoma's 1,800 Afghan refugees to be swiftly expelled from the state.

As soon as May 20, thousands of Afghans living in the U.S. will lose a protection that shielded them from deportation and allowed them to work.

The explosion struck inside the ministry, killing Khalil Haqqani, officials said. His last official photo showed him at a meeting chaired by the deputy prime minister earlier Wednesday.

Oklahoma’s flagship Muslim civil rights group says news of an Afghan refugee in Oklahoma planning a terrorist attack should compel Oklahomans to have more compassion for each other and be aware of the factors that push people from any background to extremely violent behavior.

The Taliban have been targeting thousands of Afghan National Army soldiers and police officers, accusing them of being American spies.

The Afghan capital has been periodically hit by an ISIS affiliate, but no one immediately claimed responsibility for Monday's attack, which killed at least six and injured 13.

Men rarely speak out to protest the Taliban's stripping away of the rights of girls and women. A new study finds that many believe those lost rights should be restored.

Floods from heavy seasonal rains have destroyed over 1,000 houses, the U.N. food agency said. A U.N. official said the floods are a reminder of Afghanistan's vulnerability to the climate crisis.

There are several organizations in Oklahoma working to serve the new Afghan refugee population that arrived two years ago. One of the largest struggles they face is to provide one of the most basic resources—food.