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Vol. 15 · No. 136 · Sunday, 15 November 2026

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Afghanistan says it has endured enough freedom

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KABUL — Afghanistan is telling friends that it has decided to break up with long-time boyfriend Freedom.

“We’ve endured enough,” sources say the burka-clad beauty told gal-pals.

Neighbors say the southwest Asian nation has been quite vocal about its feelings. One friendly country, who would only give its first name as “Tajik,” claims the mountainous nation recently went off on its long-term relationship.

“Ok, fine,” Tajik quoted Afghanistan as saying. “Girls in schools was good — not great, because the laundry really started piling up, but good. And fast food is amazing. I was really sick of goat, to be honest. But the rest? No more.

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