Afghans face catastrophe without urgent aid, UN warns
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A British soldier with a baby at Kabul airport. Photograph: Sky New Afghanistan is facing an “absolute catastrophe” involving widespread...
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‘Progress is on the line’: former Afghan ambassador warns of women’s fate under Taliban rule
Two decades of gains in rights and liberties for the women of Afghanistan hang by a thread as many go into hiding The embassy of...
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Progress was always fitful. Many Afghan women felt unsafe before the Taliban’s arrival...
Iam thinking about Farkhunda. You may have read about her six years ago and felt outrage at the Afghan men who killed her. All that...
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Journalist who captured hopes of Afghan women and girls says Taliban’s return is ‘devastating’ blow
An acclaimed photojournalist who captured the hopes of women and girls after the fall of the Taliban in 2001 fears they have been...
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Afghan women footballers evacuated by Australian government after plea
The Australian government has evacuated more than 50 women footballers and athletes and their dependents from Afghanistan following an...
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‘Don’t avert your eyes’: Afghan teachers urge world to defend girls’ education
Educators say they fear reversal of hard-won progress as aid workers call for Taliban’s desire for international legitimacy to be used as...
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Woman trapped indoors fearful of the Taliban says the world has 'left Afghanistan behind'
'All the world has left us behind', a female aid worker trapped in Afghanistan feels she has been 'left behind' by the West 'to die' A...
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Music will be banned in Afghanistan and women will need a male chaperone if they travel alone
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told the New York Times that the terrorist group will be more liberal than they were 20 years ago He...
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Afghanistan: Right to ride revolution stops as women face targeted violence by Taliban
Women cycling in Afghanistan (Image credit: Getty Images) The last 10 days have been a matter of life and death for the groundbreaking...
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