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Taliban stopped 100 women flying to Dubai for university scholarships, UAE billionaire says
FILE - Taliban flags fly at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 9, 2021. Two years on from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the United States has begun easing rules that could allow commercial airlines to fly over the country in routes that cuts time and burned fuel for East-West travel. But those flights shortening routes for India and Southeast Asia raise questions never answered during the Taliban's previous rule from the 1990s to the months after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
opinion
In Afghanistan, we lost control of our own war
Shoaib Rahim
world
Afghan Taliban celebrate return to power two years on amid erosion of women’s rights
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 15: A car draped with a picture of Mullah Omar, the Afghan cleric who founded the Taliban in 1994, parades with Taliban supporters on August 15, 2023 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Two years ago, the Taliban completed their return to power in Afghanistan after the fall of the Western-backed government and rapid evacuations of foreign militaries, organizations and many Afghans who worked with them. In the time since, no country has formally recognized Taliban rule. (Photo by Nava Jamshidi/Getty Images)
opinion
The international community still hasn’t fulfilled its promises to Afghan refugees
Fereshta Abbasi
world
Two years after Taliban takeover, many Afghans who helped Canada’s military remain in limbo
People wait outside Hamid Karzai International Airport as a military transport plane takes off behind them in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 21, 2021. The U.S. Embassy warned Americans to stay away from the Kabul airport and told anyone outside the perimeter to Òleave immediately,Ó citing unnamed security threats. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
canada
Two years into Taliban rule, Afghan women ask Canada for education and accountability
Afghan girls attend a class in an underground school, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 28, 2022. Ahead of the second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Kabul, Afghan women are asking Canadians to join them in protecting gains in girls' education and resisting legitimacy for the terrorist group. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Ebrahim Noroozi
opinion
The Taliban’s ban on hair and beauty salons won’t just hurt Afghanistan’s women
Ruchi Kumar
world
Taliban bans beauty salons in Afghanistan despite UN concern and rare public protest
FILE- Beauticians put makeup on customers at Ms. Sadat's Beauty Salon in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 25, 2021. The one-month dateline given to women beauty salons ban in Afghanistan ended Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Taliban say that beauty salons must stop their activities otherwise their licenses will be cancelled. Sadiq Akif Mahjer, the spokesman for the Taliban-run Virtue and Vice Ministry says Tuesday that if they do not obey the orders of the ministry, their licenses will be cancelled by the municipality. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
soccer
Afghan players watch Morocco’s team practice for Women’s World Cup, hoping to get their chance
Members of the Afghan women's football team attend Morocco's practice ahead of the Women's World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Some of the team left Afghanistan after the Taliban retook power in 2021 and came out to support the Moroccan women and show that Muslim women belong in sports. (AP Photo/Victoria Adkins)
world
An Afghan man who spent years helping U.S. forces in Afghanistan is shot and killed in Washington
world
Cocaine market booming as meth trafficking spreads, UN report says
FILE PHOTO: Officers of Honduras' Technical Agency for Criminal Investigation carry a package containing cocaine seized during a police operation, at a presentation to the media, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras December 11, 2022. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez
canada
Indigenous artist’s design chosen for Afghan war monument
A proposed design concept for a national memorial to Canada's mission to Afghanistan is seen in a handout artist concept drawing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Veterans Affairs Canada, Team Stimson, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
world
After escaping the Taliban, hundreds of Afghans are still in Albania
Afghan men walk at a tourist resort where they are accommodated, in Shengjin, 70 kilometer (44 mile) northwest of the capital, Tirana, Albania, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Hundreds of Afghans are languishing in Albania, waiting for the U.S. visas they were promised, almost two years after fleeing the Taliban takeover of their country. For many, it's an emotional roller coaster. (AP Photo/Llazar Semini)
opinion
Afghanistan has been at war with itself
Jamaluddin Aram
world
Sixty Afghan girls hospitalized after school poisoning, police say
FILE PHOTO: A Taliban fighter is seen at the Taliban flag-raising ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 31, 2022.REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo
world
Qatar prime minister, Taliban chief hold secret Afghan talks, source says
FILE PHOTO: Qatar's then deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, speaks during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in Washington, U.S. February 10, 2023. Kevin Wolf/Pool via REUTERS
canada
Canadian Afghan advisers take government to court over alleged discrimination
Storm clouds pass by the Peace Tower and Parliament Hill Tuesday August 18, 2020 in Ottawa.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
world
Iran and Taliban exchange gunfire at Afghan border, escalating tensions over water rights
This is a locator map for Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. (AP Photo)
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