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A year on from the fall of Kabul, Afghans reflect on their new lives in Australia

Before her modest restart to life in Melbourne, Maryam Nabavi was a brave female journalist in Kabul when the Taliban overran the Afghan capital on August 15, 2021, forcing her — like so many of her peers — to flee for life.

ABC News

Al-Qaeda 'back in Afghanistan' reviving training camps and 'posing major threat to UK'

Counter-terror sources claim the Al-Qaeda group has secretly set up small bases in the war-torn country of Afghanistan and is preparing fighters amid the chaos - which presents a major threat to the Western world

Daily Mirror

A year on, ex-Afghan leader defends role in Taliban takeover

On the eve of the anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Kabul, Afghanistan’s former president has defended what he says was a split-second decision to flee

The Independent UK

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‘Every day I am fearful’: Afghans with Australian visas wait in limbo a year after the fall of Kabul

One man who served with Australian troops tells the Guardian he is stranded in a Dutch refugee camp while his family remain in hiding in Afghanistan

The Guardian - AU

Afghan farmers fear Taliban ban on opium production will leave them destitute

Since coming to power in Afghanistan one year ago, the Taliban has announced a ban on growing and selling opium, leaving growers frustrated and worried about the future.

France 24

Nearly 10,000 who fled Afghanistan a year ago living in 'unsuitable and unsafe' hotel rooms

A year since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, charities warn those who fled must not be forgotten, after Home Secretary Priti Patel voiced her "tremendous pride" in the much-criticised rescue operation in Kabul

Daily Mirror

U.S. adversaries could exploit former Afghan commandos - U.S. Republican report

Former Afghan security personnel with sensitive knowledge of U.S. operations left behind by the American evacuation operation are vulnerable to recruitment or coercion by Russia, China and Iran, Republican lawmakers said on Sunday, noting that President Joe Biden's administration failed to prioritize evacuating them.

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Uttar Pradesh Police arrest Jaish terrorist

Saifullah is an expert in creating fake virtual IDs for terror outfits based in Pakistan and Afghanistan, says Anti-Terror Squad

The Hindu

Scoop: White House to circulate Afghanistan memo defending U.S. withdrawal

The memo is being released one year after the Biden administration evacuated troops from the region.

Axios

Poverty pushing Afghan families to sell young girls into marriage

August 15 marks one year since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan. Since then the economy has spiralled into decline and families are increasingly resorting to selling young girls into forced marriages.

France 24

Ireland vs Afghanistan LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Afghanistan in Ireland 2022

Follow all the action from Civil Service Cricket Club

The Independent UK

Afghan activist who fled country says ‘from anywhere we can support women’

‘I really hope the situation gets better and women can have their basic rights in Afghanistan,’ she said.

The Independent UK

The Taliban shifts tactics in its determination to control and oppress women

Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan a year ago, it has barred girls from school, required women to wear burqas in public and banned women from travelling without a male chaperone.

The Conversation

Gran, 82, refused visa for UK wedding as Home Office thinks she won't 'go back home'

Civil engineer Khadim Hayat, 28, from London, has not seen his 82-year-old grandma since 2019 after the Taliban takeover made it too difficult for him to visit Afghanistan

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Axios

Afghanistan: A day in the life, one year later — in photos

A glimpse into how life has changed for the millions of Afghans at home and abroad.

France 24

Taliban failures in governance speed up Afghan brain drain (Part II)

The mass exodus sparked by the Taliban takeover compelled Afghanistan’s new rulers to issue a call for Afghans to stay and help rebuild the country. But after a year of Taliban rule, the economy is in tatters, confidence has been shattered, and Afghanistan’s best and brightest are not returning –…

France 24

Taliban failures speed up Afghan brain drain, battering an already crippled economy (Part I)

The mass exodus sparked by the August 2021 Taliban takeover compelled Afghanistan’s new rulers to issue a call for Afghans to stay and help rebuild the country. But after a year of Taliban rule, the economy is in tatters, confidence has been shattered, and Afghanistan’s best and brightest are not…

Al Jazeera

Q&A: Anas Haqqani on one year of Taliban rule

Taliban leader Anas Haqqani says his government would not allow armed groups to operate from its soil.

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These photos show who is (and isn't) included in the Taliban's Afghanistan

One year ago, the Taliban raised their white flag over Afghanistan's capital for the second time. NPR toured the country and spoke to the Taliban and residents about what has happened since.

France 24

Afghan medical student starts over in France

The 15th of August marks the one-year anniversary of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. FRANCE 24 has been talking to refugees who have fled the country. In episode four of our series of special reports, we meet Fatemeh Abdali, whose medical studies were interrupted when the Taliban took over Kabul.…

Al Jazeera

‘I’ll be sacrificed’: The lost and sold daughters of Afghanistan

Child marriage, lack of education, financial desperation; a year since the Taliban takeover, girls’ futures are at risk.

The Guardian - UK

Hypocrisy or a reason for hope? The Taliban who send their girls to school

The Afghan rulers’ ban on female schooling has provoked global anger, but opposition is also growing from within

Chicago Tribune

One year after the US withdrew from Afghanistan, refugees find support from all corners of Chicago

CHICAGO — A year ago, former Afghan soldiers Rahimullah Zaland and Khan Madin Ashana fled their home country as the United States withdrew the last of its troops in dramatic airlifts in the final weeks of August. They spent months traveling separately through different countries, looking for a safe haven…

The Guardian - UK

‘I was a policewoman. Now I beg in the street’: life for Afghan women one year after the Taliban took power

Students, mothers, widows, workers and artists explain how their world has altered under ‘gender apartheid’

The Guardian - US

Muslims relieved and bewildered after Albuquerque murders case arrest

Community members who kept to their own homes out of fear of a serial killer face possibility that killings may have been committed by one of their own

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