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Former US marine breaks down as he describes ‘catastrophe’ of 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan

Active service members and veterans have provided first-hand testimony in the House of Representatives about the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan, describing in harrowing detail the carnage and death they witnessed on the ground.

Evening Standard

Veterans reveal horror of deadly bomb attack on men, women and children at airport

Two suicide bombers caused horrific slaughter as huge crowds swamped Kabul airport during US withdrawal from Afghanistan

Wales Online

Women's Day rallies call for abortion rights, equal pay and an end to Afghanistan's 'gender apartheid'

Rallies, conferences and events marking International Women's Day take place across the globe, focusing on abortion, equal pay and an end to gender repressive laws in countries including Afghanistan and Iran.

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Police try to stop International Women's Day protests in Pakistan. Protesters persist

Women marched on International Women's Day to demand equal rights in Pakistan. But their slogans, like "my body, my choice," are red meat for conservatives who see the protesters as un-Islamic.

WEKU

Veterans give searing testimony on US withdrawal from Afghanistan at hearing

Witnesses described the chaos and panic of the 2021 US departure during the Republican inquiry, which had people in tears at times

The Guardian - US

An injured Marine gives searing testimony on the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan

The Marine sergeant, who survived a terrorist bombing on the Abbey gate at the Kabul airport in 2021, recounted chaos and atrocities he witnessed. Veterans urged Congress to help those left behind.

WEKU

UN warns of aid cuts over Taliban crackdown on women's rights

The U.N. envoy in Afghanistan warned on Wednesday that a Taliban administration crackdown on women's rights is likely to lead to a drop in aid and development funding in the country, where women fear being cut from public life as much as violent death.

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Russian mercenaries claim progress in Bakhmut, Sydney Trains denies cyber attack, and an IT outage hits Melbourne hospitals — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happened.

ABC News

Veterans testify of 'catastrophic' impact of Afghan collapse

Active-service members and veterans have provided first-hand testimony in the House of Representatives about the implications of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, describing in harrowing and explicit detail the trauma experienced on the ground

The Independent UK

Afghan refugee girls continue their education in Pakistan

Since the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan in August 2021, thousands of Afghan families have found refuge in neighbouring Pakistan. Many Afghans decided to flee their country in order for their daughters to have an education, the Taliban having imposed a ban on secondary and higher education for girls. Pakistan…

France 24

Women march as rights under threat across the globe

Women were taking to the streets from Kabul to Bangkok on Wednesday to mark International Women’s Day and defend rights that are coming under increasing attack.

Bangkok Post

International Women’s Day: The exclusion of Afghanistan’s women

Eighty percent of school-aged Afghan girls and young women – totalling 2.5 million people – continue to be out of school

Al Jazeera

Campaign calls for gender apartheid to be crime under international law

Prominent Afghans and Iranians say current laws do not capture the systematic suppression of women

The Guardian - UK

EU imposes global sanctions over rights abuses against women

The European Union has announced sanctions against officials from six countries, including Russia and Afghanistan, for violence and rights abuses against women. This comes as countries around the globe mark International Women's Day on Wednesday.

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The Independent UK

UN: Afghanistan is world's most repressive country for women

The United Nations says that since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls

ABC News

The erosion of women’s rights since the Taliban took over Afghanistan

Meet the 22-year old journalist who refuses to stop reporting on the Taliban’s abuses against women.

Daily Mirror

10 worrying clues Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may snub Charles' Coronation invite

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle still haven't revealed whether they are attending King Charles III's Coronation - and there are a number of issues stopping them

The Guardian - UK

Suella Braverman’s small boats crackdown is performative cruelty at its worst

UK government plans to remove ‘illegals’ will be chaotic, costly and cause untold human misery, says Refugee council chief executive Enver Solomon

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Dynamite News

Hijab made mandatory for female students and teachers in PoK

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government has made Hijab mandatory for female students and teachers at co-educational institutions in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

The Independent UK

Two teens stabbed boy 15 times in ‘cold-blooded’ mistaken identity murder

‘I have lost my husband and now I have lost my only child,’ says mother of Rishmeet Singh, whose father was killed by Taliban in 2019

The Times of India

Pakistan's police in crosshairs of terrorists

Pakistan has witnessed a surge in terror attacks on its security officials over the past few months as the country struggles to fight back the Pakistan Taliban, Islamic State and other terror outfits that are slowly expanding their foothold in areas bordering Afghanistan.

Bangkok Post

Afghan universities reopen but women still barred

KABUL: Afghan universities reopened on Monday after a winter break, but only men returned to class with a "heartbreaking" ban by the Taliban authorities on women in higher education still in force.

Dynamite News

Sena (UTB) MP Sanjay Raut on ED-CBI raids against oppostion: "Like Taliban and al-Qaeda..."

A day after eight political party leaders wrote a joint letter to PM Modi alleging "blatant misuse" of central agencies against the opposition, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut likening raids against them by probe bodies with those by the al-Qaeda and Taliban. Read further on Dynamite News:

360info

How patriarchal mindset prevents women in peace efforts

Can Afghan and Syrian women ever be involved in the peace process or will it remain a pipe dream?

Al Jazeera

How an Afghan girls’ school principal fled the Taliban

After fleeing Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, a former head teacher from Kabul tries to make a new life in Canada.

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