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U.N. Official Warns Against Taliban's New Vice And Virtue Laws

Taliban's new vice and virtue laws in Afghanistan raise international alarm over women's rights and freedoms.

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The Afghan Allies Left Behind in the Graveyard of Empires

Thousands of people who helped the U.S. in Afghanistan are still looking for an escape.

Reason

Taliban vice and virtue laws provide 'distressing vision' for Afghanistan, warns UN envoy

A top UN official is warning that the Taliban’s new vice and virtue laws provide a distressing vision for Afghanistan’s future

The Independent UK

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Hero Afghan pilot finally reunited with wife and daughter after long-running Independent campaign

An Afghan pilot who The Independent fought to be allowed to build a life in Britain, has finally been reunited with his wife and daughter. Holly Bancroft met the young family as they begin to attempt to rebuild their lives after fleeing the Taliban and years of separation

The Independent UK

Taliban bans women from singing in public in latest crackdown on gender equality

The laws are some of the strictest brought in since the Taliban came to power

Evening Standard

Taliban Passes New Law Against Women In Afghanistan, Expert Reacts To The “Gender Apartheid”

“The Taliban war against women and gender apartheid in Afghanistan is nothing new.” The post Taliban Passes New Law Against Women In Afghanistan, Expert Reacts To The “Gender Apartheid” first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Netflix’s IC 814: The incredible true story behind plane hijacking series that’s courting controversy in India

The new series follows the longest hijack in Indian aviation history

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Taliban Issues Strict Laws On Women's Behavior In Afghanistan

Learn about the Taliban's new laws in Afghanistan regulating women's behavior in public spaces and the concerns raised by human rights organizations and th...

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The Taliban publish vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public

The Taliban say it's mandatory for Afghan women to conceal their voices and bare faces in public

The Independent UK

Gunmen attack school van in Pakistan’s Punjab, killing two children

Police believe attacker motivated by personal ‘enmity’, but investigators also probing possibility of ‘terrorism’.

Al Jazeera

Fragile But Unbroken, Afghan Glassblowers Refuse To Quit

Seated in front of a searing furnace, Ghulam Sakhi Saifi teases forth sinews of molten blue glass -- the guardian of an Afghan glassblowing trade refusing to break with tradition.

International Business Times

The UAE accepts credentials of Taliban ambassador in major diplomatic coup for Afghanistan’s rulers

The United Arab Emirates has accepted the credentials of the Taliban's ambassador to the oil-rich Gulf state

The Independent UK

Female Afghan medical students arrive in Scotland defying Taliban education ban

NINETEEN medical students from Afghanistan have arrived safely in Scotland to continue with their studies after the Taliban imposed…

The National (Scotland)

Afghan women arrive in Edinburgh to finish medical degrees denied under Taliban

Three-year campaign by parents of aid worker killed in Afghanistan brings 19 trainee doctors to Scotland

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UN Rights Expert Barred From Afghanistan: Diplomatic Source

The UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan has been barred from entering the country, a diplomatic source told AFP on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Afghanistan’s gender apartheid: don’t embolden the Taliban

Editorial: Women have been stripped of their freedom, dignity and livelihoods. The international community must heed their demands

International Business Times

Philippines To Host 'Limited Number' Of Afghans Seeking US Visas

A "limited number" of Afghans will temporarily stay in the Philippines while being processed for resettlement in the United States, Manila and Washington said Tuesday.

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Intelligence Failure Leads To Security Vacuum In Afghanistan

The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan led to intelligence failure, allowing China and Russia to exploit the security vacuum and engage with the Taliban.

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The Guardian - UK

Hollywoodgate review – chilling fly-on-the-wall glimpse of the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul

Granted unprecedented, if strictly limited access, Egyptian documentarian Ibrahim Nash’at captures the Taliban’s inner circle after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan

The Guardian - US

Keep talking, JD! Vance’s creepy views on ‘females’ are repelling women voters

Does Donald Trump’s running mate think there is any point to ‘postmenopausal females’ beyond free childcare?

Al Jazeera

‘An island of freedom’: Inside the secret beauty salons of Afghanistan

In Kabul, an army of clandestine beauticians is keeping morale alive for women under the Taliban-led government.

Wallpaper

New film, Hollywoodgate, finds out what really happened when the US left Afghanistan

Filmmaker Ibrahim Nash’at’s Hollywoodgate follows Taliban soldier MJ Mukhtar and air force commander Mawlawi Mansour in the aftermath of America’s withdrawal in August 2021

Al Jazeera

Taliban ‘deliberately deprived’ 1.4 million girls of schooling: UN

As Afghanistan’s rulers mark three years in power, the future of an entire generation of girls is ‘in jeopardy’.

The Independent UK

Afghan who came to UK on small boat says he ‘never felt more welcome’ despite riots

Sam Pordale travelled through Iran, Turkey, Italy and France before he reached the UK

Evening Standard

Taliban shows off abandoned US military hardware as they celebrate three years since return to power

Chinese and Iranian diplomats joined hundreds of attendees at the base for what was the Taliban's largest celebration since ousting American troops

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