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Taliban Reportedly Bans Women from Becoming Midwives, Shutting Down Last Remaining Educational Opportunity

Women in Afghanistan learning to become nurses and midwives have been told not to return to classes by the Taliban government.

Latin Times

Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi appeal for restoration of women's access to education in Afghanistan

NEW DELHI: Afghanistan cricketers Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi on Wednesday made a heartfelt appeal to the Taliban government, urging them to reconsider a significant decision and voicing their support for girls and women in the country. Spinner Rashid shared a lengthy post on social media, expressing concern over the…

The Times of India

EU condemns reported Taliban move to suspend medical education for women and girls

The European Union has condemned the Taliban for violating human rights and women’s access to education after media reports that the Taliban’s leader has ordered private and public institutions to stop providing medical courses for women and girls in Afghanistan

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‘How can we wait like this?’ Desperate plea of Afghan heroes in hiding as UK delays rescue

Investigation: They fought shoulder-to-shoulder with British troops in UK-run units in Afghanistan. Now these highly trained commandos are reduced to living in shacks, surviving on bread and scavenged food as the UK drags its heels despite promises to relocate them to safety. Holly Bancroft, May Bulman, Fahim Abed and Jessica…

The Independent UK

EU Condemns Taliban For Restricting Women's Medical Education In Afghanistan

The European Union strongly condemns Taliban for halting women's medical education in Afghanistan, calling it a severe violation of human rights.

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Taliban bans women from training as midwives

‘This will lead to women and girls dying,’ expert warns after latest crackdown by the Taliban

The Independent UK

Afghan Training Centres Say Women To Be Barred From Health Studies

Senior employees at several institutions offering nursing and midwifery courses in Afghanistan on Tuesday said women would be barred from classes, following an edict by the Taliban supreme leader.

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A third of Afghanistan’s population faces hunger as harsh winter starts to bite

Nearly 24 million people are in dire need of food or cash assistance to avoid slipping into poverty and food insecurity, aid groups say

The Independent UK

Thanks to peace, two unexpected words are echoing across Afghanistan's capital: Luxury housing

Peace is driving up property prices in Kabul and fueling the luxury market

The Independent UK

Pakistan ramps up military operations amid surge in violent attacks

The military says it killed eight ‘terrorists’ over the weekend. But analysts say Pakistan’s response is inadequate.

Al Jazeera

‘The taste of our home’: inside an Afghan restaurant in Arizona run by former refugees

As neighbors face an uncertain political future, the city’s only Afghan restaurant provides a sense of community – and ‘a bit of happiness’

The Guardian - US

Putin courts closer ties with the Taliban in pursuit of new allies

Searching to ease its isolation on the international stage, Russia is now turning to the Taliban with an offer to remove its ‘terrorist’ status

The Independent UK

$View from The Hill: An ugly fracas in the Senate leads to suspension of Lidia Thorpe$

View from The Hill: An ugly fracas in the Senate leads to suspension of Lidia Thorpe

Wednesday saw an ugly incident that brought shame on the Senate. It was shocking – full of provocation, accusations of racism, and what was described by Senate president Sue Lines as “physically threatening behaviour”.

The Conversation

Fatima Payman decries racism, eligibility bid shot down

Former Labor senator Fatima Payman has faced down an attempt by Pauline Hanson to have questions raised about her eligibility to sit in the senate.

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War widows campaigner found guilty of assaulting her new partner

Christina Plumb, 49, whose former husband was killed by the Taliban, attacked Adam Plumb in a drunk rage

Metal Hammer

"When I heard Raining Blood I had this picture of this beautiful vulva raining blood over this male abusive force." How the Taliban inspired Tori Amos to record a Slayer classic, and what Slayer's Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King thought of it

In 2001, US singer/songwriter Tori Amos recorded an ethereal cover of Slayer's Raining Blood for her sixth studio album Strange Little Girls. For this, you can thank the Taliban

Fortune

Malala Yousafzai's new documentary advocates for Afghan women

"Bread and Roses" follows women in Afghanistan after the Taliban's takeover in 2021.

Tom’s Guide

Apple TV Plus top 10 movies — here's the 3 worth watching right now

Our guide on the three best movies to watch in the Apple TV Plus top 10, including a new war drama starring Saoirse Ronan.

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Bread & Roses review – astonishingly brave documentary about Afghan women under the Taliban

Using guerilla tactics, Sahra Mani’s film follows activists campaigning at huge risk to themselves for basic rights in the fundamentalist regime

International Business Times

Afghan Women Turn To Entrepreneurship Under Taliban

When Zainab Ferozi saw Afghan women struggling to feed their families after Taliban authorities took power, she took matters into her own hands and poured her savings into starting a business.

The Independent UK

Revealed: How Donald Trump’s alleged assassin tapped up UK-trained Afghan commandos to fight in Ukraine

This is the extraordinary story of how Ryan Wesley Routh apparently messaged Afghan special forces hiding in Iran just three days before being arrested with an AK-47 at Trump’s Florida golf club. The UK is still dragging its feet over offering safe haven to these desperate men - paid and…

The Guardian - US

Republican blocks promotion of general involved in Afghanistan withdrawal

Markwayne Mullin stalls promotion of Lt Gen Christopher Donahue, photographed as last US soldier to leave

The Independent UK

At least 10 people killed in Afghanistan as gunman opens fire at Sufi shrine

Gunman reportedly opened fire on Sufis participating in weekly ritual at local shrine

The Walrus

Malala Yousafzai Wants to Call What’s Happening to Afghan Women Apartheid

The Nobel Prize winner discusses her new documentary, Bread and Roses, and the Taliban’s escalating attacks

The Guardian - UK

Bread & Roses review – Afghan women reveal crushing reality of Taliban rule

Made under dangerous conditions, this documentary charts how the lives of three women were turned upside down by Afghanistan’s overthrow in 2021

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