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Afghan reflects on ‘disastrous’ day the Taliban took control of his country

August 15 2023 marks the two-year anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

The Independent UK

Minister vows to make Afghan resettlement schemes ‘work properly’

The schemes have been criticised as too slow and many Afghans have been in hotels since coming to the UK.

The Independent UK

Blast in eastern Afghanistan kills 3, wounds 7 at hotel frequented by Pakistani refugees

Police say an explosion has ripped through a hotel in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Khost, killing at least three people and wounding seven others

The Independent UK

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Afghanistan: two years after Taliban takeover the west is letting down the democratic opposition

The consequences of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan two years ago are bad enough for the people who live there, especially women and girls, but also for the region and the world, in the flow of migrants and threat of terrorism.

The Conversation

First Thing: Hawaii wildfires kill at least 93 people

The death toll in Lahaina is expected to rise in what the deadliest US blaze in a century. Plus: press freedom outcry over police raid of small Kansas newspaper

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of Afghan judges and legal staff remain at risk post-Taliban takeover

Two years on, people who worked in the country’s now-defunct legal system remain in grave danger from reprisals for their work

The Guardian - UK

Hungry, hunted, terrified: unending plight of the Afghan women who served in military and police

Two years since the Taliban seized power, thousands of female fugitives still live in fear and poverty, with a target on their backs

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Two-year timeline of events in Afghanistan since 2021 Taliban takeover

The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021, as U

The Independent UK

The Taliban are entrenched in Afghanistan after 2 years of rule. Women and girls pay the price

After two years in power, the Taliban are entrenched as rulers of Afghanistan, facing no significant opposition that could topple them

The Independent UK

Afghan scholars studying in UK urge Government to grant them leave to remain

The current cohort of Afghan Chevening students say they are stuck in limbo and face the possibility of having to return home.

The Independent UK

Afghan universities ready to readmit women but not until Taliban leader says it's ok, official says

An Afghan higher education official says universities are ready to welcome back female students but the Taliban supreme leader has to give the order for their return first

The Independent UK

Afghan intelligence analyst praised for ‘key role’ by RAF advisers facing Rwanda deportation

Analyst is a ‘talented and hardworking individual’ who is ‘a likely target for the Taliban’

The Independent UK

Thousands of Afghans in limbo two years after fall of Kabul – as Sunak urged to keep UK promise

Exclusive: MPs and top brass intervene as government deadline for giving sanctuary to Afghans looms

The Independent UK

Two years after Taliban takeover: why Afghanistan still poses a threat to the region and beyond

The dramatic and rapid Taliban offensive in the spring of 2021 culminated in its takeover of Kabul on August 15. The chaos of the western withdrawal that surrounded the return of the Taliban represented a sad endpoint of two decades of failed US-led attempts to impose a liberal democratic system…

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Evening Standard

Man jailed after killing refugee over £10 drug debt six years ago

A man has been jailed for the murder of a 20-year-old Afghan refugee in an east London park six years ago.

The Independent UK

Two years after fall of Kabul, tens of thousands of Afghans languish in limbo, waiting for US visas

When the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan in August 2021 it airlifted tens of thousands of Afghans to safety

The Independent UK

Two years after fall of Kabul, tens of thousands of Afghans languish in limbo waiting for US visas

When the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan in August 2021 it airlifted tens of thousands of Afghans to safety

Evening Standard

Taliban repression of women and girls a crime against humanity, says Gordon Brown

Call for ICC prosecution comes as militia mark two years since seizing back power

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The Walrus

Where Is the Canadian Fiction about Afghanistan?

Canadians are far from squeamish in our literary tastes, but novels about the country where we were once at war are rare

The Guardian - UK

Gordon Brown calls for Taliban to face crimes against humanity charges

Ex-PM urges UK and allies to impose sanctions on Afghan regime over its ‘brutalisation’ of women and girls

The Independent UK

Taliban treatment of women a ‘crime against humanity’ – Brown

The ex-prime minister wants the International Criminal Court to investigate the regime over what he called the “systematic brutalisation” of women.

Marie Claire

The Taliban’s beauty salon ban in Afghanistan is far more sinister than it appears

Fortune

Now Playing: WhatsApp, the movie

WhatsApp's documentary film about its how product helped Afghanistan’s girls national soccer team escape the Taliban signals companies' newfound taste for long-form storytelling.

Cycling News

Refugees racing World Championships send hope back home

Afghan, Syrian riders racing on the World stage in Glasgow

WEKU

How one Afghan family made the perilous journey across the U.S.-Mexico border

Kabul fell to the Taliban close to two years ago, but desperate Afghans continue to flee, even taking the dangerous route into the U.S. across the Mexican border. Here's the story of one such family.

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