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1.4 Mn Girls Banned From Afghan Schools Since Taliban Return: UNESCO

At least 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, with the future of an entire generation now "in jeopardy", the United Nations' cultural agency said Thursday.

International Business Times

Taliban celebrates three years of return to power in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s rulers celebrate the anniversary of their return to power amid a worsening humanitarian crisis.

Al Jazeera

Taliban Celebrates Anniversary At Former U.S. Air Base

The Taliban marked their third anniversary in power with a grand celebration at Bagram, emphasizing unity and peace. Challenges like hunger and unemploymen...

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3 years after fall of Kabul, US Congress has still not acted to secure future of more than 70,000 Afghan evacuees in US

Amid the chaos that followed the U.S. pullout of Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021, the Biden administration declared that evacuated Afghans would be allowed to enter the U.S. via humanitarian parole. The initiative would provide them with temporary access to American soil, but not with a pathway to permanent residency.

The Conversation

The Taliban are celebrating three years in power, but they’re not talking about Afghans

The Taliban are celebrating their third year as rulers of Afghanistan at a former U.S. air base

The Independent UK

Three Years After Taliban Return, Economic Woes Loom Large

Despite three years of improved security following the end of the Taliban's insurgency, Afghanistan's economy remains stagnant and its population is in the grips of a worsening humanitarian crisis.

International Business Times

Taliban celebrates three years since returning to power in Afghanistan

Taliban authorities on Wednesday marked the third anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan with celebrations and a military parade outside a former US air base near Kabul boasting Soviet-era tanks. The Taliban government has consolidated its grip on the country and imposed strict restrictions on women, a policy…

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A timeline of events in Afghanistan in the 3 years since the Taliban's takeover

The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021 as U

The Independent UK

The Taliban have ruled Afghanistan for 3 years. Here are 5 things to know

It’s been three years since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Taliban Mark Three Years Since Takeover Of Afghanistan

Taliban authorities were set to celebrate the third anniversary of their takeover of Afghanistan on Wednesday, with a military parade at a former US military base and festivities in key cities.

International Business Times

'Don't worry, everything will be okay': Why Pakistan army arrested ex-ISI chief Faiz Hameed

Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, the former head of Pakistan's influential Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, was arrested by the Pakistan army in a corruption case on Monday.

The Times of India

Pakistani, Afghan Taliban forces trade fire at Torkham border crossing, killing 3 Afghan civilians

Officials say Pakistani and Afghan Taliban forces have traded cross-border fire near a key northwestern crossing, killing a woman and two children on the Afghan side

The Independent UK

My Dear Kabul review – inspirational resilience in an Afghan women’s writing group

The collective diary of 21 women, compiled using WhatsApp messages, is an intimate, courageous chronicle of life as it unfolds under Taliban rule

The Guardian - UK

Buddhas of Bamiyan: The colossal twin statues that stood sentinel over Afghanistan — until the Taliban destroyed them

The twin Buddha statues stood sentinel over a valley in Afghanistan until being destroyed by the Taliban. Now all that's left are two cavities.

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Faceless Mannequins Show Off Clothes In Afghanistan

In Afghanistan's capital, shop windows display dazzling ball gowns and three-piece wedding suits -- with the face of each mannequin covered.

Al Jazeera

Migrant workers sent $650bn overseas last year – what it means

People living abroad are sending more money to their families at home, but how do money transfers work?

The Independent UK

Breakdancer who fled Taliban disqualified over ‘free Aghan women’ message

The World DanceSport Federation said B-girl Talash was thrown out of the Games for ‘displaying a political slogan on her attire’

The Independent UK

Refugee breakdancer disqualified for displaying words ‘Free Afghan Women’ on cape

Olympics reiterated ‘no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites’

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The Independent UK

With protests, talent, and ridicule Breaking’s Olympic debut points toward an uncertain future

Japan’s Ami Yuasa became the first ever Breaking Olympic champion while Refugee Olympic Team’s Manizha Talash made a political statement unveiling a message that read: ‘Free Afghan Women’

The Independent UK

Athletes from conflict zones outside the spotlight find hope at the 2024 Olympics

When they compete at the Paris Games, they’re just athletes at their peak, and the emphasis isn't that they come from regions ravaged by war

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Australia must pay war crime victims, UN experts urge

Australia's failure to compensate victims more than a decade after Australian soldiers allegedly killed Afghan civilians, has been criticised by UN experts.

The Independent UK

British troops in Lebanon on standby for evacuation ‘on same scale’ as Kabul

Hundreds of servicemen and women are ready in the UK to be deployed to the region at short notice as fears for an all-out war grow

The Independent UK

First Afghan woman to compete internationally after Taliban takeover seeks Olympic gold in Paris

Taekwondo Paralympian Zakia Khudadadi says she is competing in the name of women in Afghanistan who have gradually been stripped of their rights over the past three years

The Independent UK

The Taliban says foreigners in Afghanistan on previous government's visas can stay for now

Afghanistan’s Taliban government says it will allow people in the country on visas issued by the former Western-backed government to stay for now