- Business Insider 11:40May 20, 2022Taliban orders all women TV presenters in Afghanistan to cover their faces. 'They are afraid of educated women,' said one.One female TV news presenter in Afghanistan said of the Taliban :I am sure, they don't want the presence of women in general."
< Military & Defense, News UK, Speed desk, Afghanistan, Taliban >

- FoxNews 18:56May 18, 2022Taliban 'will likely loosen' al Qaeda restrictions in Afghanistan, US predictsA new Inspector General report states that according to military officials, the Taliban will likely afford al-Qaeda greater freedom in Afghanistan despite a 2020 agreement with the U.S.
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- FoxNews 12:58May 18, 2022Afghanistan's swift surrender to the Taliban was due to Biden's withdrawal of American troops, watchdog saysA U.S. watchdog group said the surprisingly swift collapse of the Afghan military and their eventual surrender to Taliban forces was due to the withdrawal of America’s troops.
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- Time 13:00May 17, 2022‘We Have to Fight Back.’ Afghan Women Are Losing Their Hard-Won Right to Work Under the Taliban'Everybody knows that the Taliban are against women working. We go to work with fear, and we come back home with fear,' one woman tells TIME
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- FoxNews 09:05May 17, 2022Afghan citizens who helped US now waiting in limbo for visa approval months after evacuatingAmed Khan has worked to move and house the Afghan citizens while they wait for their special visa applications to process.
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- Business Insider 12:48May 15, 2022Trump uses Buffalo mass shooting to make misleading boast about lack of US deaths in Afghanistan during his presidency, video showsAt the American Freedom Tour In Austin, Texas, Donald Trump compared US deaths in Afghanistan shortly after talking about the Buffalo mass shooting.
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- FoxNews 05:59May 12, 2022Piers Morgan dishes on Taliban interview, says 'woke' US corporations silent on misogynist Afghan rulersFox Nation host Piers Morgan spoke to "Hannity" about his recent interview with Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen, in which he challenged the militant group's ombudsman about Afghanistan's restrictions on women in school and strict hijab laws.
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- FoxNews 19:59May 11, 2022Rep. Waltz rips Biden admin's 'shameful' silence on Afghanistan's regression under Taliban ruleRep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., says the Biden's "despicable" silence on Afghanistan's regression of women's rights under Taliban rule will be held accountable.
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- Petapixel 18:34May 10, 20222022 Pulitzer Prizes Won by Photos of Afghanistan’s Fall and India COVIDColumbia University has announced the 2022 Pulitzer Prizes and photographers from the Los Angeles Times and Reuters took top honors in the two photography categories.
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- Business Insider 07:36May 10, 2022Mark Esper said Trump wanted to bring the Taliban to DC to have a meeting with them: 'This idea was terrible in so many ways'"This idea was terrible in so many ways," Esper said, recounting Trump's suggestion to bring members of the Taliban to the US for a meeting.
< News, Mark Esper, Donald Trump, Taliban, Afghanistan >

- FoxNews 15:25May 9, 2022Taliban divisions deepen as Afghan women defy veil edictTaliban influence begins to dwindle as women defy veil decree just a few days after it was announced.
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- New York Times 00:57May 9, 2022Eid Under the Taliban Shows a Changed AfghanistanFor many Afghans the holiday this past week served as a reminder of the dissonance between the promise of peace many had imagined and the realities of the end of the war.
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- Business Insider 23:01May 8, 2022US Ambassador to the United Nations calls the Taliban's new decree that requires Afghan women to cover their faces 'unconscionable'Over the weekend, the Taliban announced that they are requiring Afghan women to cover their faces when in public.
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- FoxNews 17:46May 8, 2022St. Louis seeking to boost population with Afghan refugeesCivic leaders in St. Louis are attempting to boost population numbers lost over the years by taking in more Afghan refugees.
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- FoxNews 20:47May 7, 2022Afghanistan women ordered by Taliban to cover up head-to-toe in publicTaliban rulers ordered all Afghan women on Saturday to wear head-to-toe clothing in public.
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- Business Insider 18:43May 7, 2022A new Taliban decree orders Afghanistan's women to veil their faces in public, and if they don't comply, male relatives face punishmentThe Taliban ruled that Afghan women must cover their faces in public in a decree passed Saturday, and said that burqas are preferable.
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- FoxNews 00:49May 6, 2022Afghanistan heavy rain, floods kill 22, destroy hundreds of homesHeavy rain and flooding has killed 22 people and injured 40, according to Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority.
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- Breitbart News 23:26May 5, 2022Watch: Explosive Project Veritas Report Accuses Biden of Resettling 'Terrorism Watch List' Afghans in U.S.An explosive report from James O'Keefe's watchdog organization Project Veritas documents cases in which President Joe Biden's administration resettled Afghans, listed on the federal government's "Terrorism Watch List," across American communities over the last eight months as part of its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
< Immigration, Politics, Afghanistan, Afghans, Department of Defense, James O'Keefe, legal immigration, mass immigration, Project Veritas, refugee resettlement, terrorism, vetting >

- New York Times 18:06May 4, 2022In Pakistan, Violence by Baluch Separatists Destabilizes RegionA government plagued by volatility is trying to quell a separatist movement in Baluchistan while also fighting other insurgencies and striving for economic development.
< Terrorism, Espionage and Intelligence Services, Bajwa, Qamar Javed, Pakistan, Gwadar (Pakistan), China, Afghanistan >

- New York Times 16:59May 4, 2022Rising Violence by Separatists Adds to Pakistan’s Lethal InstabilityA government plagued by volatility is trying to quell a separatist movement in Baluchistan while also fighting other insurgencies and striving for economic development.
< Terrorism, Espionage and Intelligence Services, Bajwa, Qamar Javed, Pakistan, Gwadar (Pakistan), China, Afghanistan >

- FoxNews 21:06May 3, 2022China, Afghanistan's Taliban forging a closer relationship, former diplomat saysAmbassador Roya Rahmani says China and Afghanistan are evolving a closer relationship following Biden's withdrawal of troops last year.
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- FoxNews 19:26May 3, 2022Somali-born Air Force veteran says Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal sparked her run for CongressA Somali-born immigrant and Air Force veteran is running for office as a Republican in the Baltimore area, opposing the "Defund Police" movement and the Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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- FoxNews 14:34May 3, 2022Taliban’s power challenged by Afghan National Resistance Front, ISIS-KThe Taliban have had to consolidate power and assert control over Afghanistan, battle ISIS-K and tamp down the resistance movement in Panjshir province.
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- Business Insider 11:40May 1, 2022How the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan crushed a restaurant owner's business, leaving him with nothing but a 'gloomy future'A Kabul restaurant owner told Insider that the Taliban's control over Afghanistan ultimately led him to forget the idea of having a business.
< Retail, News, Weekend BI UK, Kabul, Taliban, Taliban Takeover, Afghanistan, Businesses, Small Businesses, Retail >

- New York Times 13:50April 30, 2022‘I Lost Everything’: Pakistani Airstrikes Escalate Conflict on Afghan BorderThe airstrikes killed at least 45 people, stoking fears of a violent resurgence of the conflict in eastern Afghanistan, which has become a base for Pakistani militants.
< Afghanistan War (2001- ), Civilian Casualties, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Taliban, Tehrik-e-Taliban, Mehsud, Hakimullah, Afghanistan, Khost (Afghanistan), Pakistan >
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- Business Insider 23:19April 29, 2022Constant ISIS terror attacks are challenging the Taliban's tenuous grip on power in AfghanistanMonths after the Afghan government collapsed and US forces left, the Islamic State's Afghanistan affiliate wants to sabotage the Taliban's legitimacy.
< Military & Defense, Speed desk, Breaking, Taliban, Afghanistan, Islamic State >

- FoxNews 22:14April 28, 2022Biden admin plan to exempt Taliban-era Afghan civil servants from US terror entry bars still in the worksA Biden administration plan to exempt some Taliban-era Afghan civil servant from terror-related bans on entering the United States, is still being considered, and could soon find its way to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ desk.
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- FoxNews 21:30April 28, 2022US abandoned $7B in military equipment in Afghanistan ahead of Taliban takeoverThe U.S. Department of Defense found that roughly $7 billion worth of military equipment transferred to Afghanistan security forces remained in the country during the Taliban takeover in August 2021.
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- New York Times 15:39April 28, 2022Tensions Flare Between Neighbors After Afghan Man Kills Iranian ClericsThe attack led to ethnic tensions in both countries, which each sent troops to the border.
< Illegal Immigration, Taliban, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Raisi, Ebrahim, Iran, Afghanistan >

- Business Insider 14:57April 28, 2022The US left $7 billion worth of military equipment in Afghanistan after its botched withdrawal, report saysThe US pulled out of Afghanistan in August 2021 as the Taliban resurged to power. It left behind an array of planes, guns, and vehicles.
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- Business Insider 05:08April 26, 2022Russian troops in Ukraine have suffered as many deaths as the entire 9-year Afghan war that contributed to the USSR's collapseApproximately 15,000 Russian troops died in the invasion of Ukraine, per UK's Defense secretary.
< Military & Defense, International, Europe, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Russia, War, UK >

- The New Yorker 13:00April 25, 2022The Ordinary Americans Resettling Migrants Fleeing WarAfter Trump eviscerated the refugee-resettlement system, the government was unprepared for Afghans displaced by their country’s collapse. A new program lets civilians step up to help.
< News / U.S. Journal, News / More on Afghanistan >
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- New York Times 09:34April 25, 2022Seeking Arms for Ukraine, Pentagon Buyers Scour Eastern European FactoriesSoviet-designed ammunition is part of the ‘life blood’ for Ukrainian troops fighting Russia, and the United States is keeping it flowing.
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- Business Insider 19:42April 23, 2022Biden White House preparing for onslaught of investigations if Republicans seize control of Congress in 2023: reportThe GOP has pledged to investigate the business affairs of Hunter Biden, along with the military withdrawal from Afghanistan and Dr. Anthony Fauci.
< Politics, News, Joe Biden, Biden administration, congressional oversight, Republican Party, anita dunn, Hunter Biden, Afghanistan withdrawal, coronavirus, 2022 midterms >

- New York Times 19:55April 22, 2022Afghanistan Mosque Explosion Kills 33The blast in Kunduz Province, in the north, was the latest in a series of attacks reminiscent of the past two decades of war.
< Taliban, Terrorism, Islamic State Khorasan, Sufism (Religion), Kunduz (Afghanistan), Afghanistan >

- FoxNews 07:18April 22, 2022Trump slams Biden's Afghan withdrawal, says he would have kept Bagram Air Base to monitor China's nuke testingFormer President Donald Trump warned in a speech Thursday that President Biden had made America more vulnerable to its enemies, including by withdrawing U.S. troops from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, which Trump said he would have kept in order to monitor China's nuclear program.
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- New York Times 16:39April 21, 2022Explosion at Afghan Mosque Kills at Least 10The blast in Mazar-i-Sharif, one of Afghanistan’s economic hubs, was the latest in a series of attacks on one of its religious minorities and was claimed by an ISIS affiliate.
< Mosques, Deaths (Fatalities), Shiite Muslims, Islamic State Khorasan, Taliban, Afghanistan, Mazar-i-Sharif (Afghanistan) >

- Modern Tokyo Times 08:53April 20, 2022Shia educational facilities attacked in Kabul by terroristsShia educational facilities attacked in Kabul by terrorists Noriko Watanabe and Chika Mori Modern Tokyo Times Two attacks against educational facilities hit the mainly Shia Hazara area located in Western Kabul. The latest terrorist attack bears the hallmarks of ISIS (Islamist State – ISIS-K). NATO powers – ostensibly with America taking the senior role – […]
The post Shia educational facilities attacked in Kabul by terrorists first appeared on Modern Tokyo Times.
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- New York Times 18:02April 19, 2022Blasts at Kabul Schools Kill at Least 6 in AfghanistanMore than a dozen people were also wounded, one as young as 7. The attacks again challenged the Taliban’s promise of security, and stoked deep-seated fears in the Shiite community.
< Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), Taliban, Islamic State Khorasan, School Shootings and Armed Attacks, Education (K-12), Terrorism, Afghanistan War (2001- ) >

- FoxNews 16:00April 19, 2022We cannot forget our Afghan heroes and our promise to help themWhile Ukraine has understandably grabbed our attention, there’s another humanitarian crisis ongoing that was caused by the way America left Afghanistan.
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- Breitbart News 20:35April 18, 2022Easter Bunny Interrupts Joe Biden While Talking About AfghanistanAs the president started commenting on Afghanistan and Pakistan at an Easter egg event before a staffer rushed up to him and started waving his hands to interrupt him.
< Politics, Afghanistan, Easter, Joe Biden, White House >

- FoxNews 19:51April 17, 2022CNN panelist blasts Biden: Americans 'have not had a sense of leadership' since last summerA CNN panel blasted President Biden's lack of leadership and 'cratering' political support in an analysis of his poor approval numbers.
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- Breitbart News 05:42April 16, 2022GOP Rep. Mullin: Biden Admin. Doesn't Care about Border, But Was a Roadblock to Getting People out of AfghanistanOn Friday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “American Agenda,” Rep. and U.S. Senate candidate Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) stated that the biggest obstacle he’s had in his attempts to get Americans and Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) holders out of Afghanistan was the
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- Business Insider 23:27April 10, 2022McConnell says Republicans will 'make sure Joe Biden is a moderate' if the party regains control of Congress in 2022"Obviously, we will have to work with the administration to see what we can agree on," McConnell said about the prospect of divided government.
< Politics, Mitch McConnell, Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy, Republican Party, Economy, Afghanistan withdrawal, 2022 midterms >

- FoxNews 18:21April 10, 2022McConnell says Democrats 'headed toward a pretty good beating’ in midtermsSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said on "Fox News Sunday" that the Democrats are heading for a "pretty good beating" in the midterm elections because of the Biden’s administration’s "incompetence" on issues like inflation and the Afghanistan withdrawal.
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- FoxNews 14:20April 6, 2022Hand grenade in Kabul mosque wounds at least 6A hand grenade was thrown into Kabul's largest mosque as worshippers knelt in afternoon prayer on Wednesday, wounding at least six people.
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- FoxNews 23:01April 5, 2022US general says counter-terrorism efforts are 'more difficult' after Biden's Afghanistan withdrawalGen. Richard Clarke admits that his job is more difficult, but says they are still effective
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- New York Times 13:22April 3, 2022Taliban Outlaw Opium Poppy Cultivation in AfghanistanThe move will have far-reaching consequences for the many farmers who turned to the illicit crop as a brutal drought and economic crisis have gripped the country.
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- New York Times 13:22April 3, 2022Taliban Outlaw Opium Poppy Cultivation in AfghanistanThe move will have far-reaching consequences for the many farmers who turned to the illicit crop as a brutal drought and economic crisis have gripped the country.
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- Breitbart News 00:38March 30, 2022Biden Budget Imports Afghans to U.S. for a Decade Despite Vetting FailuresPresident Joe Biden is asking Congress for more American taxpayer money to bring hundreds more Afghans to the United States even as his own Department of Defense has concluded that the administration failed to vet a number of Afghans resettled in the U.S. since last year.
< Immigration, Politics, Afghanistan, Afghans, Joe Biden, legal immigration, mass immigration, refugee resettlement, refugees, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) >
