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- Breitbart News 05:49December 4, 2021Exclusive – Illinois’ Esther Joy King After ‘Wild Wild West’ Afghanistan Rescue Effort: I Know People Who Are Still in KabulAn Illinois Republican with ties to Afghanistan said that she aided in the August U.S. evacuation efforts after Taliban forces took over the country and that she knows people who are still stuck there.
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- New York Times 21:03December 3, 2021In Afghanistan, ‘Who Has the Guns Gets the Land’A decades-long fight over land has been reinvigorated as Taliban leaders look to reward their fighters with property, even if that means evicting others.
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- New York Times 08:00November 30, 2021Dozens of Former Afghan Security Forces Dead or Missing Under Taliban, Report SaysMore than 100 former members of the military and police have been killed or forcibly disappeared by the Taliban since the group came into power, according to an investigation by Human Rights Watch.
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- Modern Tokyo Times 05:30November 27, 2021China, India, and Russia voice concern about Afghanistan: Humanitarian assistance and drugsChina, India, and Russia voice concern about Afghanistan: Humanitarian assistance and drugs Sawako Utsumi and Sawako Uchida Modern Tokyo Times The nations of China, India, and the Russian Federation belong to the RIC format. Hence, the three members of the RIC (Russia, India, and China) uttered concern and alarm over the situation in Afghanistan. The […]
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< Asia, China, Geopolitics, Russian Federation, Afghanistan crisis, Afghanistan geopolitics, China geopolitics, Humanitarian support for Afghanistan, India, India geopolitics, Japan news agency, Modern Tokyo News, Modern Tokyo Times, RIC and Afghanistan, Russia geopolitics, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Taliban crisis, Tokyo news, Tokyo news agency > - Business Insider 02:01November 27, 2021Meet a family keeping 2,000-year-old Swati wood-carving art alive in PakistanGenerations of wood carvers in Pakistan continue this craft, which dates back 2,000 years.
< Retail, Video, Video, Pakistan, Taliban, video format still standing, wood art, Craft, Traditional art, Ancient art, Gandhara > - Petapixel 21:54November 26, 2021‘Afghan Girl’ Escapes Taliban, Evacuated to ItalySharbat Gulla, the Afghan woman made famous by photographer Steve McCurry’s iconic Afghan Girl photo, has escaped the Taliban in Afghanistan and has been evacuated to Italy. The 49-year-old Gulla, also known as Sharbat Bibi, received international attention as a young girl after photojournalist Steve McCurry photographed her at the Nasir Bagh refugee camp in […]
< Culture, News, afghan, afghangirl, afghanistan, italy, nationalgeographic, sharbatbibi, sharbatgulla, Steve McCurry, taliban > - The Guardian 19:04November 25, 2021National Geographic green-eyed ‘Afghan Girl’ evacuated to ItalySharbat Gula left Afghanistan after Taliban takeover that followed US departure from countryNational Geographic magazine’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” has arrived in Italy as part of the west’s evacuation of Afghans after the Taliban takeover of the country, the Italian government has said.The office of the prime minister, Mario Draghi, said Italy organised the evacuation of Sharbat Gula after she asked to be helped to leave the country. The Italian government would help to get her integrated into life in Italy, the statement said on Thursday. Continue reading...
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- New York Times 13:00November 25, 2021Pakistan Madrasa Taught Afghanistan's Taliban LeadersDarul Uloom Haqqania in Pakistan argues that the madrasa and its graduates have changed. Some worry they could be the source of new radicalism.
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- Business Insider 14:14November 24, 2021Facebook made niche exceptions to its Taliban ban, internal documents show"We've allowed some content about the provision of essential public services in Afghanistan," a Facebook spokesperson told The Intercept.
< Tech Insider, News, Facebook, Taliban, Ban, Social Media, YouTube, Twitter > - Modern Tokyo Times 04:27November 24, 2021Erdogan Fosters Anti-Western Sentiment in TurkeyErdogan Fosters Anti-Western Sentiment in Turkey by Hany GhorabaIPT News Investigative Project on Terrorism The Nov. 1 assault on an American sailor by Turkish nationalists reflects the anti-western sentiment prevailing in Turkey fostered by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. During a stop in Istanbul, the sailor was surrounded by a dozen or more members of a pro-Iranian neo-nationalist […]
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< America, Balkans, Geopolitics, Middle East, AKP party, anti-Western sentiment, Aykan Erdemir, Erdogan and nationalism, Gray Wolves, Gray Wolves and nationalism in Turkey, Guido Steinberg, Hamas, Hany Ghoraba, hooding attacks, Investigative Project on Terrorism, Mevlut Cavusoglu, Nationalist Movement Party, NATO Turkey is anti-Western, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Salah al-Arouri, Taliban, Turkey, Turkish Youth Union > - Business Insider 12:58November 23, 2021Afghanistan's financial system is on the brink of collapse, the UN warned. The US is still keeping nearly $10 billion of its reserves frozen.The United Nations said the country was in a "dire situation" and that there needs to be a way to help Afghan people without supporting the Taliban.
< News, Finance, News UK, Speed desk, Afghanistan, Taliban, Taliban Takeover > - Business Insider 18:20November 22, 2021The Taliban have banned women from appearing in TV dramas in the latest restrictions on womenAfghan women have been stripped of many of the freedoms they had before the Taliban toppled the Western-backed government in August.
< News, International, Speed desk, Breaking, Afghanistan, female, Taliban, Television > - Business Insider 20:01November 21, 2021Desperate Afghans are promising their daughters as young as 7 for marriage in exchange for cash: reportAfghanistan is on the brink of economic collapse after the Taliban's takeover, forcing its poorest residents to make tough choices to stay alive.
< News, International, Afghanistan, Taliban, Taliban Takeover > - New York Times 15:04November 21, 2021In Hard Times, Afghan Farmers Are Turning to Opium for SecurityThe war’s intense conclusion and a drought combined to wipe out the famous Afghan pomegranate harvest in Kandahar Province, during a devastating national economic crisis.
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- The Guardian 08:00November 21, 2021On Helmand’s bleak wards, dying children pay the price as western aid to Afghanistan is switched offThe staff are unpaid, the drugs are running out. Gereshk hospital can only watch as tiny infants succumb to treatable diseasesShirin has paid heavily for both Afghanistan’s conflict, and its abrupt end in Taliban victory. Three years ago her husband lost his leg when a roadside bomb hit his bus. Then in the summer the militants’ victory brought peace to her corner of Helmand, but a halt to the foreign aid funds that paid her salary as a hospital cleaner and kept the family afloat.They fell behind on rent, were evicted from their home and began running out of food. Three weeks ago, worn down by cold, hunger and disruption, Mohammad Omar died from wounds that had never fully healed, leaving her a single mother to their four children. Continue reading...
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- The Guardian 17:44November 19, 2021Abducted Afghan psychiatrist found dead weeks after disappearanceFamily say the body of Dr Nader Alemi, who was taken by armed men in September, showed signs of tortureOne of Afghanistan’s most prominent psychiatrists, who was abducted by armed men in September, has been found dead, his family has confirmed. Dr Nader Alemi’s daughter, Manizheh Abreen, said that her father had been tortured before he died. Continue reading...
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- Business Insider 19:51November 18, 2021A murder, a warning, and existential dread in AfghanistanThe murder of Afghan activist Frozan Safi has contributed to the climate of fear in Mazar-e Sharif, a hub for people evacuating Afghanistan.
< News, Military & Defense, News-freelancer, Afghanistan, Taliban, Taliban Takeover, US Millitary, military & defense, Women's Rights, Human Rights, Crime, Foreign Policy, Foreign Aid, Humanitarian Crisis > - New York Times 18:08November 18, 2021Who Does Afghanistan's Soccer Team Represent Now?Afghanistan’s national soccer team played a rare match this week. But what, and whom, does the team represent?
< Soccer, Taliban, International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), Najem, David (1992- ), Middle East and Africa Migrant Crisis, Politics and Government > - The Guardian 13:55November 14, 2021‘I loved my job in the police. Then the Taliban came for me’After a vicious beating, Fatima Ahmadi fled Afghanistan with her children for Pakistan. But her pleas for asylum in the west are met by silenceFatima Ahmadi only stopped screaming when the Taliban held a knife to her child’s throat, and told her: “Shut up, or we will kill your son.” They had burst into the policewoman’s Kabul home one late September morning, demanding she hand over her weapons. She told the Taliban she had no guns at home, but they said she was lying, ransacked the house, then began beating her, pulling out handfuls of hair, and when she would not stop shouting, they grabbed her nine-year-old son.The knife was pressed so violently into his throat it left a red welt, visible in photographs seen by the Observer. Ahmadi’s back was covered with bruising from an assault so vicious that she lost control of her bodily functions. The men eventually left, but with an ominous warning. “We will come back.” Continue reading...
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- New York Times 13:00November 14, 2021The String of ISIS Attacks That Killed Three Generations of One Afghan FamilyOver two weeks, the Rajabis suffered loss after loss as suicide attacks on Shiite mosques in two parts of the country ravaged their family.
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- Business Insider 21:41November 13, 2021A volunteer group offering safe houses to Afghans has run out of money, forcing hundreds to go back homeThe volunteer group has provided safe houses for fleeing Afghans since the Taliban seized control in August.
< News, International, Afghanistan, Taliban, Taliban Takeover > - Business Insider 20:10November 13, 2021The Taliban plans to buy electricity from Iran after Afghanistan's unpaid bills to other countries left it facing blackoutsDABS has bought 100 megawatts of electricity from Iran after unstable and weak electricity caused by Taliban debts plunged the country into blackouts.
< Politics, Afghanistan, Taliban, UK Weekend, News UK > - Breitbart News 22:59November 10, 2021Taliban Holds Parade for ‘Islamic Emirate Army’ with Captured American GearThe Taliban held a military parade for its “Islamic Emirate Army” in the city of Kandahar on Monday, featuring U.S.-made weapons, armored fighting vehicles, and helicopters seized after President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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- Breitbart News 22:59November 10, 2021Taliban Holds Parade for ‘Islamic Emirate Army’ with Captured American GearThe Taliban held a military parade for its “Islamic Emirate Army” in the city of Kandahar on Monday, featuring U.S.-made weapons, armored fighting vehicles, and helicopters seized after President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
< Asia, National Security, Politics, Afghanistan, Kandahar, Military parade, Tajikistan, Taliban > - Business Insider 21:57November 10, 2021Afghans who fled the Taliban are still waiting for places to 'call homes of their own' as they resettle in the USA physician on the frontline of the resettlement process told Insider that as soon as evacuees from Afghanistan land in the US they ask how to enroll their kids in school.
< News, International, Afghanistan, Pennsylvania, Resettlement, Taliban, Taliban Takeover > - Business Insider 18:26November 10, 2021The Afghan military was made up of 'ghost' soldiers who didn't actually exist, and that's why it collapsed so rapidly: ex-finance ministerThe US government was warned for years about "ghost" soldiers in Afghanistan, or fake troops created by corrupt officials to draw a salary.
< Politics, Military & Defense, International, News, Afghanistan, Taliban, Joe Biden > - New York Times 02:36November 10, 2021Afghan Pilots Who Escaped Taliban Are Flown Out of TajikistanMore than 140 Afghan Air Force pilots and crew members were evacuated to the United Arab Emirates three months after flying into Tajikistan to escape the Taliban.
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- New York Times 13:36November 8, 2021When the Taliban Are in Your BedroomAs armed Taliban inspected the New York Times bureau in Kabul, they were escorted by a journalist who used to be a U.S. Marine. The photo of him in uniform was plain for all to see, and ponder.
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- Business Insider 20:40November 6, 2021A desperate Afghan father said he sold his 9-year-old daughter for $2,200 to buy food for his other kids: reportA few months ago Abdul Malik sold another child - his 12-year-old daughter - to make ends meet and provide food for his family.
< International, News, Afghanistan, Taliban, Taliban Takeover, Children, Poverty > - The Guardian(UK) 02:05November 6, 2021Women’s rights activist shot dead in northern AfghanistanFrozan Safi, 29, is believed to be the first women’s rights defender to be killed since Taliban return to powerA 29-year-old activist and economics lecturer, Frozan Safi, has been shot and killed in northern Afghanistan, in what appears to be the first known death of a women’s rights defender since the Taliban swept to power almost three months ago.Frozan Safi’s body was identified in a morgue in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif after she went missing on 20 October. “We recognised her by her clothes. Bullets had destroyed her face,” said Safi’s sister, Rita, who is a doctor. Continue reading...
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- Modern Tokyo Times 15:12November 4, 2021CSTO ‘Combat Brotherhood 2021’ Exercises Send Strong Message to AfghanistanCSTO ‘Combat Brotherhood 2021’ Exercises Send Strong Message to Afghanistan Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor By: John C. K. Daly The Jamestown Foundation On October 18–23, the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which includes Afghanistan as an observer, held its Combat Brotherhood 2021 strategic military exercises, with three drills codenamed Echelon-2021, Search-2021 and Interaction-2021, in […]
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< Asia, Geopolitics, Miitary Conflict, Russian Federation, Terrorism, 20 terrorist groups operating in Afghanistan, Afghanistan geopolitics, as well as Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters, Central Asia and Afghanistan, Central Asia geopolitics, Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, CSTO and Central Asia, CSTO and NATO, CSTO and Taliban, Jamestown Foundation, John C. K. Daly, John C. K. Daly The Jamestown Foundation, L-39, Sarbazan-e Gomnam-e Hazaristan, Su-24MR and Il-76TD aircraft, Su-25, Taliban and CSTO > - New York Times 18:05November 3, 2021ISIS Poses a Growing Threat to New Taliban Government in AfghanistanThe Taliban takeover was supposed to bring an end to war, the new government promised. But a growing insurgency is upending security and raising alarms for the international community.
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- Business Insider 14:04November 3, 2021The Taliban banned foreign currencies as Afghanistan nears financial collapse with billions frozen overseasThe US dollar is widely used in Afghanistan, but the Taliban now say that people can only use the Afghani currency.
< Politics, Finance, Military & Defense, News UK, Speed desk, Afghanistan, Taliban > - New York Times 20:18November 2, 2021Dozens Killed in Attack on Military Hospital in Afghanistan’s CapitalNo group has claimed responsibility for the violence, but the Islamic State has struck more often since the fall of the U.S.-backed government in August.
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- The Guardian 13:58November 2, 2021Deadly explosions hit military hospital in AfghanistanAt least 15 people killed and dozens wounded after twin blasts at hospital in KabulAt least 15 people are believed to have been killed and 34 wounded after two explosions followed by gunfire hit Afghanistan’s biggest military hospital in Kabul, a Taliban security official has said.The explosions took place at the entrance of the 400-bed Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan hospital in the city centre and security forces had been sent to the area, the interior ministry spokesman Qari Saeed Khosty said. Continue reading...
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- Breitbart News 13:09November 1, 2021Climate Fighters: Taliban Wants U.N. Funds to Protect 'Fragile Environment'The Taliban hears the U.N.'s call for "global climate action" now being aired at the COP26 conference in Glasgow, Scotland, with the terrorist organization offering to tackle Afghanistan's "fragile environment" alongside foreign agencies and, just as importantly, their funding.
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- Business Insider 17:17October 31, 2021Gunmen claiming to be Taliban shoot up a wedding in Afghanistan to stop them from playing music, killing at least 2 guests, say reportsThe attackers shot guests and broke instruments, reports say. During the Taliban's first rule over Afghanistan, music was banned as un-Islamic.
< International, UK Weekend, UK News, Taliban, Afghanistan, Shooting > - The Guardian 13:57October 31, 2021Reclusive Taliban supreme leader makes rare public appearanceHaibatullah Akhundzada said to have visited religious school in Kandahar, confounding rumours of his deathThe Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, made a rare public appearance in the southern city of Kandahar, Taliban officials announced on Sunday, contradicting widespread rumours of his death.Akhundzada, known as the leader of the faithful or Amir ul Momineen, had not been seen in public even after the Taliban’s August takeover of the country, giving rise to the speculation. Continue reading...
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- The Guardian(UK) 09:45October 31, 2021Time running out for LGBTQ+ Afghans hiding from Taliban, warn charitiesLarge numbers linked to previous administration are stranded in Afghanistan, with calls for the UK to broker rapid mass evacuationCalls for the government to speed up the evacuation of gay, lesbian and transgender Afghans intensified on Saturday after the first LGBTQ+ group arrived safely in Britain but left many behind to face an uncertain fate.The group of 29 is “hoped to be the first of many” in the coming months, the Foreign Office said, hours after the Taliban announced LGBTQ+ rights would not be respected. Continue reading...
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- The Guardian(UK) 05:55October 30, 2021First group of LGBT+ Afghans fleeing Taliban arrive in the UKStudents and activists in group that British foreign ministry hopes will be ‘the first of many’ in coming monthsA group of LGBT+ Afghans has arrived in Britain, the first since the Taliban’s return to power in August caused panic among gay and transgender Afghans, who feared persecution and even death under the Islamists’ rule.The evacuation of the 29 Afghans is “hoped to be the first of many” in the coming months, Britain’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday, hours after a Taliban spokesman said LGBT+ rights would not be respected. Continue reading...
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- Business Insider 17:37October 29, 2021The Taliban is begging for Afghanistan's frozen money to be released as the country's economy spirals into crisisThe Taliban has been unable to get its hands on the Afghan central bank's nearly $10 billion in reserves.
< News, International, Speed desk, Breaking, Afghanistan, Taliban > - Breitbart News 03:42October 29, 2021State Department Discovers 76 More Missing Americans in AfghanistanThe U.S State Department announced that they had discovered another 76 American citizens stuck in Afghanistan in the past week.
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- Breitbart News 18:04October 28, 2021Report: China to Build Military Base on Tajik Border with AfghanistanLawmakers in Tajikistan announced on Wednesday that China would build a new military base on the nation's border with Afghanistan worth $10 million.
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- New York Times 18:59October 27, 2021Taliban Allow Girls to Return to Some High Schools, but With Big CaveatsIn some provinces, teenage girls have been allowed to return to secondary schools, though some teachers and parents still have doubts about what this means about Taliban rule.
< Afghanistan, Taliban, Women and Girls, Education (K-12), Mazar-i-Sharif (Afghanistan) > - New York Times 17:22October 26, 2021Iran Wanted U.S. Out of Afghanistan. It May Be Sorry the Wish Came True.Iran is glad the Americans are gone, but the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan creates a host of problems for Tehran, with no easy solutions.
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