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'We are dead inside:’ Women in Afghanistan protest Taliban ban of beauty salons
The ban will come into effect in five days, leaving roughly 60,000 women out of work.
After Taliban ban, women NGO workers in Afghanistan struggle to make ends meet
Prominent Afghan news organization reports on life under Taliban rule from Maryland
Afghan women say they are ‘dying in slow motion’ after killing of former female MP
‘I am living through my worst nightmare’: Women aid workers in Afghanistan react to ban on employment
Taliban: Assailants attack hotel in Afghan capital Kabul
Three Afghan locals have been killed, with others injured — including two foreigners — after gunmen attacked a Kabul hotel frequented by Chinese nationals on Monday.
These Afghan women soldiers made it out of Afghanistan. Their next battle is making it in the US.
About 40 members of a special, all-women Afghan platoon that worked alongside the US military barely made it out of Afghanistan last year. Now, they want to put their training to use even though they remain in a legal limbo. But that hasn’t stopped them learning English and getting an education.
Afghanistan marks 1 year since Taliban seizure as woes mount
Monday marks a year since the Taliban seized the Afghan capital Kabul, a rapid takeover that triggered a hasty escape of the nation's Western-backed leaders, sent the economy into a tailspin and fundamentally transformed the country.
Top al-Qaeda leader killed with help from on-the-ground intel on his whereabouts, analyst says
President Joe Biden has announced that the US has killed al-Qaeda’s top leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan. Zawahiri was on the US' most-wanted list and had a $25 million bounty on his head.
Afghan women who escaped Taliban takeover continue their education at a Wisconsin university
The students were able to escape Kabul because of the efforts of their school, the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh, which was holding remote classes for the students living in Kabul during the coronavirus pandemic.
‘They may not know my face in the future’: Female news anchors anguished by Taliban order to cover head to toe
There is concern that the Taliban may decide to ban female anchors altogether from the newsroom according to their interpretation of Islamic law.
Afghan women say Taliban's new rules aim to make them 'disappear from public life'
The Taliban in Afghanistan have announced new rules requiring women to cover their faces when in public. The decree also says that women should only leave home when necessary. This is the latest in a series of restrictions imposed on women since the group came to power last summer.
6 months after evacuation, thousands of Afghan families are waiting to reunite
Ahmad Naem Wakili, who worked as a judge in Afghanistan, landed in Arizona after getting evacuated from the country last August. But a bureaucratic quagmire is still keeping his wife and daughter abroad. Thousands of others face a similar legal limbo.
Afghans endure indefinite limbo at 5-star hotel in Albania
More than 2,000 Afghans are currently living at an upscale hotel in Albania, awaiting visa processing for the US and Canada. But behind the luxurious façade — guilt and uncertainty reign.
‘We have no future’: Afghan women protest Taliban restrictions
The US has ended its war in Afghanistan, the bombs have stopped falling and the Taliban are back in power. But life hasn't improved for millions of Afghans under the new government.