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Worry, relief, despair, pride: Afghans on life two years under the Taliban
AFP, Published on 14/08/2023
» KABUL - Two years since the Taliban stormed back to power in Afghanistan after 20 years of war against the United States and its allies, life has changed dramatically for many Afghans, particularly women.
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Afghanistan's Taliban govt marks two years since return to power
AFP, Published on 15/08/2023
» KABUL - Afghanistan's Taliban government was set Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of their takeover of the country with a military parade in the movement's birthplace, as well as other celebrations of their surge back to power.
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'Nothing allowed for them': Afghan women demand education rights in UN appeal
AFP, Published on 16/08/2023
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - Engineering student Somaya Faruqi had to flee Afghanistan to continue her studies after the Taliban government returned to power two years ago and banned more than 1.1 million girls and women from schools and universities.
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Suicide blast kills at least 44 at Pakistan political party meet
AFP, Published on 31/07/2023
» PESHAWAR (PAKISTAN) - At least 44 people were killed and more than 100 others wounded Sunday by a suicide bombing at a political gathering of a leading Islamic party in northwest Pakistan, officials said.
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Thousands of Afghan beauty salons closing
AFP, Published on 25/07/2023
» KABUL: Thousands of beauty parlours across Afghanistan were due to close permanently on Tuesday following an order by Taliban authorities that cuts off one of the few revenue streams available to women, as well as a cherished space for socialising.
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Indonesia says Taliban reps visited ‘informally’
Published on 25/07/2023
» JAKARTA: Representatives of Afghanistan’s Taliban government travelled to Indonesia earlier this month on an unofficial visit, the foreign ministry in Jakarta said on Tuesday, despite Kabul saying they held meetings with politicians in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation.
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Afghan women protest against beauty parlour ban
Published on 19/07/2023
» KABUL: Security officials shot in the air and used firehoses on Wednesday to disperse dozens of Afghan women protesting in Kabul against an order by Taliban authorities to shut down beauty parlours, the latest curb to squeeze them out of public life.
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West leaves a legacy in Kabul
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 16/07/2023
» There's a glimmer of the old Kabul hiding in the new one -- if you know where to look.
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Afghan cook pours his heart into 'teapot' lamb stew
AFP, Published on 20/06/2023
» KABUL - In the kitchen of his Kabul restaurant, one of the last cooks to master the Afghan culinary art of "chainaki" stuffs chunks of lamb and fat into about 200 tiny teapots to simmer for hours atop a clay stove.
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Some female aid workers return in Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» KABUL: Afghan women employed by a leading international NGO have resumed their work in some provinces, months after the Taliban government banned them from working.
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