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An Afghan Olympian once snuck into cycling races in a hijab. Then the Taliban took over.
Fariba Hashimi and her sister have defied the odds by escaping Afghanistan and racing at the Paris …
Mia Jankowicz
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Pak asks Taliban to resume talks with US for early resolution of Afghan conflict
A high-level Taliban delegation met Qureshi as part of a push to revive the Afghan peace process…
PTI
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A year after the Taliban's takeover, Afghanistan has become 'a cage for Afghan women,' activist Yalda Royan says
Yalda Royan fled Afghanistan after the Taliban stormed Kabul. In an interview, she accused the inte…
Charles R. Davis
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An Afghan woman told us she's 'disgusted' with those focused on who is to blame for the Taliban takeover, rather than the lives of Afghans
She told Insider: "Why can't the world just put that aside for a second and think about, 'What can …
Charles Davis
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The Taliban banned girls from attending secondary school. We spoke to 2 Afghan teens who say they're heartbroken and hopeless over the decision.
Insider recently spoke to two Afghan teens in the wake of the Taliban's sudden reversal on girls' e…
Ashley Collman
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Taliban officials in Afghanistan 'beat girls just for smiling and talking too loud,' report says
Farkhunda, a 16-year-old girl, stopped going to school in September and has since been diagnosed wi…
Yelena Dzhanova
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US considers preparing for airstrikes to support Afghan forces if there's a risk of the Taliban taking over Kabul, report says
The discussions echo concerns that Afghan forces will struggle to contain the Taliban once US groun…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Exiled activist says that disabled Afghans are at grave risk under Taliban rule
A blind commissioner with the Afghanistan Human Rights Commission spoke to Insider after escaping t…
Insider Inc.
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Afghan fighters recapture territory from Taliban as pockets of armed resistance emerge across country
Afghan fighters recaptured territory in Baghlan, and former VP Amrullah Saleh and Ahmad Massoud are…
Alia Shoaib
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flees Afghanistan as Taliban fighters enter Kabul, reports say
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his immediate team have left Afghanistan for Tajikistan, accordin…
Joshua Zitser
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The Taliban says it's rewarding the families of suicide bombers who attacked US and Afghan troops with money, clothes, and land
The Taliban's acting interior minister, Sirajuddin Haqqani, called the fighters "heroes of Islam an…
Sophia Ankel
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Putin says he's worried that Afghan 'militants' might try to enter Russia 'under cover of refugees'
The Russian president criticized countries for placing Afghan refugees in Central Asia countries wh…
Vanessa Gu
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Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled country with only the clothes he was wearing, an official says
"We had received intelligence for over a year that the President would be killed in the event of a …
John L. Dorman
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Mark Meadows says Trump threatened to wipe out an Afghan village — a war crime — in a phone call with a Taliban negotiator: book
"If you dare lay hands on a single American, that will be the first thing that I destroy. I will no…
John Haltiwanger,Eliza Relman
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Taliban says it won't allow Afghans to reach Kabul airport as UN warns of 'credible' reports of executions
"We are asking the American please change your policy and don't encourage Afghans to leave," Taliba…
John Haltiwanger
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Congress must approve a pathway to permanent residency for Afghan allies in the US before the year ends, advocates urge: 'We owe these Afghans'
"It's a matter of national security. It's a matter of moral injury for our veterans. And it's just …
Oma Seddiq
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Former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani says he fled to avoid being hanged and vows to someday return
"I left with one shirt, one pants, one vest and one sandals," Ghani said, denying reports that he a…
Oma Seddiq
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The Taliban have set up checkpoints in Kabul and are searching Afghans' phones for evidence they communicated in English, report says
The Taliban also added checkpoints at entrances to the Kabul airport, beating Afghans who tried to …
Jake Epstein
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150,000 Afghans who helped the US could be stranded after the August 31 deadline, new estimate suggests
At least 250,000 Afghans who worked with the US military and may be eligible for visas are thought …
Bill Bostock
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US and Taliban enter talks to release $3.5 billion in central bank currency reserves amid humanitarian crisis
A US delegation met with senior Taliban officials in Uzbekistan for talks about unfreezing $3.5 bil…