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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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Afghanistan's Taliban needs money so badly they are selling tickets to monuments their own fighters smashed to pieces: report
The Taliban reduced Afghanistan's vast, ancient Bamiyan Buddhas to rubble in 2001. Now they're sell…
Mia Jankowicz
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Women in Afghanistan have been banned from parks by the Taliban
The Taliban have announced women are no longer allowed in parks, partially due to women "not observ…
Bethany Dawson
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The Taliban says it has provided 'a comfortable and prosperous life' for women in Afghanistan. 'Absurd' says a human rights advocate.
The Taliban wants to dispel the narrative that its restrictive policies harm women to gain legitima…
Hannah Getahun
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The Taliban has reintroduced public floggings and executions in Afghanistan, reports say
The Taliban are returning to the brutal enforcement of sharia law that has not been seen in Afghani…
Bethany Dawson
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A bloodthirsty ISIS branch is 'on the upswing' after the US left Afghanistan in a lurch, a former top commander says
Gen. Joseph Votel, who oversaw military operations in the Middle East, told Business Insider that I…
Jake Epstein
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Malnutrition in Afghan children skyrocketed by nearly 47% this year: Save the Children
One year since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the economic crisis has shattered the lives…
ANI
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Taliban officials praise Afghanistan's first sports car. It has an engine from a 2000 Toyota Corolla.
The Taliban's spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, shared a video on Sunday of the Mada 9 car doing do…
Lloyd Lee
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Olympic athletes fleeing the Taliban rule in Afghanistan are finding new home in Australia
Matt Carroll, chief executive of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), called it "a proud moment …
Barnaby Lane
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The Taliban posted photos of hundreds of US military vehicles it said were abandoned in the chaotic pullout of Afghanistan and now form part of its army
Afghanistan's rulers the Taliban claim to have rehabilitated hundreds of vehicles the US said it de…
Tom Porter
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Russian businessman and wife believed to have been on private medical evacuation flight that crashed in Afghanistan, reports say
A Russian businessman and his wife are believed to have been on a private jet that crashed in Afgha…
Alia Shoaib
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The US and Taliban are negotiating the release of part of the $9.5 billion in frozen Afghan government assets, report says
The US froze billions of dollars of Afghan government assets over the Taliban's takeover, but ordin…
Sinéad Baker
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The Taliban appears to be patrolling Kabul on rollerblades while carrying AK-47s, video shows
Taliban security forces can be seen maneuvering through the traffic of Kabul on rollerblades in a n…
Alia Shoaib
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How 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 hi…
Zahra Tayeb
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Taliban begs US to unfreeze Afghan govt. assets to help respond to earthquake that killed 1,000 people
The US froze $9.5 billion of Afghan government assets last year after the Taliban seized control of…
Bill Bostock
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'A daily burden of survival': Deadly Afghanistan earthquake piles more agony onto the country's widespread humanitarian woes
A Kabul-based aid worker told Insider that "it's all hands on deck" as organizations manage bad wea…
Jake Epstein
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Taliban calls for aid as it struggles to respond to massive earthquake that killed 1,000 in Afghanistan
Afghanistan just suffered its deadliest earthquake in two decades, and the new Taliban government i…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Afghanistan's non-violent resistance against the Taliban is led by women who risk torture and detention: 'Fear is everywhere'
One protestor told Insider that talking to the Taliban doesn't work but the protests have brought i…
Sarah Al-Arshani,Edris Lutfi
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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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The Taliban's control of Afghanistan is guaranteeing Al Qaeda's 'continued personal survival', experts say
Professor Michael Semple said Al Qaeda was "delighted at the Taliban control of Afghanistan", as it…