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Clubhouse removes personal information from Afghan users' accounts for safety
Popular audio chat app Clubhouse has removed some personal information from its users in Afghanista…
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Afghan women fear the Taliban will bring back harsh restrictions like barring them from work and punish rule-breakers with stonings
The Taliban on Sunday seized Kabul and cemented its control of Afghanistan, where it strictly polic…
Sinéad Baker
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Armed Afghans push out Taliban from 3 districts in first local assault against the militant group, according to reports
The anti-Taliban groups say they killed dozens of Taliban fighters and captured about 20 others in …
Yelena Dzhanova
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Afghans are racing to wipe their online histories as the Taliban seize power
Many across Afghanistan are racing to delete past online lives, fearing Taliban punishment for evid…
Jake Epstein
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The Taliban is bringing back executions and cutting off hands as punishment after retaking control of Afghanistan
"Cutting off of hands is very necessary for security," the group's cofounder Mullah Nooruddin Turab…
Jake Epstein,John Haltiwanger
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Striking photo from Kabul shows why so many Afghan women fear for their future under Taliban rule
An AFP photographer captured an armed Taliban fighter walking past defaced, spray-painted images of…
Jake Epstein
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The Taliban captured a female Afghan governor who recruited militants to fight the Taliban, report says
Salima Mazari is the governor of Charkint district in north Afghanistan. She had been recruiting an…
Vanessa Gu
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The Taliban wants to speak at the UN General Assembly in New York as the official government of Afghanistan
The Taliban's foreign minister is contesting Afghanistan's seat, which has been given to the ambass…
Matthew Loh
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'Long live Afghanistan:' Crowds in Kabul celebrate Independence Day in defiance of Taliban fighters
The Taliban used the occasion to declare the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," the same name it use…
Jake Epstein,John Haltiwanger
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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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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 have banned women in Afghanistan from taking flights without the company of a male relative
Earlier this week, the Taliban government reversed its decision to allow girls in Afghanistan to re…
Waiyee Yip
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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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Taliban cofounder arrives in Kabul as the group seeks to form a new government
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who returned to Afghanistan for the first time in over a decade, will n…
John L. Dorman
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Photo shows posters of women at a Kabul beauty salon being painted over as the Taliban seized the city
The Taliban stormed Kabul on Sunday and seized control of the presidential palace. Women fear repri…
Sinéad Baker
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The Taliban's education minister says it will allow Afghan women to attend university, but mixed gender classes will be banned
Many are skeptical of the Taliban's sudden change in tack. Afghan women say the group has not consi…
Matthew Loh
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The female reporter who made history by interviewing a Taliban spokesman live on air has fled Afghanistan
TOLO News host Beheshta Arghand said the interview with the Taliban official was difficult but she …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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A witness said the Taliban hung a body from a crane in a city square in western Afghanistan: report
It's an indication the Taliban plans to resume harsh tactics employed when it previously ruled desp…
Connor Perrett
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Vice President Harris expressed concern that the Taliban is not providing 'appropriate treatment' to Afghan women and girls
Harris said on "Face the Nation" that the US is teaming with the UN to "provide humanitarian assist…
Taylor Ardrey
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9/11 victims are blocked from seizing $3.5 billion in frozen assets from Afghanistan because Biden would have to recognize the Taliban
A federal judge ruled that President Joe Biden would have to recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan's…