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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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'Afghan Girl' from 1985 National Geographic cover is evacuated to Italy at age 49
The "Afghan Girl," 49, just arrived in Rome. She was photographed in Pakistan in 1984, during the S…
Hilary Brueck
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Taliban fighters set an Afghan woman on fire for 'bad cooking,' report says
According to Najla Ayoubi, a former judge in Afghanistan, women are also being sold as sex slaves a…
Joshua Zitser
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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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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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Afghan women and girls were forced into marriages in order to escape the country as it fell to the Taliban, report says
The CNN report said families paid thousands of dollars to have men marry or pose as husbands for wo…
Ashley Collman
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Girls targeted in bomb carnage at school that left 55 dead in Afghan capital, Kabul
Most of the casualties were female students aged between 11 and 15 years old, who were leaving scho…
Sophia Ankel
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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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All 24 women senators urge Biden to create a plan to protect the 'basic human rights' of Afghan women and girls
"American disengagement from Afghanistan puts at risk hard-won gains for Afghan women and girls," t…
John Haltiwanger
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Reward increased to $170,000 for Afghan immigrant girl, 3, who disappeared from a San Antonio playground nearly 2 months ago
Lina Sardar Khil vanished from a playground in the apartment complex where she lived with her paren…
Ashley Collman
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An Afghan interpreter who witnessed the Kabul explosions says a baby girl died in his arms as he tried to save her
The interpreter, who only identified himself as Carl for safety reasons, told CBS News he was outsi…
Kelly McLaughlin
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A GOP rep. claimed that allowing 'poorly-vetted' Afghan refugees to come to the US could lead to 'little girls raped and killed in the streets'
Republican Rep. Scott Perry was one of the 16 Republicans who voted against the bipartisan Allies A…
Cheryl Teh
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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 Afghan all-girls robotics team have been offered scholarships at 'incredible universities,' says Oklahoma mother who helped them escape the Taliban
Allyson Reneau, a mother of 11 from Oklahoma, helped evacuate 10 members of Afghanistan's all-girls…
Sophia Ankel
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The daughter of a former Afghan general claims she was forced to marry a Taliban official and raped every night
In an online video, the woman details her alleged abuse and says she fears the former Taliban spoke…
Alia Shoaib
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Video shows an Afghan girl being lifted over the wall at Kabul airport into the arms of a US soldier as desperate crowds gathered to flee the Taliban
Thousands of Afghans have tried to flee to Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul in an attemp…
Jake Epstein
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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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Desperate Afghans are promising their daughters as young as 7 for marriage in exchange for cash: report
Afghanistan is on the brink of economic collapse after the Taliban's takeover, forcing its poorest …
Yelena Dzhanova
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Tears of an Afghan girl facing a grim future under Taliban rule goes viral as UN Secretary-General warns of women's rights being 'ripped away' from them
Now that the Taliban controls the majority of Afghanistan, women and girls are once again fear for …
Joshua Zitser
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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…