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Bangladesh protests: Mob continues to kill, arson, vandalise and storm jails even after PM Hasina resignation
Police firings, mob beatings, and arson across the country killed at least 135 people before and af…
ANI
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China's government-approved AI chatbots were released to the public this week. Baidu's chatbot Ernie reportedly says a Chinese military takeover of Taiwan is possible.
The Chinese government recently approved several generative AI chatbots. Bloomberg News tested them…
Aaron Mok,Alistair Barr
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Last president of Afghanistan said he only had 2 minutes to decide whether to flee Kabul, and he didn't realize he was flying into exile until after takeoff
Afghanistan's last president, Ashraf Ghani, told the BBC Radio that he only had two minutes to deci…
Joshua Zitser
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The CIA reportedly warned the US military of children in the area seconds before the US Kabul airstrike
Initially, US officials said the airstrike had targeted a suicide car bomber linked to ISIS-K, thwa…
Yelena Dzhanova
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An Afghan women's rights activist might have been tricked into going to a safe house and then found dead. Others hoping to escape or live freely in the country worry they could be next
The murder of Afghan activist Frozan Safi has contributed to the climate of fear in Mazar-e Sharif,…
Ali Latifi
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Gen. Mark Milley privately blamed the State Department for the disorganized evacuation of Afghanistan, a new report says
Noncombatant evacuation operations are ordered by the State Department, while the onus of coordinat…
Lauren Frias
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Taliban foot soldiers need to stop having so much fun and taking selfies, Afghanistan's new defense minister says
Afghanistan's defense minister has reportedly told the Taliban's rank-and-file soldiers to stop hav…
Joshua Zitser
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The Taliban tracked down and killed 4 Afghan counterterrorism agents, in one case pulling out all their fingernails, report says
The dead men worked out of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and had been trained by US an…
Bill Bostock
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US should've trained the Afghan military to be 'more like the Taliban,' former NATO commander says
James Stavridis said Afghan forces should've been trained to be "lighter, quicker, more lethal," ad…
Bryan Metzger
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The Taliban barricaded and hit Afghan women protesting in Kabul with tear gas and stun guns, protesters say
"It's our country as well. Women are as educated [as men]," one protester said. "How can they remov…
Yelena Dzhanova
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New York Times report details the chaos that unfolded after Afghans were evacuated to Doha including 'rogue' flights
Emails obtained by the New York Times described "tense" and "hot" conditions in Qatar for Afghan ev…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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The World Bank halted aid to Afghanistan after the Taliban's takeover
The World Bank has committed more than $5.3 billion to projects in Afghanistan since 2002, but is n…
Sinéad Baker
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Calls to veterans' suicide hotlines are up since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, report says
The Veterans Crisis Line and Stop Soldiers Suicide have both seen an increase in the demand for the…
Joshua Zitser
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Lawmakers are calling on the US to do more to help vulnerable Afghans following the Taliban takeover
Members from both sides of the aisle are calling on the Biden administration to extend refuge to th…
Erin Snodgrass
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Afghan refugees who evacuated to Germany say they had to leave their families behind to flee the Taliban takeover
Refugees who evacuated Afghanistan told Reuters that they may never see their family members again …
Kelly McLaughlin
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Malala Yousafzai said we can't 'just get into the politics' behind Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
While Yousafzai said the politics of the situation will be discussed "at some point," "we need to m…
Lauren Frias
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After fleeing the Taliban takeover, the founder of Afghanistan's first all-female news channel vows to continue its work
ZAN TV was founded in 2017 as a symbol of a changing Afghanistan. After the Taliban took over, it w…
Sinéad Baker
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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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Biden said he had 'trust' in the Afghan military. Weeks later, it's facing total defeat and a Taliban takeover.
Biden said a month ago that seeing "the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country…
John Haltiwanger,Ryan Pickrell
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A former Afghan interpreter for the US military escaped Taliban rule only to be shot and killed in Washington, DC
The Army Special Forces veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan with Nasrat Ahmad Yar as his in…