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8/22/21
After retaking Afghanistan, the Taliban asked everyone - including women - to trust them. But among Kabul's female residents, faith in the conquerors is hard to find.
Read more from www.abc.net.au9/2/21
A young man flees for his life through the streets of Kabul, bleeding from a stab wound. Amid the scramble to get people out of Afghanistan, there are fears little attention is being paid to what could be the most vulnerable group of all - LGBT people.
Read more from www.abc.net.au9/3/21
The female television anchor who interviewed the Taliban after their takeover flees Afghanistan and says the group targeted women despite promising otherwise.
Read more from www.abc.net.au9/9/21
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban on Tuesday announced an all-male interim government for Afghanistan stacked with veterans of their hard-line rule from the 1990s and the 20-year battle against the U.S.-led coalition, a move that seems unlikely to win the international support the new leaders desperately need to avoid an economic meltdown.
Read more from AP NEWS9/10/21
Members of the Haqqani network are responsible for some of the most brutal terrorist attacks of recent times and now they are a key part of Afghanistan's government.
Read more from www.abc.net.au9/10/21
Two male journalist were beaten after covering a women's protest in the capital as a Doha-bound civilian flight takes off with foreigners onboard.
Read more from www.abc.net.au9/12/21
To mark September 11, the Taliban have raised their flag above the presidential palace and orchestrated a march for local women.
Read more from www.abc.net.au9/13/21
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the Taliban government's new higher education minister said Sunday.
Read more from AP NEWS9/19/21
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers set up a ministry for the "propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice" in the building that once housed the Women's Affairs Ministry, escorting out World Bank staffers on Saturday as part of the forced move.
Read more from AP NEWS9/28/21
Herat official says four men kidnapped a local businessman and his son, but were caught by patrols before one of their bodies was hung in a bustling square.
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