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Afghanistan: Hazara minority fearful of future under Taliban rule
Dozens of female footballers and their families have managed to escape from Afghanistan across the border to Pakistan, including one group who’d been in hiding after their homes were burned down and some relatives were captured by the Taliban. But there are entire communities left behind who are now living in fear, like the Hazara…
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Afghanistan: Women’s fears under Taliban rule
Talibs have now raised their flag over the presidential palace, heralding the dawn of a new era. And what that new reality means for Afghan women is now becoming clear.
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Former Royal Marine reunited with Afghan interpreter after decade apart and escape from Taliban
Two men who last saw each other in Afghanistan 10 years ago when they served alongside each other with the British military have been reunited, after Afghan translator Nazir Ahmad Muslim and his family managed to escape the Taliban.
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Anti-Taliban leader’s death was ‘bleakest moment of my life’, says Ahmad Shah Massoud’s brother
We spoke to Mujahideen commander Ahmad Shah Massoud’s brother, Ahmad Wali Massoud.
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Thirteen Britons fly out of Afghanistan, as Taliban stamp down on dissent
Thirteen Britons have managed to fly out of Afghanistan onboard the first international flight to leave Kabul since western forces pulled out.
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Afghanistan: Hardline make-up of Taliban government condemned by world leaders
International leaders have condemned the make-up of Afghanistan’s interim government, as the Taliban appointed a number of hardliners to the all-male cabinet, including one minister on the FBI’s most wanted list.
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Afghanistan: The blind couple who escaped the Taliban
The future for all Afghans is uncertain, but for the disabled population it is even more precarious.
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Afghanistan: Taliban announce new interim government – who is in it?
The Taliban have named an interim government with a prime minister who is on a UN terror watchlist and an interior minister with a $10 million bounty on his head.
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Protests continue in Afghanistan, as Taliban claims to have taken Panjshir Valley
In Afghanistan, the Taliban says it has taken control of the Panjshir Valley, the last bastion of opposition resisting Taliban rule.
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Afghanistan: Taliban did not expect to take over Kabul so soon
We spoke to the man who has become the public face of the Taliban in Kabul, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. We asked him why, in the light of all these urgent problems, three weeks after entering Kabul, they still haven’t formed a government?
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Afghanistan: Taliban claims control of whole country
The Taliban came into Kabul three weeks ago, but there is still no government. The economy has juddered to a halt, nobody is getting salaries and many things have closed. People are just desperate for money and work. There is drought, hunger, Covid and poverty, as well as all the issues with women’s rights and…
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Afghan opposition leader Ahmad Massoud says he’s ready for talks with Taliban
The Afghan opposition leader Ahmad Massoud says he is ready to talk with the Taliban and negotiate a settlement to end fighting in the Panjshir Valley, north of Kabul.
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Afghanistan: Taliban takeover ‘faster than anyone anticipated’, says Raab
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said there was widespread surprise at the speed of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, as he held talks on the crisis with officials in Pakistan.
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The burden of proof is on the Taliban to show they mean what they say, says former adviser
We spoke to Omar Samad, former senior adviser to Abdullah Abdullah, the former Chief Executive of Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: What will a new Taliban government look like?
“The Taliban must understand that if they want engagement with the West, the first priority for us is safe passage for those who want to leave.” The words of the prime minister today.