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Afghanistan’s Swift Surrender to the Taliban Was Due to Biden’s Withdrawal of American Troops, Watchdog Says
Following Afghanistan’s surrender to the Taliban, Biden defended his decision.
Pentagon IG Report: Afghanistan Withdrawal ‘Significantly Reduced’ Terrorist Tracking
The Department of Defense "has faced several challenges" conducting counterterrorism operations since the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan last…
Many Afghan Women Pushing Back Against Taliban Orders to Cover Up
Many women in the Afghan capital are delaying a return to fully covering their faces in public in…
U.S. Says it Will Increase Pressure on Taliban if it Does Not Reverse Decisions on Women, Girls
The United States will take steps to increase pressure on Afghanistan's Taliban government to reverse some of its…
Afghan Women ‘Feel Like Prisoners’ Under Taliban Rule
'We don't have basic human rights. This is terrifying for all women in Afghanistan'.
UN Ambassador Calls Taliban’s Order for Women to Cover Their Faces ‘Unconscionable’
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said on Sunday that it is “unconscionable” for the…
Taliban Divisions Deepen as Afghan Women Defy Veil Edict
A new Taliban decree that demands women cover up from head to toe in public, showing at most their eyes, has left many Afghans angry or fearful.
‘Symbolic’ Afghanistan National Women’s Soccer Team Gives a Voice for the Voiceless on and off the Pitch in Melbourne
More than 11,000 kilometres from Kabul, Afghanistan National Women's players have returned to their beloved game of football. …
Deadly Blasts Claimed by Islamic State Hit Northern Afghan Cities
An explosion claimed by the Islamic State at a Shi'ite mosque in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif…
Children Among Victims of Blast at Entrance of School in Kabul, Afghanistan
No one has immediately claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack.