Female Afghan TV presenters ordered to cover face on air, as women's rights further diminish under Taliban rule
abc.net.au/news/2022-05-20/taliban-say-female-afghan-tv-presenters-must-cover-face-on-air/101084310
Opinion | Why Saving Kids Is Bad Business in America: For hospitals, pediatrics isn’t as lucrative as adult health care — and we’ve been underinvesting in kids ...
nytimes.com/2023/01/04/opinion/covid-flu-rsv-children-hospitals.html
4 Afghan Women Describe How Life Has Changed Under Taliban Rule: March is Women’s History Month — and many Afghan women now feel like they are living it.
huffpost.com/entry/afghan-women-life-taliban-march_n_623b8554e4b0d39357d0b5f8
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 ...
timeslive.co.za/news/world/2022-05-12-many-afghan-women-pushing-back-against-taliban-orders-to-cover-up/
Press freedom in Afghanistan: the word fighters: Every day, the Taliban curtail press freedom a little more. TOLOnews is one of the last stations to stand up to ...
zeit.de/politik/ausland/2022-06/afghanistan-pressefreiheit-tolonews-burka-pflicht
Toddler reunited with parents in U.S. after being left behind in Afghanistan in August
nbcnews.com/news/world/toddler-reunited-parents-us-left-afghanistan-august-rcna26050
Quick Glance: Indian diplomats meet Taliban in Kabul for the first time since the US pullout
- NEW DELHI, 2 June (Reuters) – The Taliban said a delegation of Indian officials met with Afghanistan's acting foreign minister on Thursday to discuss bilateral ties and humanitarian supplies, the first such visit to Kabul since the chaotic US exit last year.
- Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, the acting foreign minister of the Taliban regime, met with an Indian foreign ministry group led by senior official J.P. Singh.
- "The meeting focused on India-Afghan diplomatic relations, bilateral trade and humanitarian aid," stated Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spokesman for the Taliban foreign ministry, on Twitter.
#LIVE | This week on #SouthAsiaDiary :
+ Al-Qaeda's resurgence under Taliban
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Angelina Jolie: The World Must Not Look Away From Afghanistan's Women: The dream of an open Afghanistan built on the equal efforts and free voices of all its ...
time.com/6206255/angelina-jolie-afghanistan-women/
Pregnant New Zealander offered refuge by Taliban after being denied re-entry by home country over Covid-19...
scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3165283/pregnant-new-zealander-offered-refuge-taliban-after-being
UN says over 100 ex-Afghan and international forces killed : UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has received “credible allegations” that more than 100 ...
apnews.com/article/afghanistan-business-race-and-ethnicity-united-nations-taliban-c151a0b395380350653517a99f3632c3
New Zealand relents on woman offered refuge by Taliban: A pregnant New Zealand journalist who claimed to have nowhere to go but Afghanistan will be allowed to ...
rte.ie/news/2022/0201/1277217-nzealand-journalist-taliban/
After Taliban protection: pregnant New Zealand journalist allowed to leave Afghanistan
spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/neuseeland-schwangere-journalistin-charlotte-bellis-darf-afghanistan-verlassen-a-b169b582-c7d7-4ab9-b18e-e06ddbb8f73c
Covid 19 Omicron: New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis pregnant and stuck in Afghanistan denied emergency MIQ spot
nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-omicron-new-zealand-journalist-charlotte-bellis-pregnant-and-stuck-in-afghanistan-denied-emergency-miq-spot/M5CYHAFNIEXPGRHW6EKAXXPJVA/
Caravanning boom continues across Australia as families with kids hit the road for a nomadic lifestyle
abc.net.au/news/2022-04-27/caravanning-boom-regions-young-families-australia/101015594
The Taliban Is Forcing Female News Anchors to Wear COVID Masks: Afghan women are now coming under further pressure from the Islamist hardliners to cover their ...
vice.com/en/article/k7wmjw/taliban-female-news-anchors-masks
New Zealand wants to ban the sale of cigarettes to young people: On the way to a smoke-free society, the New Zealand government is taking a drastic step: it ...
nzz.ch/panorama/neuseeland-will-zigarettenverkauf-an-jugendliche-verbieten-ld.1659390
Morning Brief: Zelensky sends defiant Christmas message, China to stop publishing COVID count, and more
wionews.com/world/morning-brief-zelensky-sends-defiant-christmas-message-china-to-stop-publishing-covid-count-546412
New Zealand: Pregnant woman fights to return under Taliban protection: A New Zealand journalist becomes pregnant in Qatar. She cannot return to her home country ...
stern.de/panorama/weltgeschehen/neuseeland--schwangere-kaempft-unter-taliban-schutz-um-ihre-rueckkehr-31586242.html
Glavin: The tragedy and farce of 2023's global challenges: Russia's disastrous war; the threat of Iranian theocrats and Taliban tyrants; China's COVID chaos: the ...
ottawacitizen.com/opinion/glavin-the-tragedy-and-farce-of-2023s-global-challenges
The big news: Centre recommends precaution doses as Covid surges in China, and 9 other top stories
scroll.in/latest/1040300/the-big-news-centre-recommends-precaution-doses-as-covid-surges-in-china-and-9-other-top-stories
The big news: Modi asks officials to increase Covid-19 testing, and nine other top stories
scroll.in/latest/1040382/the-big-news-modi-asks-officials-to-increase-covid-19-testing-and-nine-other-top-stories
On March 23, Afghanistan closed down schools for girls beyond the sixth grade. This U-turn has confirmed many women's worst fears about the new Taliban ... Show more https://s.nikkei.com/35Sos2h
Taliban treatment of women may be ‘crime against humanity’ - G7: 'Taliban policies designed to erase women from public life will have consequences for how our ...
i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/iran-eastern-states/1671723721-taliban-treatment-of-women-may-be-crime-against-humanity-g7
Family of Indian journalist killed in Afghanistan petitions the International Criminal Court to try Taliban for war crimes
washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/22/india-danish-siddiqui-taliban-icc/
Hong Kong scraps most Covid rules, vaccine pass would also be scrapped
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U.N. to launch a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan with Taliban permission
washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/18/polio-vaccination-afghanistan-taliban/
Unmarried And Pregnant Journalist Barred By New Zealand Due To COVID Gets Help From Taliban
indiatimes.com/news/world/charlotte-bellis-denied-entry-by-new-zealand-gets-help-from-the-taliban-560675.html
Journalist denied entry into New Zealand opts for Taliban help: 'Brutally ironic': pregnant journalist turns to Taliban for help after being rejected by New ...
euronews.com/2022/01/29/brutally-ironic-pregnant-journalist-turns-to-taliban-for-help-after-being-rejected-by-new-
New Zealand's restrictive corona policy - She has to give birth to her child with the Taliban
bazonline.ch/sie-muss-ihr-kind-bei-den-taliban-gebaeren-462537223010
New Zealand Covid rules: Pegnant reporter fights to come home from Taliban-run Kabul
nbcnews.com/news/world/new-zealand-covid-pregnant-reporter-taliban-kabul-rcna14198
2021: Black year for Afghanistan's women and girls: The 23-year-old Pashtana Durrani had built over a dozen girls' schools in Kandahar. When the city fell into ...
nzz.ch/international/2021-schwarzes-jahr-fuer-afghanistans-frauen-und-maedchen-ld.1661640
Afghan American naval reservist who was held by Taliban details return home in first interview since release
edition.cnn.com/2022/04/06/politics/safi-rauf-taliban-release-cnntv/
Afghanistan's health care system is collapsing under stress: New York Times: Hospitals struggling amid cash shortage and surge of disease.
nytimes.com/2022/02/06/world/asia/afghanistans-health-care-system.html
Women’s Delegation Urges U.S. to Unfreeze Afghan Funds Amid Humanitarian Crisis: Women in Afghanistan are protesting a number of gender-based restrictions from ...
democracynow.org/2022/4/6/us_sanctions_economic_warfare_afghanistan_economy
China extends $31m in emergency aid to Afghanistan: Beijing promises grain and three million COVID-19 vaccines as it urges Taliban to cut ties with ‘extreme ...
aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/9/china-offers-31m-in-aid-3-million-covid-shots-to-afghanistan
Suicide bomber targets Kabul education center, killing 19: A Taliban spokesman says a suicide bomber has killed 19 people and wounded 27 at an education center ...
pbs.org/newshour/world/suicide-bomber-targets-kabul-education-center-killing-19
Quick Glance: Suicide attack at a tutoring center in Afghanistan's capital kills 19 people
- According to Kabul police spokesperson Khalid Zadran, the official death toll is 19 dead and 27 injured.
- He said the attack occurred at a private tutoring center during an exam.
- According to a Taliban source, 33 individuals were killed, including female students.
- Teenage pupils were among the 24 persons killed in an Islamic State-claimed attack on a similar education center in west Kabul in 2020.
New Zealand Covid rules: Pegnant reporter fights to come home from Taliban-run Kabul
nbcnews.com/news/world/new-zealand-covid-pregnant-reporter-taliban-kabul-rcna14198
Taliban offers journo ‘safe haven’ after ‘bureaucratically cruel’ Kiwis reject her
timeslive.co.za/sunday-times-daily/world/2022-01-30-taliban-offers-journo-safe-haven-after-bureaucratically-cruel-kiwis-reject-her/
Aid to Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan a 'Moral Hazard,' US Lawmakers Say: US weighs impact of sanctions amid looming Afghanistan humanitarian catastrophe
voanews.com/a/aid-to-taliban-controlled-afghanistan-a-moral-hazard-us-lawmakers-say/6434757.html
The Capitol riot, the Taliban's return and a submarine dispute: 10 top news stories in 2021
france24.com/en/france/20211231-the-capitol-riot-the-taliban-s-return-and-a-submarine-dispute-10-top-news-stories-in-2021
Jobs lost, middle class Afghans slide into poverty, hunger : KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Not long ago, Ferishta Salihi and her family had enough for a decent life ...
apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-afghanistan-health-business-kabul-fe74dc21182574f8eb67d16f87c183d1
The Taliban will discover that ruling is harder than fighting: The people of Afghanistan are finding that out to their cost
economist.com/the-world-ahead/2021/11/08/the-taliban-will-discover-that-ruling-is-harder-than-fighting
Exclusive: Pregnant TV reporter Charlotte Bellis' full, open letter on MIQ - 'NZ said you're not welcome'
nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-omicron-charlotte-bellis-an-open-letter-on-miq/U4WQGYTJHUP36AGVOBN3F6PJSE/
China extends $31m in emergency aid to Afghanistan: Beijing promises grain and three million COVID-19 vaccines as it urges Taliban to cut ties with ‘extreme ...
aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/9/china-offers-31m-in-aid-3-million-covid-shots-to-afghanistan
Taliban to Stranded, Pregnant New Zealander: 'You Are Safe Here, Congratulations, We Welcome You'
time.com/6143616/taliban-pregnant-new-zealander-charlotte-bellis/
CNN Heroes celebrates 15 years of inspiring the world: For 15 years, CNN Heroes has been honoring everyday people changing the world. Since 2007 ...
cnn.com/2021/12/10/us/cnnheroes-anniversary-update/
Amnesty International: Women's rights have deteriorated significantly in the past year
zeit.de/gesellschaft/2022-03/frauenrechte-amnesty-international-taliban-coronavirus-ostukraine-agnes-callamard-bericht
How will the Taliban rule Afghanistan this time?: The Islamist victors claim to have changed since they ran the country twenty years ago. Few believe them | Asia
economist.com/asia/2021/08/16/how-will-the-taliban-rule-afghanistan-this-time
2021: The world that was – events that marked a tumultuous year: From the Covid pandemic to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and extreme weather ...
batimes.com.ar/news/world/the-world-that-was-events-that-marked-a-tumultuous-year-2021.phtml
The photographer Jim Huylebroek refused to leave Afghanistan even when its capital, Kabul, fell to the Taliban in August ... #YearInPictures https://nyti.ms/32hvZ8R
Mexico welcomes more than 100 Afghan journalists fleeing the Taliban: Over 100 Afghan journalists and their families arrived in Mexico on Wednesday after ...
cnn.com/2021/08/25/americas/afghan-journalists-mexico-intl/
Old video falsely linked to Afghans fleeing to Pakistan after Taliban's takeover - Alt News
altnews.in/old-video-falsely-linked-to-afghans-fleeing-to-pakistan-after-talibans-takeover/
The Taliban has seized more than a dozen provincial capitals in Afghanistan, including Kandahar, the country's second-biggest city ... https://cnn.it/3m1CB2H
Wait, where did 2021 go?: Pop quiz, hotshot. Place these events in the correct chronological order: Afghanistan falls to the Taliban ...
newstatesman.com/comment/2021/12/wait-where-did-2021-go
Taliban Vow to Defend Women’s Rights Under Islamic Law : Rights groups are rejecting the Taliban claims and accuse the group of cracking down on human rights ...
voanews.com/a/taliban-vow-to-defend-women-s-rights-under-islamic-law-/6475279.html
Rewind 2021: Covid, coups, Taliban...the tumultuous year that was: From the Covid pandemic to the Taliban taking over Afghanistan and extreme weather events ...
wionews.com/photos/rewind-2021-covid-coups-talibanthe-tumultuous-year-that-was-434599
Wait, where did 2021 go?: Pop quiz, hotshot. Place these events in the correct chronological order: Afghanistan falls to the Taliban ...
newstatesman.com/comment/2021/12/wait-where-did-2021-go
In 2021, We Were There: The Year’s 14 Most Popular Dispatches: Not even a pandemic, wars or autocrats could prevent our correspondents from seeking out secrets ...
nytimes.com/2021/12/30/world/europe/most-popular-dispatches-2021.html
Taliban and 911 families fight for billions in frozen Afghan funds: Nearly 20 years ago, about 150 family members of Sept. 11 victims sought a measure of justice ...
nytimes.com/2021/11/29/us/politics/taliban-afghanistan-911-families-frozen-funds.html
The World Health Organization only has enough supplies in Afghanistan to last for one week, says senior regional official ... https://aje.io/qq7phr
Pictures of the year: 2021: Lava is seen through the window of a kitchen from El Paso following the eruption of a volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain ...
reuters.com/news/picture/pictures-of-the-year-2021-idUSRTS3RA8C
This week on #SouthAsiaDiary with Mariam Wardak:
+ Al-Qaeda's resurgence under Taliban
+ Nepal triples tiger population
+ India's medical ... Show more
Rightwing pundit Candace Owens suggests US invade Australia to ‘free an oppressed people’
theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/22/rightwing-pundit-candace-owens-suggests-us-invade-australia-to-free-an-oppressed-people
Hundreds of health centres at risk of closure in Afghanistan - WHO: Hundreds of medical facilities in Afghanistan are at risk of imminent closure because the ...
reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hundreds-health-centres-risk-closure-afghanistan-who-2021-09-06/
Afghanistan: return of the Taliban could make the fight against polio more difficult
sueddeutsche.de/gesundheit/afghanistan-taliban-kinderlaehmung-polio-covid-1.5390884
China strengthens land border protection with new law: China passed a law on Saturday to strengthen border protection amid a protracted standoff with India ...
reuters.com/world/china/china-strengthens-land-border-protection-with-new-law-2021-10-24/
Pictures of the year: 2021: Lava is seen through the window of a kitchen from El Paso following the eruption of a volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain ...
reuters.com/news/picture/pictures-of-the-year-2021-idUSRTS3RA8C
Taliban takeover could drive covid crisis in Afghanistan as vaccinations plummet, U.N. warns
washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/25/afghanistan-coronavirus-pandemic-taliban/
On #Gravitas with Palki S Upadhyay :
+ Kabul attack aftermath
+ Airport attack: Where does this leave Biden?
+ All about Islamic State ...
The Latest: UK minister says all Afghans unlikely to get out: KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The latest on Afghanistan where the Taliban have seized power ...
apnews.com/article/afghanistan-the-latest-d832920fb7b00d6d9bd5e54fd7fc3ef5
Ashraf Ghani, Former Afghan President, Says He Fled Nation to 'Save Kabul': In his first interview since escaping Afghanistan as the Taliban advanced on the ...
nytimes.com/2021/12/30/world/asia/ashraf-ghani-bbc-interview.html
Afghanistan: Children return to families after treatment in Germany: Children from Afghanistan were treated in Germany and are now flying back to their parents ...
waz.de/politik/afghanistan-rettung-kinder-armut-taliban-id233781029.html
Where does the Taliban get so much money from?: Why do the Taliban have so much money? How did the Taliban come to power so quickly? What's next for Afghanistan? ...
krautreporter.de/4048-woher-die-taliban-so-viel-geld-haben
WSJ News Exclusive | Left Behind After U.S. Withdrawal, Some Former Afghan Spies and Soldiers Turn to Islamic State
wsj.com/articles/left-behind-after-u-s-withdrawal-some-former-afghan-spies-and-soldiers-turn-to-islamic-state-11635691605
Taliban say they won't work with US to contain Islamic State: ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban on Saturday ruled out cooperation with the U.S. to contain extremist ...
apnews.com/article/business-taliban-islamabad-middle-east-islamic-state-group-4d419bb70259f93f7165169889d05ff1
Afghanistan The trauma of flight: Research knows that trauma can be inherited. Can a place live in one where one has never lived?
freitag.de/autoren/the-guardian/das-trauma-afghanistans
Taliban begin to reopen Afghan schools with older girls so far excluded from study
abc.net.au/news/2021-09-19/some-afghan-girls-return-to-school-others-face-anxious-wait/100474166
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