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Nearly A Million Afghans Lose Jobs Since Taliban Takeover: Report
According to the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), more than 900,000 Afghans have lost their jobs since the Taliban took control last August.
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Thousand People Attend Rally Outside Kabul To Show Support For Taliban
Around 1,000 Taliban supporters attended a rally on Sunday in a vast field to the north of Kabul, in a show of strength as they consolidate their rule of Afghanistan.
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Taliban Writes To India to Resume Flights To Afghanistan
The Taliban has written to the DGCA, or Directorate General of Civil Aviation, to ask for the resumption of commercial flights between India and Afghanistan (Kabul).
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Taliban To "Temporarily" Adopt Monarchy Constitution, With Caveats
The Taliban said today they will temporarily adopt a 1964 constitution that granted women the right to vote but eliminate any elements they disagree with.
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"Our Voices.. Cut Off": Afghan Women Taekwondo Fighters Feel Defeated By Taliban
Zarghunna Noori has always been a fighter, but the 22-year-old taekwondo champion -- who dreamt of representing Afghanistan at the Olympics -- says she has finally met her match.
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UN Releases Emergency Funds To Save Afghan Health System From Collapse
The United Nations aid chief said Wednesday he had released $45 million in emergency funds to help prevent Afghanistan's battered healthcare system from collapsing.
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Taliban Says Afghan Girls To Return To Schools "As Soon As Possible"
The Taliban on Tuesday said girls would soon be allowed to return to school, after announcing the remaining positions in its government, with no women added to the all-male line-up.
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Taliban Names Remaining Cabinet Members, No Women's Ministry Announced
Taliban spokesman names remaining cabinet members, no women's ministry announced: news agency AFP
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50-Year-Old Afghan Man Of Indian Origin Abducted In Kabul: Report
A 50-year-old Afghan man of Indian origin - was reportedly abducted at gunpoint last night from the Karte Parwan area of Kabul, according to a tweet by Akali Dal leader Manjinder Sirsa.
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Afghan Women Forced To Gather At Pro-Taliban Protest At University
Scores of Afghan women were forced by the Taliban to gather at Kabul University dressed in head-to-toe black robes that they had distributed on the anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks. Those who dared to refuse, say students, were to be expelled.
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First Foreign Commercial Flight After Taliban Takeover Lands In Kabul
A Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying a handful of passengers touched down at Kabul airport Monday, the first international commercial flight to land since the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan on August 15.
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12 Afghan Women Brave Fears To Return To Work At Kabul Airport
Less than a month after the Taliban rolled into the Afghan capital, Rabia Jamal made a tough decision -- she would brave the hardliners and return to work at the airport.
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Urged By US, Taliban Agrees To Let 200 Foreigners Leave Afghanistan
Two hundred Americans and other foreigners who remain in Afghanistan are set to depart the war-ravaged country on charter flights from Kabul on Thursday after the new Taliban government agreed to their evacuation, a U.S. official said.
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Afghan Resistance Leaders Have Not Fled Country, Diplomat Says
Panjshiri leader Ahmad Shah Massoud and former Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh have not fled Afghanistan and their resistance forces are still fighting the Taliban, the ousted Afghan government's ambassador to Tajikistan said on Wednesday.
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'No Taliban 2.0 After All': 10-Point Guide
The Taliban's interim government, drawn from their own loyalist ranks, has hardliners in all key posts and no women - far from the "inclusive" administration it had promised. In growing protests against the group, 2 were shot dead in Herat yesterday.
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Nearly A Million Afghans Lose Jobs Since Taliban Takeover: Report
According to the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), more than 900,000 Afghans have lost their jobs since the Taliban took control last August.
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Thousand People Attend Rally Outside Kabul To Show Support For Taliban
Around 1,000 Taliban supporters attended a rally on Sunday in a vast field to the north of Kabul, in a show of strength as they consolidate their rule of Afghanistan.
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Taliban Writes To India to Resume Flights To Afghanistan
The Taliban has written to the DGCA, or Directorate General of Civil Aviation, to ask for the resumption of commercial flights between India and Afghanistan (Kabul).
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Taliban To "Temporarily" Adopt Monarchy Constitution, With Caveats
The Taliban said today they will temporarily adopt a 1964 constitution that granted women the right to vote but eliminate any elements they disagree with.
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"Our Voices.. Cut Off": Afghan Women Taekwondo Fighters Feel Defeated By Taliban
Zarghunna Noori has always been a fighter, but the 22-year-old taekwondo champion -- who dreamt of representing Afghanistan at the Olympics -- says she has finally met her match.
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UN Releases Emergency Funds To Save Afghan Health System From Collapse
The United Nations aid chief said Wednesday he had released $45 million in emergency funds to help prevent Afghanistan's battered healthcare system from collapsing.
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Taliban Says Afghan Girls To Return To Schools "As Soon As Possible"
The Taliban on Tuesday said girls would soon be allowed to return to school, after announcing the remaining positions in its government, with no women added to the all-male line-up.
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Taliban Names Remaining Cabinet Members, No Women's Ministry Announced
Taliban spokesman names remaining cabinet members, no women's ministry announced: news agency AFP
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50-Year-Old Afghan Man Of Indian Origin Abducted In Kabul: Report
A 50-year-old Afghan man of Indian origin - was reportedly abducted at gunpoint last night from the Karte Parwan area of Kabul, according to a tweet by Akali Dal leader Manjinder Sirsa.
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Afghan Women Forced To Gather At Pro-Taliban Protest At University
Scores of Afghan women were forced by the Taliban to gather at Kabul University dressed in head-to-toe black robes that they had distributed on the anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks. Those who dared to refuse, say students, were to be expelled.
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First Foreign Commercial Flight After Taliban Takeover Lands In Kabul
A Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying a handful of passengers touched down at Kabul airport Monday, the first international commercial flight to land since the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan on August 15.
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12 Afghan Women Brave Fears To Return To Work At Kabul Airport
Less than a month after the Taliban rolled into the Afghan capital, Rabia Jamal made a tough decision -- she would brave the hardliners and return to work at the airport.
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Urged By US, Taliban Agrees To Let 200 Foreigners Leave Afghanistan
Two hundred Americans and other foreigners who remain in Afghanistan are set to depart the war-ravaged country on charter flights from Kabul on Thursday after the new Taliban government agreed to their evacuation, a U.S. official said.
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Afghan Resistance Leaders Have Not Fled Country, Diplomat Says
Panjshiri leader Ahmad Shah Massoud and former Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh have not fled Afghanistan and their resistance forces are still fighting the Taliban, the ousted Afghan government's ambassador to Tajikistan said on Wednesday.
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'No Taliban 2.0 After All': 10-Point Guide
The Taliban's interim government, drawn from their own loyalist ranks, has hardliners in all key posts and no women - far from the "inclusive" administration it had promised. In growing protests against the group, 2 were shot dead in Herat yesterday.
