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Women’s protest in Afghanistan turns violent

About a year ago, the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, making substantial changes to women’s rights in the country. Despite promises that the Taliban would take a more progressive approach with its laws, now most young girls can’t go to secondary school, there are more restrictions on women’

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Iranian and Taliban forces exchange fire during a border skirmish

Since the US withdrew from Afghanistan last summer, the Taliban has had control over the country and its borders. This has meant that there have been some disputes between Afghanistan and bordering neighbors, like Iran and Pakistan. With that, on Sunday, the Taliban reported that one of its soldiers was

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Taliban backtracks on promise to let girls go to school

When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan last year, one of the things they told the world (to gain some credibility) was that they would allow girls to continue to go to school. But recently, when those schools were about to open up for the first time since they shut

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Afghanistan’s female students set to return to school as Taliban reopen universities

The backstory: * In August of last year, United States President Joe Biden led the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan. And by the end of that month, the US had evacuated all American troops. * Once the American military pulled out and the Taliban took over, billions in foreign aid, which

How does the Taliban make money?

How does the Taliban make money?

Illicit drugs are “the country’s largest industry except for war," said Barnett Rubin, a former State Department adviser on Afghanistan. What’s the Taliban, again? * After the United States withdrew its troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban took over and is now essentially the government entity running the country.

What’s going on in Afghanistan now?

What’s going on in Afghanistan now?

“No one will starve cause there is no famine and the cities are full of food," said Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid. He also added that any claims of a “crisis” were fake. What happened with the US pullout? * In August, United States President Joe Biden led the withdrawal of

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How is the world handling the influx of Afghan refugee requests?

Afghanistan’s neighboring countries have mostly been either quiet or unreceptive to the idea of taking in large groups of refugees. Why are Afghans seeking asylum? * Over the past several weeks, as the United States has completed its military pull out of Afghanistan, the Taliban has taken over several major