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    Afghanistan's gender gap by numbers

    Tue, 17 Aug 2021 10:32 AM

    Statistics show that Afghanistan is one of the most challenging places in the world to be a woman

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    Merkel says Germany may need to rescue 10,000 people from Afghanistan

    Mon, 16 Aug 2021 16:20 PM

    Merkel said those needing evacuation included 2,500 Afghan support staff as well as human rights activists, lawyers and others whom the government sees as being at risk if they remained in the country

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    Five killed at chaotic Afghan airport as Taliban proclaim peace

    Mon, 16 Aug 2021 12:24 PM

    Many Afghans fear the Taliban will return to past harsh practices, where women could not work and punishments such as stoning, whipping and hanging were administered

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    Floggings to forced marriages - women's freedoms under threat from Taliban

    Mon, 16 Aug 2021 11:23 AM

    Politician Fawzia Koofi, one of the few women involved in peace negotiations and a vocal critic of the Taliban, said women are being forced to marry fighters and banned from leaving home without a male companion

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    U.N. chief urges Taliban restraint, is concerned about women, girls

    Mon, 16 Aug 2021 09:15 AM

    Under Taliban rule between 1996 and 2001, women could not work, girls were not allowed to attend school and women had to cover their faces

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    Afghan women forced from banking jobs as Taliban take control

    Mon, 16 Aug 2021 08:55 AM

    Fears over Afghan women's rights continue after the Taliban take control of around third of the country’s 34 provincial capitals in a week

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    Afghanistan on brink of 'humanitarian catastrophe', UN agencies say

    Fri, 13 Aug 2021 12:44 PM

    More than 250,000 people have been forced from their homes since May, 80 percent of them women and children

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    Swiss suspend deportations to Afghanistan amid security concerns

    Thu, 12 Aug 2021 10:34 AM

    The decision from Switzerland comes as the Taliban gain increasing power in Afghanistan

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    Biden launches effort to protect people disabled by COVID-19

    Mon, 26 Jul 2021 17:12 PM

    The effort aims to aid Americans who are suffering from long-term symptoms of COVID-19

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    Biden authorizes $100 million in emergency funds for Afghan refugees

    Sat, 24 Jul 2021 10:46 AM

    The United States is preparing to evacuate thousands of Afghans who risk retaliation from Taliban insurgents because they worked for the U.S. government

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