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Taliban prevents scores of Afghan women from studying abroad, scholarship group says
Islamabad (AP) — The Taliban have prevented scores of female Afghan students from traveling to the United Arab Emirates for education, according to the...
UN says over 200 former Afghan military, officials killed since Taliban takeover
(Reuters) - More than 200 members of Afghanistan's former military, law enforcement and government have been killed since the Taliban took over, the U.N....
Afghans recount moment migrant boat sank on deadly Channel crossing
Reuters
People smugglers typically overload rickety dinghies, leaving them barely afloat and at risk of being lashed by the waves as they try to reach...
The Taliban believe their rule is open-ended and don’t plan to lift the ban on female education
Associated Press
Asked why the Taliban aren’t enlisting Muslim-majority countries with Sharia-based systems to restart female education, he said the Taliban don’t need the help...
Who wants to fly over Taliban-held Afghanistan? New FAA rules allow it, but planes largely avoid it
Associated Press
Afghanistan also may still have Soviet-era KS-19 anti-aircraft guns, said Dylan Lee Lehrke, an analyst at the open-source intelligence firm Janes.
Two years after...