Taliban Leader orders women to wear all-covering burqa
If women ignore the decree, their close male relatives and friends could be imprisoned Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban chief has announced that all women must wear an all-covering burqa in public. On Saturday, May 7, Afghanistan’s de facto leader Hibatullah Akhundzada made the controversial announcement despite previous pledges to maintain Afghan women’s rights. “They […]
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Six-year-old boy dies after being trapped in well for four days
It’s understood that Haider died before he could be transported to a Kabul hospital for urgent medical treatment. A six-year-old boy has passed away after he was recovered from a well in the southern Zabul province of Afghanistan. As the BBC reports, the boy, whose name was Haider, had been trapped in the well for […]
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Baby lost in Kabul evacuation is reunited with family
‘There are celebrations, dance, singing’ A baby lost in the chaos of the US Afghanistan evacuation has finally been reunited with his family five months later. Amid the rushed evacuation of Kabul in August, many Afghans were lost, displaced, and separated from their families. Two-month-old Sohail Ahmadi was handed to an American soldier over a […]
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All-female cabin crew dismissed by new Taliban bosses in Afghanistan
The women have still not been permitted to return to work Afghanistan’s first all-female cabin crew have been dismissed amid growing concerns over the welfare of the Afghan people under Taliban rule. The fall of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on August 15 changed the lives of Afghan citizens. Still, the most affected are arguably the women, […]
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Wife of Marine killed in Kabul gives birth and names daughter after her father
Rylee McCollum was killed in the suicide bombing at Kabul Airport, just three weeks before he was due to become a dad The wife of the US Marine that was killed in the Kabul Airport attack just a couple of weeks ago has given birth to their daughter and has named her after her late […]
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SAS troops escape Afghanistan by wearing burqas to fool Taliban
A simple but effective disguise British SAS troops are said to have managed to slip through Afghanistan undetected and be successfully evacuated after they disguised themselves in burqas. Up 20 British soldiers are believed to have concealed their identities and fooled Taliban soldiers into thinking they were “devout women” while trying to make their way […]
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