Afghanistan Issue
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The Taliban’s war on women in Afghanistan must be formally recognized as gender apartheid
Since then, Afghan women have been denied the most basic human rights in what can only be described as gender apartheid. Vrinda…
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If You Didn’t See Chaos in Kabul, Where Were You Looking?
The rest of us did. Emma Salisbury The Atlantic “For all this talk of chaos, I just didn’t see it,…
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The Pakistani Taliban Test Ties between Islamabad and Kabul
Their dilemma is that the insurgents’ main supporters – the new authorities in Afghanistan – are also their long-time allies.…
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Taliban Restrictions on Women’s Rights Deepen Afghanistan’s Crisis
Yet the principled response remains to mitigate the harm these harsh rulings are doing to the most vulnerable Afghans. ICG…
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Afghanistan: single women and widows are struggling to find their next meal under Taliban restrictions
She has an 18-year-old daughter who is blind and a 20-year-old son who lost both legs in a mine blast.…
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Pakistan sends back hundreds of Afghan refugees to face Taliban repression
More than 600 Afghans have been deported from Pakistan in the past three days, and hundreds more face expulsion in a renewed…
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‘Hardly anyone is getting off’: despite Labor’s promises, refugees needing urgent medical care remain on Nauru
An Afghan refugee in offshore detention since 2013 has had two doctors’ referrals for overseas treatment, but has not been…
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Sayed fled Afghanistan, found safety in Australia and built a life. Then it was snatched away
Refugee was turned away from citizenship ceremony and became trapped in bureaucratic nightmare thanks to authorities’ mistrust of Afghan identity…
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ICC: Afghanistan Inquiry Can Resume
International Criminal Court Should Examine Grave Crimes by All Sides HRW (The Hague) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) should address grave…
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Afganistan : Kabul blasts signal utter failure of Taliban to protect Hazaras
Thousands of Australians to join national rally and vigil across Australia in solidarity with the Australian Hazara community in Sydney,…
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Afghanistan: Taliban torture and execute Hazaras in targeted attack – new investigation
Six people killed during a night raid on a family home in Ghor province, including a 12-year-old girl Ongoing Taliban killings…
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Afghanistan One Year On: Seven Women Share Their Hopes And Fears
It’s been 12 months since the Taliban tore through Afghanistan, displacing more than 6 million people and creating a humanitarian…
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Afghan contractors: ‘I wish I’d never worked for the UK government’
It would’ve attracted too much attention for us to visit his home, so on his motorcycle, he’d come to meet…
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One year into Taliban control, Afghans face poverty and repression. Australia cannot turn a blind eye
More than half of the 40 million people of this troubled country are facing severe malnutrition and grinding poverty, and 90%…
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UK treatment of Afghan refugees ‘continues to be source of shame’
Two RAF flights carrying as many as 500 Afghans who worked with British forces and their relatives are landing in…
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A year on from the fall of Kabul, Afghans reflect on their new lives in Australia
Her courageous reporting focused on democracy and women’s rights — particularly education for girls — in what was still a…
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