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Patel expresses ‘tremendous pride’ in Afghanistan evacuation effort

The Home Secretary said the evacuation operation following the fall of of Kabul was ‘seismic’ despite scathing criticism from MPs.

The Independent UK

Taliban offer security to Indian mission

Taliban dispensation hopes to get ‘unfinished projects‘ completed

The Hindu

One year of Taliban rule has devastated Afghanistan, but there are glimmers of hope within 'secret schools'

In Afghanistan, a whisper network of teachers, parents and community leaders is funnelling girls to secret schools, defying the rule of the Taliban.

ABC News

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Female protesters beaten by Taliban during Kabul rally

Around 40 women marched in front of the education ministry in the Afghan capital

Evening Standard

‘They’d come to kill me’: The tax reformer hunted by the Taliban and abandoned by the Britain he served

A year after the fall of Kabul, Abdullah Sayyid is in hiding, his wife has been murdered and the Home Office appears to have lost his case file

The Guardian - UK

Taliban shown smiling with guns on pedalos as they celebrate Afghan takeover anniversary

A year on from the Taliban taking control of Afghanistan some fighters were seen with their families riding around a lake on pedalos, while Kabul was hit by protests about women's rights

Daily Mirror

Women march in a rare protest in Kabul's streets — and face violence from the Taliban

About two dozen women marched in Kabul chanting "bread, work, freedom," "we want political participation" and "no to enslavement," just days before the one-year anniversary of the Taliban takeover.

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Taliban disperses Afghan women’s march for ‘work and freedom’

Demonstrators carrying a banner that read ‘August 15 is a black day’ demanded rights to work, political participation.

Al Jazeera

Taliban violently disperse rare women's protest in Kabul

Kabul (AFP) - Taliban fighters beat women protesters and fired into the air on Saturday as they violently dispersed a rare rally in the Afghan capital, days ahead of the first anniversary of the hardline Islamists' return to power.

AFP

Taliban beat women at Kabul rally

KABUL: Taliban fighters beat women and fired into the air on Saturday as they violently dispersed a rare rally in the Afghan capital, days ahead of the first anniversary of the hardline Islamists’ return to power.

Bangkok Post

Taliban Fighters Fire in Air to Disperse Women's Protest

Taliban fighters beat women protesters and fired into the air on Saturday as they violently dispersed a rare rally in the Afghan capital. Since seizing power on August 15 last year, the Taliban have rolled back the marginal gains made by women during the two decades of US intervention in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Happy that infidels are out': Afghan Taliban fighters

Kandahar (Afghanistan) (AFP) - The Taliban are a hardline Islamist movement that originated in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar in the 1990s.

AFP

A year since fleeing Kabul: ‘Now my children can grow up in peace’

The withdrawal of allied troops from Afghanistan a year ago led to desperate scenes as refugees tried to escape the Taliban. One man tells his family’s story

The Guardian - AU

Timeline of Events in Afghanistan since Taliban Takeover

The Taliban's capture of Kabul on Aug. 15, 2021 brought the hardline movement back into power in Afghanistan nearly 20 years after they were toppled by the US invasion following the 9/11 attacks. The year since has been disastrous for the country. After the world cut off funding, Afghanistan’s already…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Reuters

One year on, Afghan family still divided after daughter fled, mother stayed

As thousands of Afghans crowded outside Kabul airport a year ago desperately trying to escape the Taliban, Massouda Kohistani managed to fight her way on to a foreign military flight bound for the Gulf and ended up in Spain.

Reuters

Taliban cleric killed in blast in Kabul - intelligence official

A prominent Taliban cleric, Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani, was killed in an attack in Kabul on Thursday, according to an intelligence official.

Los Angeles Times

An Afghan refugee plays three roles — mother, father, sibling — caring for his baby brother

SAN DIEGO — How do you make sure a 4-year-old boy is happy when he's nearly 8,000 miles away from home — and his parents?

AFP

Taliban fighters swap arms for books as hundreds return to school

Kabul (AFP) - Gul Agha Jalali used to spend his nights planting bombs -- hoping to target an Afghan government soldier or, better still, a foreign serviceman.

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The U.S. lost track of why it was in Afghanistan, former commander says

Recently retired General Frank McKenzie reflects on the withdrawal from Afghanistan, who bears responsibility for the way it unfolded, and how the U.S. "lost track" of why it was in the country.

AFP

Kabul airport, symbol of chaotic US exit from Afghanistan

Kabul (AFP) - Tens of thousands of Afghan men, women and children rushed to Kabul's airport a year ago in a desperate bid to flee the advancing Taliban, who seized power on August 15, 2021.

The Conversation

From future lawyer to betrothed to a Taliban fighter: August in Kabul shows how life changed overnight for so many in Afghanistan

On page 79 of August in Kabul, Andrew Quilty introduces us to Nadia Amini, a 19-year-old student of Tajik descent who attends a madrassa, or religious school, in the Afghan capital. She is completing her third-semester exams with ambitions to become a lawyer.

The Guardian - AU

‘The US let him go free’: release of terrorist who killed unarmed Australian soldiers shows contempt for ally, family says

Exclusive: Father of one of three soldiers slain by Hekmatullah says Australia was ‘sidelined’ in deal between US and Taliban to release terrorist from prison

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mystery Surrounds Fate of Zawahiri’s Body

Mystery surrounds the fate of the body of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was killed in a US drone strike in Kabul last week. While the Taliban has denied finding the body, a former senior official stated that the movement actually secretly buried it in Kandahar.

Asharq Al-Awsat

One Year after Afghan War, Biden Struggles to Find Footing

The 12 months since the chaotic end to the US war in Afghanistan haven't been easy for Joe Biden. The new president was flying high early in the summer of 2021, the American electorate largely approving of Biden's performance and giving him high marks for his handling of the economy…

The Independent UK

One year after Afghan war, Biden struggles to find footing

The nearly 12 months since the chaotic end to the U.S. war in Afghanistan haven’t been easy for Joe Biden

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