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The persecution of the Hazaras: Afghan Shiites targeted by deadly attacks

Afghanistan's Hazara community, a Shiite minority, is regularly targeted by the Afghan branch of the Islamic State (IS) group, which considers Hazaras as heretics. Dozens of people, mostly girls, were killed in an attack on an education centre in a Shiite neighbourhood of Kabul on September 30. Although the attack…

France 24

Student tortured to death by Taliban as murderous group send video to his family

Hahmed Sabouri was taken to a detention centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, where the Taliban tortured him for three days before shooting him in the back of the head

Daily Mirror

Germany starts new admission programme for Afghan refugees

Germany has started a new programme to admit Afghans deemed most at risk following last year's Taliban takeover in Kabul, the interior and foreign ministries said on Monday.

Reuters

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Honour for RAF pilot who missed bus by 10ft while flying refugees out of Kabul

Group Captain Kevin Latchman made the decision to take off from a pitch-black runway following a power cut.

The Independent UK

Newcastle vigil for women and children killed in Kabul bombing

"It is just heartbreaking and we are in shock."

Newcastle Herald

The diary of an Afghan girl killed in bombing reveals a list of unfulfilled dreams

Ride a bike. Learn the guitar. Continue studying. All of this came to a violent end for 16-year-old Marzia Mohammadi. Her diary lays bare the struggles of Afghan girls since the Taliban takeover.

WEKU

Blast hits Kabul mosque in vicinity of interior ministry - spokesman

A blast hit a mosque in Kabul in the vicinity of the heavily fortified interior ministry compound on Wednesday, the ministry's spokesman said.

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‘She could have done so much good in this world’: victims of the Kabul blast remembered

Relatives and friends of young women killed by a suicide bomber at an education centre in Afghanistan last week write about their loved ones

The Guardian - UK

Afghan women protest school attack as Taliban cracks down

Women rallied across various cities in Afghanistan after dozens of mostly young women were killed in a school attack.

Al Jazeera

Death toll in last week's Kabul school blast climbs to 52

A tally compiled by The Associated Press shows that last week’s suicide bombing at a Kabul education center killed as many as 52 people, more than double the death toll acknowledged by Taliban officials

The Independent UK

‘My sister had dreams’: Mourning after school blast in Kabul

At least 38 killed and 82 wounded in attack on education centre where the majority of victims were young women.

Al Jazeera

‘These people had our backs’: US veterans lobby to rescue allies trapped in Afghanistan

The Afghan Adjustment Act would offer permanent resident status to Afghans who fled the Taliban but Congress has not taken action

The Guardian - US

Women protesters demand more security after Afghan bombing

A group of Afghan women has protested a suicide bombing that killed or wounded dozens of students in a Shiite education center in the capital Kabul, demanding better security from the Taliban-run government

The Independent UK

Kabul blast a setback for Afghan women seeking education against the odds

Raihana, 19, wanted to be a doctor, studying until midnight in recent weeks for Afghanistan's university entrance exam, a chance for women to advance their education even as they face growing restrictions from the Taliban government.

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Al Jazeera

Kabul attack: Death toll rises to 35 mostly ‘girls, young women’

Dozens of women have protested to call for more protection for the ethnic Hazara community in the wake of the attack.

France 24

Afghan women protest Hazara 'genocide' after Kabul bombing kills dozens

Dozens of women from Afghanistan's minority Hazara community protested in the capital Saturday after a suicide bombing a day earlier killed at least 35 people - mostly young women from the ethnic group.

The Hindu

India condemns terror attack on education centre in Kabul

The suicide attack at Kaaj Educational Centre took place on Friday and most of the victims were female students, according to reports from Kabul

Dynamite News

Kabul terror attack: India condemns targeting of students at educational places

India on Saturday condemned the terror attack at the Kaaj Educational Center in Afghanistan's capital Kabul that resulted in the death and injury of more than 60 people, many of whom were students. Read more on Dynamite News:

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The Independent UK

Suicide bomber strikes Kabul education center, killing 19

A Taliban spokesman says a suicide bomber has killed 19 people and wounded 27 at an education center in a Shiite area of the Afghan capital

Evening Standard

Kabul college suicide attack kills 19

The blast hit the Kaaj education centre as students sat a mock exam

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban Say Suicide Blast in Kabul Kills 19

A suicide bombing struck an education center in a Shiite area of the Afghan capital on Friday, killing 19 people and wounding 27, a Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief said. The explosion inside the center in the Dashti Barchi neighborhood of Kabul took place in the morning hours,…

Reuters

Suicide attack at tutoring centre in Afghan capital kills 19

A suicide attack at a tutoring centre in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens, police said on Friday, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.

Daily Mirror

Kabul explosion: At least 19 pupils dead after bomber and gunmen enter education centre

A suicide bomber blew himself up after breaking into an educational centre with three gunmen, with subsequent reports confirming that girls made up the majority of the fatalities

Los Angeles Times

Afghanistan's money is crumbling to pieces, just like its economy

KABUL, Afghanistan — Remember cash? These days, when a wave of a phone or credit card gets you a cup of coffee or more, it's easy to forget what actual bills look like — and the abuse they receive in an average five-year life span.

WEKU

Bikes are everywhere in Kabul since the Taliban takeover. But who's not cycling? Women

As the economy unravels, "everyone is getting a bike," says one young resident. It's the cheapest way to get around. But the Taliban's conservative culture means women cyclists are not welcome.

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