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When the music stops: how the Taliban’s fear of art is killing Afghan culture

Musicians and artists are living in a state of terror. Can the country’s identity as a ‘crossroads of cultures’ survive a policy of strict repression?

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak accused of having ‘no plan’ for Afghans in limbo two years after fall of Kabul

No adequate answers from government – as military and political leaders line up to demand PM honours ‘debt’ to brave Afghans who fought Taliban

The Independent UK

Let me explain, my dear son, why I left you in Afghanistan. Hang in there, I have not given up

I remember you humming like a bulbul in our back yard in Kabul. When you are finally given a visa you will see there are all sorts of colourful birds here in Melbourne

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Hungry, hunted, terrified: unending plight of the Afghan women who served in military and police

Two years since the Taliban seized power, thousands of female fugitives still live in fear and poverty, with a target on their backs

The Guardian - UK

Two-year timeline of events in Afghanistan since 2021 Taliban takeover

The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021, as U

The Independent UK

Thousands of Afghans in limbo two years after fall of Kabul – as Sunak urged to keep UK promise

Exclusive: MPs and top brass intervene as government deadline for giving sanctuary to Afghans looms

The Independent UK

Two years after Taliban takeover: why Afghanistan still poses a threat to the region and beyond

The dramatic and rapid Taliban offensive in the spring of 2021 culminated in its takeover of Kabul on August 15. The chaos of the western withdrawal that surrounded the return of the Taliban represented a sad endpoint of two decades of failed US-led attempts to impose a liberal democratic system…

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Two years after fall of Kabul, tens of thousands of Afghans languish in limbo, waiting for US visas

When the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan in August 2021 it airlifted tens of thousands of Afghans to safety

The Independent UK

Two years after fall of Kabul, tens of thousands of Afghans languish in limbo waiting for US visas

When the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan in August 2021 it airlifted tens of thousands of Afghans to safety

The Independent UK

Where Is the Canadian Fiction about Afghanistan?

Canadians are far from squeamish in our literary tastes, but novels about the country where we were once at war are rare

The Walrus

How one Afghan family made the perilous journey across the U.S.-Mexico border

Kabul fell to the Taliban close to two years ago, but desperate Afghans continue to flee, even taking the dangerous route into the U.S. across the Mexican border. Here's the story of one such family.

WEKU

One of the Last Free Places For Women in Afghanistan Has Disappeared

Marie Claire traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan, to speak with salon owners and customers as they braced for the devastating shutdown.

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Kabul residents complain about low quality medicine

“Make the quality of the medicine very high, its quality is low. When someone gets sick, they take the medicine, and they blame the doctor,” said Ibrahim, another resident of Kabul. Read Further on Dynamite News:

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Heavy rains in Afghanistan and Pakistan unleash flash floods that killed dozens of people

Officials say heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan has killed at least 31 people and left dozens missing over the past three days

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Heavy flooding in Afghanistan has killed at least 12 people and left dozens missing

Government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Sunday that around 40 people are missing after the flash flooding late Saturday night in the Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak province, west of Kabul.

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An Afghan teen makes it to the U.S., but his family is left behind in Kabul

As Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021, a teenager got separated from his family at the airport and wound up on a plane without them. He's been living on his own in the U.S.

The Independent UK

Scholarships have helped displaced Afghan students find homes on university campuses across the US

Those fleeing Afghanistan as the Taliban swept back into power two years ago included university students

Evening Standard

OPINION - I fought in Afghanistan and I know it’s now time to talk to the Taliban

Afghanistan evokes negative emotions in the minds of most people. In the popular imagination it is a land of terrorism, extremism and mass migration. I first visited Kabul in 2002, not long after the events of 9/11. My abiding memory is of a city brutalised by war. Little did I…

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The Independent UK

Tory MP says Britain should reopen embassy in Kabul

Mr Ellwood said he is ‘far from’ being a Taliban appeaser but said Britain must ‘re-engage’ with Afghanistan

WEKU

'I am crying at my salon': Taliban orders Kabul beauty parlors to shut down

All beauty salons in Kabul must close by the end of July. These businesses are one of the few places where women can work and congregate under the Taliban regime.

Chicago Tribune

From thousands of miles away, an Army veteran and ‘big brother’ fights to keep a promise in aftermath of war

The pleading text messages would come at all hours of the day and night from Kabul, Afghanistan.

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Wimbledon; Evacuation; The Horror of Delores Roach; The Idol – review

A sodden Wimbledon opens without Sue Barker; the brutal inside story of the British campaign to evacuate Kabul lingers in the mind; and The Idol staggers to a close

The Guardian - US

Lyft driver who worked as US interpreter in Afghanistan shot dead in Washington

Nasratullah Ahmadyar, 31, who left Afghanistan on last flight from Kabul in 2021, died in hospital after being shot in his car

The Guardian - UK

Evacuation review – an astonishingly vivid picture of Kabul’s terrifying fall

This tale of the scramble to escape from Kabul airport – as told by the British military – will leave you with a thousand-yard stare. It’s some of the most shocking TV you will see this year

Evening Standard

Evacuation on Channel 4 review: a heartbreaking catalogue of failures

What is striking is the youth and inexperience of many of the services personnel deployed in Kabul, and their bravery in the face of trauma

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