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Taliban acknowledge struggle for recognition of Afghan govt

The Taliban-appointed foreign minister has acknowledged that the former insurgents’ year-old government in Afghanistan remains isolated

The Independent UK

Local teachers in Afghanistan reopen girls' schools, defying the Taliban's long-standing education ban

In defiance of the Taliban's ban on education for girls, locals in one province of Afghanistan start reopening high schools.

ABC News

‘I will reach Europe or die’: three stories of Afghan refugees in Turkey

Having paid smugglers to organise a dangerous escape, those fleeing the Taliban face persistent hostility

The Guardian - UK

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Afghan minority groups face threats from ISKP: HRW

The rights group says the Taliban has failed to protect Hazaras and other at-risk communities.

Al Jazeera

Some girls' high schools in eastern Afghanistan open - local officials

Authorities in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktia said girls' high schools had opened in recent days, though the move had not been officially approved.

Reuters

Hundreds of Hazaras killed by ISKP since Taliban took power, say rights group

Human Rights Watch says Taliban is failing to protect Shia minority from violent attacks on mosques, schools and workplaces

The Guardian - UK

Suicide bombing kills two Russian embassy staff, one civilian in Afghanistan's capital Kabul

Russia is one of the few countries to have maintained an embassy in Kabul after the Taliban took over more than a year ago.

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Blast at Russia Embassy in Kabul; 2 Embassy Staff among Dead

A suicide bombing outside the Russian Embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday killed two members of the embassy staff and at least one civilian, a local police official and a Russian state news agency said. It was unclear if the attacker detonated the explosives himself or whether…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Six killed after suicide bomb blast outside Russian embassy in Kabul

The death toll is expected to rise, say officials

The Independent UK

Afghanistan: Deadly suicide attack at Russian embassy in Kabul

Two embassy staff among six dead after suicide bomber detonates explosives near the embassy’s entrance.

Al Jazeera

Kabul suicide bomber blows himself up near Russian Embassy killing at least six

At least six people are dead and 11 have been injured in an apparent suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan. The attack took place outside the Russian Embassy where guards shot the attacker before his device detonated

Daily Mirror

Two Russian embassy staff dead, four others killed in suicide bomb blast in Kabul

Two Russian embassy staff in Kabul were among six people killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives near the entrance of the embassy, in a blast that injured at least 10 others, the Russian Foreign Ministry and Afghan officials said on Monday.

Reuters

No forsaking Afghanistan a year on: Senate

Senators have pledged to keep pressure on the Taliban to uphold the rights and freedoms of the Afghan people a year on from the fall of the capital Kabul.

AAP

'My family live in fear and all I can do is talk'

"I knew the UK is beautiful in terms of its history and culture, but I wasn't expecting the nature to be this beautiful"

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Newcastle Herald

August in Kabul exposes bare truth about war

Australian photojournalist Andrew Quilty covered the conflict in Afghanistan for nine years

Tribune News Service

Afghanistan floods, quakes kill over 1,500 people in 2 months

At least 1,570 people have been killed and almost 6,000 injured in floods and earthquakes that have struck Afghanistan in the last two months, according to a Taliban official.

Tribune News Service

Afghan mosque blast kills 18 including pro-Taliban cleric

Eighteen Afghans were killed and dozens were wounded as a blast ripped through a mosque in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, the latest in a series of attacks on worshipers.

Daily Mirror

High-profile Taliban cleric killed in explosion at mosque in Afghanistan

A police spokesperson said high-profile cleric Mujib Rahman Ansari - who has recently heaped praise on the Taliban in his speeches - was killed alongside his guards and other civillians en route to the mosque

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The Guardian - UK

Parties, Paterson and prorogation: lowlights of Boris Johnson’s tenure

After botched Covid policies, Brexit wrangling and a string of U-turns and scandals, his time is finally up

France 24

Deadly blast in Afghan mosque kills prominent pro-Taliban cleric

An explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 18 people, including a prominent cleric, Taliban officials and a local medic said. At least 21 people were hurt.

The Independent UK

Afghan mosque blast kills 18, including senior cleric

Taliban officials and a local medic say an explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan, killing 18 people, including a prominent cleric

Asharq Al-Awsat

Afghan Mosque Blast Kills 18, Including Senior Cleric

Reuters

Pro-Taliban cleric among 18 dead in Afghanistan mosque blast

A blast outside a mosque in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan on Friday killed at least 18 people including a high-profile pro-Taliban cleric in what authorities said was an attack.

France 24

Video: Afghan woman cries for help after torture, forced marriage to Taliban official

A young woman cries and pleads for her life. In a 19-minute video published by Afghan media on August 30, a former medical student named Elaha showed images she says came from being beaten, raped and tortured by Saeed Khosty, a former Taliban official, during the past six months. She…

France 24

‘I don’t want to be illiterate’: Afghan girls defy Taliban school ban

Despite international pressure, Taliban authorities have banned teenage girls from going to school in most Afghan provinces, denying an entire generation access to education. Some girls have chosen to defy the ban, taking huge risks to pursue their hopes and dreams. FRANCE 24’s Catherine Norris Trent and Tarek Kai visited…

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