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Afghan academic rebuilds life in Italy, dreams of returning

Batool Haidari was a prominent professor of sexology at a university in Kabul before last year’s Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2022

Griner swap reveals dilemma US faces in freeing detainees

Over the last year, to free Americans held abroad, the U.S. has swapped a Taliban drug lord, a Russian pilot imprisoned for a scheme to distribute cocaine, and a Russian arms dealer

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022

Filming as the war in Afghanistan ends

Salon talks to Matthew Heineman about his new film about the final days of the U.S. War in Afghanistan

Salon · Dec 9, 2022

First Taliban execution since return to power sees killer shot dead by victim's dad

Taliban security forces carried out their first execution since they took power in Afghanistan, which was witnessed by top leaders and hundreds of spectators

Daily Mirror · Dec 7, 2022

Afghan Taliban carry out first public execution since returning to power

An Afghan man convicted of murder was executed in public Wednesday, the Taliban said, the first confirmation of such a sentence since the hardline Islamists returned to power.

France 24 · Dec 7, 2022

Taliban publicly execute man accused of murder, senior officials attend

The Taliban administration on Wednesday put to death a man accused of murder in western Afghanistan, its spokesperson said, in the first officially confirmed public execution since the group took over the country last year.

Reuters · Dec 7, 2022

Republicans launching investigation into handling of U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal

The operation was clouded by a suicide attack that left 13 Americans and roughly 200 Afghans dead.

Axios · Dec 7, 2022

Olympics-IOC warns Afghanistan over women's access to sport

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) warned Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Tuesday that allowing women and young girls safe access to sport was a condition for the country's representation at the 2024 Paris Games.

Reuters · Dec 6, 2022

What to stream: Heineman’s new documentary 'Retrograde' examines US withdrawal from Afghanistan

Documentarian Matthew Heineman’s sixth documentary feature, “Retrograde,” arrives on streaming services this week, hitting Disney+ on Friday and Hulu on Sunday. The film is stunning, visceral and startlingly immersive look at the United States’ chaotic and tragic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. The filmmakers, who start out embedded with the…

Tribune News Service · Dec 6, 2022

Taliban allow high school graduation exams for Afghan girls

Afghan girls will be allowed to take their high school graduation exams this week even though they have been banned from classrooms since the Taliban took over the country in August 2021

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022