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Australian academic Timothy Weeks, once held captive by the Taliban, praises regime on return to Afghanistan

Australian academic Timothy Weeks — who was previously held hostage by the Taliban — returns to Afghanistan to "celebrate" the regime's one year in power.

ABC News · Aug 14, 2022

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 · Aug 13, 2022

Afghanistan horror one year on as children sold into marriage while families starve

One year after the disastrous withdrawal which saw desperate people clinging to the outside of planes to escape, Afghanistan is facing a food crisis with girls getting less food than boys

Daily Mirror · Aug 13, 2022

Taliban beat women protesting in Afghanistan as anniversary nears

The marchers chanted: “Justice! Justice! We’re fed up with ignorance."

Axios · Aug 13, 2022

Female protesters beaten by Taliban during Kabul rally

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

Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2022

‘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 · Aug 13, 2022

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 · Aug 13, 2022

Afghan rights leader heartbroken after year of Taliban rule

A year after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, prominent Afghan human rights activist Sima Samar is still heartbroken over what happened to her country

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2022

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.

WEKU · Aug 13, 2022

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 · Aug 13, 2022