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'People should be allowed to house refugees from Afghanistan as well as Ukraine'

People who fled the Taliban are still living in hotels in the UK months on

Wales Online

Australia fast-tracked visas for Afghan army officers after warning of negative publicity, documents show

Briefing to Peter Dutton five days after fall of Kabul reveals department’s concern over Afghan officers who had studied in Australia

The Guardian - AU

The Taliban is holding girls' education hostage in Afghanistan – the question is, why?

Afghan children and teenagers have not had much to look forward to since the Taliban took power in August last year. They have endured six months of uncertainty, anxiety and fear as they waited to see what Taliban rule would bring for them.

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Taliban hard-liners turning back the clock in Afghanistan

Taliban hard-liners are turning back the clock in Afghanistan with a flurry of repressive edicts over the past days that hark back to their harsh rule from the late 1990s

The Independent UK

Taliban bars government employees without beards from work

Afghanistan's Taliban has instructed all government employees to wear a beard and adhere to a dress code or risk being fired, three sources told Reuters, the latest of several new restrictions imposed by the hardline Islamist administration.

Reuters

UN Security Council Asks Taliban to Allow Afghan Girls to Attend School

The United Nations Security Council has expressed deep concern over a decision by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to deny girls access to high school education and called on the group to reopen schools for female students without delay. "The members of the Security Council ...

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban forbid Afghan women from catching flights without male relatives in return to hardline laws

Officials from Afghanistan's Ariana Afghan airlines and Kam Air say the Taliban have ordered them to stop boarding women if they are travelling alone, as female students also remain locked out of secondary schools.

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Taliban ban BBC's local language services in Afghanistan - broadcaster

The Taliban have banned BBC television news in three main languages of Afghanistan from being broadcast, the British news organisation said.

Reuters

UNSC expresses concern over Taliban's ban on girls attending school

The UN Security Council has expressed concern over the Taliban's decision to ban girls from attending school above the sixth grade in Afghanistan.

Dynamite News

UN Security Council asks Taliban to allow Afghan girls to attend school

Reuters

Afghan refugee family builds community connections by hosting Neighbour Day dinner

Mursal and Amam and their daughter Awen fled Afghanistan last year when the Taliban took over. With the help of neighbours in their Adelaide housing complex, the trio is becoming more settled in their new community.

ABC News

Taliban reversal on girls’ education derails US plan for diplomatic recognition

Joint event had been planned ahead of Doha Forum that would have set process in motion to grant group diplomatic recognition

The Guardian - US

BBC news bulletins forced off-air in Afghanistan by Taliban

The broadcaster said their TV news bulletin in Pashto, Persian and Uzbek had been forced off air

The Independent UK

BBC news bulletins taken off-air in Afghanistan after Taliban ruling

The broadcaster said their TV news bulletin in Pashto, Persian and Uzbek had been taken off-air in Afghanistan

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The Independent UK

Taliban ‘ban Afghan women from flying without male chaperone’

Dozens of women were turned away from flights for not having male chaperones, according to reports

The Guardian - UK

‘You’ve got friends’: Birmingham school scheme aims to ease refugee trauma

A pioneering programme hopes to support children newly arrived in the UK until they can integrate into classrooms

Reuters

Afghanistan's Taliban ban women from flying without male chaperone - sources

The Taliban have told airlines in Afghanistan that women cannot board domestic or international flights without a male chaperone, two sources told Reuters on Sunday.

The Independent UK

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Radio France Internationale

Afghan students in India face tense future as visas run out

The future of thousands of Afghanistan nationals who came to India for higher studies has become increasingly bleak since the Taliban captured their country in August last year.

The Guardian - UK

Protesters call for the Taliban to reopen Afghan girls’ schools

March is allowed to go ahead, but women also banned from boarding planes alone

The Independent UK

Now Taliban preserve buddhas, with eye to China investment

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are working to protect ancient buddha statues in caves carved into cliffsides outside Kabul

The Independent UK

With eye to China investment, Taliban now preserve buddhas

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers are working to protect ancient buddha statues in caves carved into cliffsides outside Kabul

Salon

Women denied airfare in Afghanistan

Kabul's international airport turned away dozens of women for not having a male guardian with them

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Hopes for Reversal by Taliban on Girls’ Education in Coming Days

The US Special Representative for Afghanistan said on Saturday he is hopeful that there will be a reversal of the Taliban's U-turn on girls' education in the coming days. "I am hopeful that we will see a reversal of this decision in the coming days" Thomas West, US special representative…

Reuters

U.S. hopes for reversal by Taliban on girls' education in coming days

The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan said on Saturday he is hopeful that there will be a reversal of the Taliban's U-turn on girls' education in the coming days.

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