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What daily life in Afghanistan looks like after two years under the Taliban

It has now been two years since the Taliban toppled the Afghan government after Western nations chaotically withdrew after a 20-year occupation.

The Week

Taliban marks two years since return to power in Afghanistan

August 15 has been declared a national holiday to celebrate the Taliban takeover of Kabul from US-led foreign forces.

Al Jazeera

The Taliban Is Dangerous to Me. I’m Dangerous to the Taliban

I left Kabul after the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan in 2021. As a female journalist in exile, I’m learning what it means to help my country from afar

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First Thing: Donald Trump indicted in Georgia over plan to overturn 2020 election

Former president is accused of planning a criminal enterprise in his attempt to reverse his defeat

The Guardian - UK

Panic attacks and malnutrition: Afghan family on what life is like in UK

Exclusive: Two years on from the Taliban takeover, one of the first Afghan families to arrive in the UK by small boat remains in Home Office limbo, as Nicola Kelly reports

The Independent UK

Two years on, we fear that a second withdrawal from Afghanistan is under way

Letter: Just 25% of the $3.23bn needed for the UN humanitarian response plan has been raised. Women and girls will be hit worst by this shortfall

The Guardian - UK

‘Keep your promise‘: Afghan pilot urges Rishi Sunak to honour pledge to save abandoned allies

Exclusive: Air force lieutenant expected a ‘warm welcome of British officials’ when he arrived in UK on a small boat last year but was instead told he would be deported

The Independent UK

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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

Ministers urged not to ‘abandon’ Afghans on anniversary of Taliban takeover

Aid agencies, MPs and a former diplomat have encouraged the UK Government to continue efforts to support Afghan refugees.

The Independent UK

Afghan reflects on ‘disastrous’ day the Taliban took control of his country

August 15 2023 marks the two-year anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

The Independent UK

Minister vows to make Afghan resettlement schemes ‘work properly’

The schemes have been criticised as too slow and many Afghans have been in hotels since coming to the UK.

The Independent UK

Blast in eastern Afghanistan kills 3, wounds 7 at hotel frequented by Pakistani refugees

Police say an explosion has ripped through a hotel in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Khost, killing at least three people and wounding seven others

The Independent UK

Afghanistan: two years after Taliban takeover the west is letting down the democratic opposition

The consequences of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan two years ago are bad enough for the people who live there, especially women and girls, but also for the region and the world, in the flow of migrants and threat of terrorism.

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The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Hawaii wildfires kill at least 93 people

The death toll in Lahaina is expected to rise in what the deadliest US blaze in a century. Plus: press freedom outcry over police raid of small Kansas newspaper

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of Afghan judges and legal staff remain at risk post-Taliban takeover

Two years on, people who worked in the country’s now-defunct legal system remain in grave danger from reprisals for their work

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

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

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The Independent UK

The Taliban are entrenched in Afghanistan after 2 years of rule. Women and girls pay the price

After two years in power, the Taliban are entrenched as rulers of Afghanistan, facing no significant opposition that could topple them

The Independent UK

Afghan scholars studying in UK urge Government to grant them leave to remain

The current cohort of Afghan Chevening students say they are stuck in limbo and face the possibility of having to return home.

The Independent UK

Afghan universities ready to readmit women but not until Taliban leader says it's ok, official says

An Afghan higher education official says universities are ready to welcome back female students but the Taliban supreme leader has to give the order for their return first

The Independent UK

Afghan intelligence analyst praised for ‘key role’ by RAF advisers facing Rwanda deportation

Analyst is a ‘talented and hardworking individual’ who is ‘a likely target for the Taliban’

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 Conversation

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…

Evening Standard

Man jailed after killing refugee over £10 drug debt six years ago

A man has been jailed for the murder of a 20-year-old Afghan refugee in an east London park six years ago.

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