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Reporting from a Taliban-controlled Afghanistan
Shortly after the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, a CBC News crew spent two weeks reporting from the country. Senior correspondent Susan Ormiston reflects on the changes and the many challenges from security concerns to the...
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Sakharov Prize: Alexei Navalny & Jeanine Anez on EU shortlist for human rights award
A group of Afghan women are also on the shortlist to win to European Union’s top human rights prize.
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International community should end dialogue with Taliban, says youngest Afghan mayor
Zarifa Ghafari spoke to Euronews in Brussels about her experience fleeing Afghanistan.
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Canadian embassy in Kabul shut down, complicating Canadians' exit
Dozens of people are bound for Canada on a flight from Kabul, but the shuttering of the Canadian Embassy in Afghanistan has made leaving difficult for hundreds of Canadians who remain in the city.
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Deadly explosion hits Shia mosque in Afghanistan’s Kandahar
ISKP claims responsibility for attack that killed at least 47 people inside a mosque in southern city during Friday prayers.
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Millions of displaced Afghans fear for future
Millions of people displaced by decades of war in Afghanistan are increasingly concerned by instability in the country.
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Taliban is wrong to doubt resiliency of Afghan women, activist says
Mahbouba Seraj, the head of the Afghan Women's Network, tells CBC's Susan Ormiston that women in Afghanistan will stand up for their rights despite the Taliban's return to power.
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'They have to go to school. Period,' Afghan women's rights activist says
Mahbouba Seraj, the head of the Afghan Women's Network, discusses what the Taliban's return to power means for women and girls in Afghanistan with CBC's Susan Ormiston.
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Mahbouba Seraj on the fight to preserve women's rights in Afghanistan
Mahbouba Seraj, the head of the Afghan Women's Network, discusses the Taliban's return to power and the future of women's rights in Afghanistan with CBC's Susan Ormiston.
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‘They cannot hold the girls back’: the fight to keep women’s rights in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s leading activist, Mahbouba Seraj, says she’s confident women will regain some rights under the Taliban partly, including access to school, because the world is watching.
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U.S. to Provide Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan After Talks With Taliban
The U.S. has agreed to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan but still refuses to give political recognition to the Taliban. The announcement comes after the first direct talks were held between the Taliban and the U.S. since the...
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Taliban urges end to freezing funds amid economic collapse in Afghanistan
The Afghan economy is lurching closer to collapse - leading to more urgent calls to end the humanitarian crisis.
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Girls' schools reopen in Kabul, but only up to Grade 6
When school started in Afghanistan this year, the Taliban told girls in Grade 7 and above to stay home.
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Taliban allowing only girls under Grade 7 to go to school
The Taliban are currently prohibiting education for girls past Grade 6, something one university student described as 'abusive and insulting.' (West Asia News Agency)
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EU announces €1 billion in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan
As part of the new package, Brussels will send financial support to neighbouring countries in order to avoid a potential migration crisis.
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G20 discusses Afghanistan humanitarian crisis, pledges aid
Leaders from the world’s 20 leading economies — the G-20 — agreed at a virtual gathering Tuesday to look at ways to inject more cash into Afghanistan.
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Taliban understands the need for humanitarian aid, says International Development minister
G20 leaders have agreed to provide additional aid to Afghanistan even if it means coordinating with the Taliban. International Development Minister Karina Gould tells Power & Politics the Taliban understands the need for humanitarian aid.
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Taliban takeover upends the lives of women and girls in Afghanistan
Two months after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, women and girls have had their lives disrupted and plans upended after losing the ability to attend school or work.
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Number of rural Afghan children in Kabul hospital jumps
An increasing number of severely malnourished children from the Afghan countryside are flocking to a Kabul children's hospital after international aid for rural clinics dried up.
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Poverty tightens its grip on Afghanistan
In the months since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, poverty has only worsened for citizens. Thousands of people line up for meagre rations of food and head into Kabul to try and seek medical care for malnourished children.
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Canadian veterans on the legacy of Afghanistan war
Two Canadian veterans reflect on their experiences fighting in Afghanistan, how it changed them and what it’s like to see the Taliban regain control.
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Afghan city defies norm by keeping schools open for girls
High schools and public universities are still closed across Afghanistan as the group says it still needs time to sort out the logistics of allowing female students back. But the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif is the exception.
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Hunger stalks Afghanistan as food crisis worsens
The World Food Program is urging Canada to extend 'the hand of help' to Afghanistan after war and a change of government pushed Afghans deeper into poverty.
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UN chief 'asked EU states to take in more than 40,000 Afghan refugees'
It came as the European Commission hosted a high-level forum about the resettlement of Afghan refugees.