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Pregnant Afghan mum and her two toddlers still stuck in hotel room one year after rescue

Afghan refugees in the UK are asking "what will happen to us in the future?" as around 9,500 remain living in temporary accommodation

Daily Mirror

House Republicans ramp up pressure over Afghanistan exit

WASHINGTON — One year after the United States’ chaotic exit from Afghanistan last August, Republican lawmakers are putting renewed pressure on the Biden administration to answer questions about the withdrawal.

Tribune News Service

One year on: Misinformation about the Taliban’s rise to power in Afghanistan

One year ago, on August 15, 2021, the Afghan capital of Kabul was surrounded and then captured by the Taliban. As the world watched the takeover unfold, numerous examples of misinformation began circulating online. The FRANCE 24 Observers followed the fake news trail: debunking posts that critiqued the American withdrawal,…

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Afghan refugees struggle to adjust to life in the US

One year since the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, families who have been resettled face myriad challenges.

Al Jazeera

The things they carried when they fled Afghanistan

PARIS — Last year, two decades after the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, they were finally leaving. The Taliban was mounting its comeback, gobbling up territory across the country and closing in on the capital.

Los Angeles Times

Taliban celebrate day when 'dreams were shattered' with jubilant national holiday

Ruling Taliban forces in Afghanistan are celebrating by roaming the streets one year since the world watched in horror as NATO withdrew from the country and desperate people attempted to board moving planes

Daily Mirror

Afghan opposition ‘very weak’ despite mounting anger against Taliban

One year after the fall of Kabul, many of the opposition commanders famous for their stand in Panjshir Valley remain exiled in Tajikistan. Analysts paint a picture of a weak armed resistance against the Taliban and an Afghan population that increasingly abhors the Islamic fundamentalist group but is too exhausted…

France 24

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John Oliver: ‘Things are going worse in Afghanistan than you may know’

The late night host rang the alarm on the current state of Afghanistan a year after the US withdrew troops, highlighting a ‘grim but important’ topic

The Guardian - US

'We Have No Hope for the Future': The Afghan Helpers America Left Behind

One year after the U.S. withdrawal, tens of thousands of Afghans who assisted American forces are still stuck under Taliban rule.

Reason

Brother of Army vet killed in Biden Afghanistan withdrawal takes own life: ‘Too much to bear’

California mother grieving after losing two sons within year

The Independent UK

Taliban’s rule batters Afghanistan year after US departure

A year after the Taliban swept across Afghanistan, sparking a chaotic withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces, the country’s dire economic and human rights outlook has only worsened.

Tribune News Service

UK treatment of Afghan refugees ‘continues to be source of shame’

MoD sources accuse other parts of Whitehall of failing to do enough to help Afghans who worked with British forces

The Guardian - UK

A year after fall of Kabul, Afghan evacuees face uncertainty in US

WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of Afghans have made new homes in the U.S. in the year since the fall of Kabul, after a harrowing evacuation from the Middle East and a months-long resettlement process.

Tribune News Service

Resume aid to Taliban-run Afghanistan, Red Cross urges

The Red Cross on Monday appealed to states and donors to set aside their political objections to the Taliban and resume aid flows to Afghanistan's state institutions to ease an "unbearable" humanitarian situation there.

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Daily Mirror

Taliban leaving 24million Afghans hungry with fears more will die than 20 years of war

Since the 20 year Afghanistan conflict ended last year, the country could suffer more deaths - as one of the largest humanitarian groups report 24 million could go hungry, with women suffering the most

The Conversation

A year after the fall of Kabul, Taliban's false commitments on terrorism have been fully exposed

When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021, there were faint hopes that this time would be different.

The Guardian - UK

‘A hotel is not home’: Afghan families still wait for a place of their own in UK

Families who fled Taliban rule say they are grateful for the help they have received but long for a home where they can settle

Roll Call

House Republicans ramp up pressure over Afghanistan exit - Roll Call

Republican lawmakers are putting renewed pressure on the Biden administration to answer questions about the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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The Hindu

Navigating Taiwan controversy, China ties

In its first official comment on Taiwan since U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit that inflamed

The Guardian - UK

‘I daren’t go far’: Taliban rules trap Afghan women with no male guardian

Those without a male relative to act as a mahram are in legal limbo and unable to travel long distances

Evening Standard

Afghanistan: one year on — starvation, women in hiding and children married off to pay for food

A year ago today, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. The economy has since collapsed, child marriage is rife and women can’t work. Oliver Marsden reports from Kabul

Al Jazeera

As West puts Taliban on hold, Kabul eyes future in China, Russia

The killing of al-Qaeda leader in Kabul will add to mistrust between Taliban and the West prolonging group’s isolation.

Evening Standard

A year on from our ugly Afghan retreat, we have learnt nothing

A year ago today, the Taliban took over Kabul and now are in charge of pretty much the whole of Afghanistan, complete with gun-toting teenage militias and Virtues and Vice police. The surprise was the speed and ease with which the Taliban took huge swathes of the country last year…

Asharq Al-Awsat

A Year Since Takeover, EU Slams Taliban’s Women, Girls’ Rights Violations

A spokesperson for the European Union slammed Sunday violations by Taliban against the rights of Afghan women and girls. "The Taliban have failed to establish an inclusive political system, thereby denying the aspirations of the Afghan people," stated Nabila Massrali, spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Monday marks…

The Independent UK

Afghanistan marks 1 year since Taliban seizure as woes mount

The Taliban are marking a year since they seized the Afghan capital of Kabul

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