The Taliban are pushing females out of public life
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KABUL — Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the ruling Taliban on Sunday to re-open girls’ high schools and applauded female students in the ...Read full article 
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Former Afghan President Karzai tweets his support of protesting female students: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the ruling Taliban on Sunday to ...
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The Taliban are pushing females out of public life: Bigotry is making Afghanistan poorer
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Former Afghan President Karzai tweets his support of protesting female students: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the ruling Taliban on Sunday to ...
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Bigotry is making Afghanistan poorer
The Taliban are pushing females out of public life: Bigotry is making Afghanistan poorer
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Afghanistan: Afghan schoolgirls protest against school closures.: Girls are only allowed to attend school up to the sixth grade under Taliban rule in Afghanistan ...
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Afghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is over
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Afghan refugees forced to leave Pakistan say they have nothing: About 1.7 million Afghan refugees have been told to leave Pakistan and now face an uncertain ...
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- According to the UNHCR, Pakistan currently hosts 3.7 million Afghan refugees, with 700,000 fleeing Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in August 2021.
- The TTP's safe haven in Afghanistan hampers the effectiveness of major military operations by the Pakistan army against the group.
- The Taliban have suggested negotiations between Islamabad and the TTP to resolve their issues, but Pakistan is not interested, given the long history of failed attempts.
Afghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is over
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The Afghan refugees stuck in limbo at the US-Mexico border: Refugees fleeing the Taliban face a treacherous journey through Latin America to the United States.
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Taliban minister raises issue of refugee assets during Pakistan visit: The Taliban's acting commerce minister met Pakistan's foreign minister in Islamabad this ...
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- Taliban officials stated that over 2,000 people had died in Herat after the earlier quakes.
- They later mentioned that the quakes had killed and injured thousands, but did not provide a casualty breakdown.
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