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News Articles: Afghanistan

A woman walks between tents that house the hospital wards at a camp for displaced persons in South Sudan. The photo was taken in February.

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  • Photography

Remembering David Gilkey: His NPR buddies share stories about their favorite pictures

It is the 7th anniversary of the death of NPR photographer David GIlkey, who was killed by a grenade attack while on assignment in Afghanistan. His colleagues talk about his life and work.

June 05, 2023
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By:
  • NPR Staff
Samira Muhammadi, the owner of Banowan-e-Afghan restaurant, prepares food for a birthday party.

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  • Food

A pop-up restaurant in Kabul is run by women for women. The Taliban is watching

This start-up aims to provide both food and economic opportunity to Afghan women. But success means first overcoming economic crises, cultural taboos and Taliban interference.

June 01, 2023
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By:
  • Maija Liuhto
Ben Roberts-Smith arrives at the Federal Court in Sydney, on June 9, 2021. Australia's most decorated living war veteran, Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith, committed a slew of war crimes while in Afghanistan, including the unlawful killings of unarmed prisoners, a judge ruled on Thursday, June 1, 2023.

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  • World

Australia's most decorated soldier loses defamation case for alleged war crimes

An Australian federal court judge ruled that newspaper articles published in 2018 were substantially true about a number of war crimes committed by Ben Roberts-Smith in Afghanistan.

June 01, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees workers prepare to distribute non-food items to women at UNHCR office in Kandahar on March 8, 2022. The Taliban has demanded that Afghan women no longer work for the UN or NGOs.

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  • Global Health

The Taliban again bans Afghan women aid workers. Here's how the U.N. responded

The Taliban has banned Afghan women working for the U.N. or other aid agencies. The repercussions could be devastating for programs in which women play a vital role.

April 14, 2023
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By:
  • Ruchi Kumar
Taliban fighters stand guard in Kabul, Afghanistan earlier this year. Taliban forces allegedly detained an activist for girls' education on Monday.

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  • World

An Afghan girls' education activist has been arrested, the U.N. says

Matiullah Wesa is the founder and president of Pen Path — a local nongovernmental group that travels across Afghanistan with a mobile school and library. He was reportedly detained on Monday.

March 28, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
In December, the Taliban banned female students from attending university. Some of them are turning to online options. Above: Afghan female students attend Kabul University in 2010.

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  • Education

The Taliban ended college for women. Here's how Afghan women are defying the ban

The December ban on college education for women has led some to turn to online options. But that pption comes with its own set of problems.

February 24, 2023
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By:
  • Ruchi Kumar
GPB News NPR

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  • World

5 people were killed in an explosion near the foreign ministry in Kabul

An explosion near the Afghan foreign ministry killed five people and wounded several others, a Taliban police spokesman said. It was the second prominent attack in the capital so far in 2023.

January 11, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A boy works in a coal mine north of Kabul. Afghanistan's state-run coal industry is going strong in an otherwise shattered economy. Many underage workers are the ones who are extracting the coal.

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  • World

In Afghanistan, coal mining relies on the labor of children

Since the return of the Taliban, Afghanistan's coal exports have increased — and so has child labor. At a coal mine in Baghlan province, boys earn between $3 and $8 for a day's work.

December 31, 2022
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By:
  • Arezou Rezvani,
  • Fazelminallah Qazizai,
  • and 1 more
Afghan women protest a new Taliban ban to keep women from studying in university. This demonstration took place on Dec. 22 in Kabul. Now there is added concern about the future of education for girls of all ages, with reports that the Taliban has sent home women who teach in primary schools.

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  • Education

Taliban expels female teachers from some schools. So who will teach the girls?

Early this week, the leaders of Afghanistan declared that women could not attend university. Now there are fears the any education for girls is in jeopardy as some female teachers are sent home.

December 22, 2022
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid
GPB News NPR

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  • Middle East

Taliban begins to enforce education ban, leaving Afghan women with tears and anger

Teachers report security forces barging into classrooms and shouting at girls to go home, while the international community swiftly condems the Taliban's move.

December 21, 2022
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid
GPB News NPR

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  • Education

'The Taliban took our last hope': College education is banned for women in Afghanistan

On Tuesday, the Taliban announced the women could no longer attend university. One educator in Afghanistan called it "gender apartheid." The highest grade girls will be able to attain now is grade 6.

December 20, 2022
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid
Afghan students queue at one of Kabul University's gates in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Feb. 26. Women are banned from private and public universities in Afghanistan until further notice, a Taliban government spokesman said Tuesday.

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  • World

Taliban ban Afghan women from attending universities

Women are banned from private and public universities until further notice, a Taliban government spokesman said, the latest edict cracking down on their rights and freedoms.

December 20, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Mohammad Hashim, a former officer in the Afghan National Army, now picks apples for a living.

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  • World

For Afghans who fought against the Taliban, life is fraught under their rule

Those who put their lives on the line in the Afghan National Army and can't find a way out of Afghanistan are working menial jobs, sometimes moving locations every few days in fear for their safety.

November 28, 2022
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By:
  • Arezou Rezvani,
  • Fazelminallah Qazizai,
  • and 1 more
Afghans wait for food assistance from the World Food Programme in Kabul in October.

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  • World

Afghans are bracing for a winter many fear will be even worse than the last

At World Food Programme distribution sites, "Everybody tells us, 'Last winter was difficult, but we have no idea how we will get through the coming winter,'" says a WFP spokesperson in Kabul.

November 25, 2022
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By:
  • Arezou Rezvani,
  • Claire Harbage,
  • and 1 more
Hamidullah Hussaini, 29, taught math to two of the young women killed in a suicide bombing at the Kaaj learning center: Marzia and Hajar. He says they were the best students in his class, and their love of learning inspired him.

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  • Global Health

'I was their teacher': A chance encounter as Afghans protest after a suicide bombing

Pierre Kattar edited the pictures for an NPR story about two of the teenagers killed in the Sept. 30 attack. On Oct. 10, he went to a demonstration in Rome and made an unexpected connection.

November 01, 2022
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  • Pierre Kattar
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