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#Afghanistan#Children#Conflict#Education#Features#Kandahar#Taliban Siege 2021

Against the odds: these Afghan bikers are promoting girls’ education

14/12/202115/06/2022

It was a chilly Friday afternoon when an extended roar of more than two dozen motorbikes pierced the silence in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province. To an outsider, the sudden invasion earlier this month by a large group of men on […]

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Afghanistan set to resume battle against polio

23/10/202115/06/2022

About three months ago, Ahmad Zia’s family noticed that the boy of 2 was unable to move his legs. Despite their concern, they were unable to take him to a doctor because of the fighting between Taliban militants and government […]

#Afghanistan#Children#Conflict#Taliban#Taliban Siege 2021#Violence Against Women#Women

Taliban trying to force Afghan girls as young as 13 into marriage

03/08/202129/03/2022

Thirty-nine-year old Gulpari was forced to make some hard decisions when the Taliban was closing in on her village in the north of Afghanistan six weeks ago. Recalling the terrifying nights her family spent fearing for their lives, she said […]

#Afghanistan#Assassinations#Children#Conflict#Coronavirus#Daesh#Latest#Nangarhar#Taliban#Violence Against Women#Women

Killing of female polio vaccinators puts Afghan eradication campaign at risk

23/04/202123/06/2021

Gul Meena Hotak was on her regular rounds, going door-to-door giving polio vaccinations in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, when she heard gunshots. The 22-year-old’s immediate concern was for the safety of her friend Negina and other colleagues nearby. […]

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‘I miss school’: 800m children still not fully back in classes

05/04/202123/06/2021

Across the world 800 million children are still not fully back in school, Unicef is warning, with many at risk of never returning to the classroom the longer closures go on. There are at least 90 countries where schools are […]

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Baby of Afghan woman shot while in labour has 50% chance of survival

01/04/202123/06/2021

A baby wounded in a shooting that killed his mother in Afghanistan’s Kandahar city has a 50 per cent chance of survival, doctors told The National. The baby’s father, Assadullah, chief of criminal investigations with the police, said the attack happened […]

#Afghanistan#Children#Conflict#Features#Kabul#Peace Process

What It’s Like to Meet Your Family’s Killer

12/03/202123/06/2021

Ahmad Wali Rashidi was five-year-old when he lost his left leg to a rocket attack on his house in Kabul. “I remember hearing a zooming sound, Rashidi,now 29, told VICE World News.“When I turned my head, I saw a green metal […]

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Afghanistan: viral video reinforces horrors of ongoing conflict

24/02/202125/04/2021

After forty years of instability, Afghanistan is no stranger to war. But a disturbing video showing child survivors of a terrorist attack crying over the lifeless body of their mother has shocked the public. The now-viral clip, recorded at the site […]

#Afghanistan#Animals#Children#Conflict#Economy#Education#Peace Process#Sports#Taliban#Women

‘Music helps them heal’: the charities risking everything to stay in Afghanistan

21/01/202115/06/2021

Lanny Cordola arrived in Afghanistan in 2016 with nothing but a few belongings, his guitar and a determination to make a difference in the lives of the Afghan children affected by the war. As well as being a well-known musician from […]

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Covid-19 Pandemic Drives New Cases of Polio in Afghanistan

30/11/202010/02/2021

WHEN SAIDGUL WAS around 6 months old this past March, his parents decided to take him to Herat, a city about 80 miles from their hometown in Shindand District in Herat Province in western Afghanistan. The road between the two towns […]

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