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Two girls holding paper signs that say "Education is our right"
The World's Global Classroom
Afghan student struggles with adjusting to life in the US
women with signs
Afghanistan
After Taliban ban, women NGO workers in Afghanistan struggle to make ends meet
man at podium
Immigration
Afghans who fled to the US hope that Congress will fix their status 
staff in lobby area
Afghanistan
Prominent Afghan news organization reports on life under Taliban rule from Maryland 
US Special Envoy Rina Amiri addresses the 16th annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awards virtual ceremony at the State Department, Monday, March 14, 2022, in Washington. 
Afghanistan
US special envoy: Taliban ‘puts women’s right at peril everywhere’
A classroom that previously was used for girls sits empty in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2022.
Afghanistan
He spoke out against banning girls’ education. The Taliban silenced him.
Malala Yousafzai pointing at a poster advertisement of her documentary, "Stranger at the Gate."
Conflict & Justice
‘There is hope’: Malala Yousafzai promotes tolerance, connection with new documentary
A general view of Mes Aynak valley is seen some 25 miles southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, March 2, 2022. Buildings on top are offices of Chinese mining company MCC that won the contract to exploit the world's second-largest copper mine.
Afghanistan
A Chinese company strikes a deal with the Taliban to extract oil from Afghanistan
A Taliban fighter stands guard as people wait to receive food rations distributed by a South Korean humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 10, 2022.
Afghanistan
Afghan women say they are ‘dying in slow motion’ after killing of former female MP
Afghan women participate in a protest against the university education ban for women, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2022.
Education
Education for women ‘is an Afghan value and an Islamic right,’ says male professor in solidarity against university ban
Smoke rises from a hotel building after an explosions and gunfire in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2022.
Afghanistan
Taliban: Assailants attack hotel in Afghan capital Kabul
a girl in a classroom
Afghanistan
‘We are erased’: The fight to reopen girls secondary schools in Afghanistan continues
Taliban fighters celebrate one year since they seized the Afghan capital, Kabul, in front of the US Embassy, Kabul, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan marks 1 year since Taliban seizure as woes mount
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a media statement at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. 
Refugees
As Canada prioritizes expedited arrivals for Ukrainians, at-risk Afghans remain trapped abroad
Afghan refugees walk through an Afghan refugee camp at Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, New Jersey, on Sept. 27, 2021. 
Refugees
6 months after evacuation, thousands of Afghan families are waiting to reunite
The luxurious Rafaelo resort is in stark contrast with the conditions in Afghanistan. At least 2,000 Afghans feel fortunate to stay here but also guilty about those left behind.
Afghanistan
Afghans endure indefinite limbo at 5-star hotel in Albania
Some Afghan students were relocated to the American University of Centra Asia in Bishek, Kyrgyzstan, when Kabul fell to the Taliban.
Afghanistan
Some Afghan university students find refuge — and hope — in Kyrgyzstan
People walk while vehicle move through historical Khyber Pass in Jamrud, the main town of Pakistan's Khyber district bordering Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 11, 2021.
Afghanistan
Canada promised to resettle 40,000 Afghans. Many are still waiting for answers.
Palestinian laborers work building new houses in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Bruchin near the Palestinian town of Nablus
Top of The World
Israel approves nearly 3,000 new Jewish settlement homes in the West Bank
Abdul Salam Hanafi, a deputy prime minister in the Taliban's interim government, left, speaks with acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Taliban official Amir Khan Muttaqi during talks involving Afghan representatives in Moscow, Russia
Top of The World
Russia hosts multinational talks on Afghanistan
People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting about North Korea's missile launch with file footage at a train station in Seoul, South Korea
Top of The World
North Korea launches suspected ballistic missile
Visitors look at the Chinese military's KJ-500 airborne early warning and control aircraft during 13th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Airshow China 2021, in Zhuhai in southern China's Guangdong province
Top of The World
Why China’s air force is provoking Taiwan
Rep. Michael Waltz speaks as Rep. Mike Johnson displays a map during the House Armed Services Committee on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021,
Afghanistan
Former adviser Sarah Chayes: The US failed to understand how Afghans wage war
A Taliban fighter walks on the side of a road as a Humvee carrying other fighters drives by in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 21, 2021.
Afghanistan
‘We are still here’: Afghan UN employees worry about their safety
Afghan women march and hold signs in rally
Afghanistan
Afghan women sidelined under new Taliban rule: ‘This country places no value on me as a woman’
A caravan of migrants head north towards the US-Mexico border, as they depart from Tapachula, Mexico
Top of The World
Migrants set up camp under Del Rio bridge along US-Mexico border
Afghan women and children sit in front of a bakery waiting for bread donations in Kabul's Old City, Afghanistan, on Sept. 16, 2021.
Afghanistan
‘It is a catastrophe’: Afghans are in desperate need of food, humanitarian aid, refugee worker says
fghan women and a girl shop for dresses at a local market in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 10, 2021.
Afghanistan
Afghan women to the Taliban: #DoNotTouchMyClothes
Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting Ben Rhodes is accompanied by Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz at a press briefing at Martha's Vineyard
Foreign policy
The post-9/11 generation ‘came to understand the limits of what America could accomplish,’ former Obama adviser says
Shomali, a little north of Kabul, Afghanistan, July 18, 2005. After seven years of severe drought that impoverished farmers and made millions reliant on food handouts, Afghanistan enjoyed a bountiful harvest.
Afghanistan
‘Drought has severely impacted livestock keepers’ in Afghanistan, head of UN food agency says
Newly trained female officers from the Afghan National Army sit in front seats as a new batch of officers attend their graduation ceremony at National Army's training center in Kabul on Sept. 23, 2010. 
Afghanistan
Two decades of war and daily life in Afghanistan
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Taliban name caretaker Cabinet that pays homage to old guard
Taliban special forces fighters stand guard outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport after the U.S. military's withdrawal, in Kabul, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
An Afghan journalist breaks down the sociological makeup of today’s Taliban
Afghan people are seen near the building where insurgents were hiding during an attack to the prison in the city of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
How will the Taliban interact with militant groups like ISIS-K and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan?
Afghans wait in long lines for hours to try to withdraw money, in front of a Bank in Kabul, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
‘They’re depending on us’: Afghan interpreter scrambles to help evacuate colleagues in Afghanistan
Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Virginia, Aug. 27, 2021.
Afghanistan
Afghan families are being rapidly resettled in the US. But adjusting to their new lives will take years.  
Hundreds of people gather near an evacuation control checkpoint during ongoing evacuations at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul.
Afghanistan
As Afghans flee Taliban rule, some find a temporary new home in Uganda
US Air Force airmen guide evacuees aboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan
Top of The World
G-7 agrees on conditions to recognize and work with the Taliban
US Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a roundtable at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore
Global Politics
Southeast Asia allies express concern over US commitment amid Afghanistan crisis
In this Aug. 21, 2021, image provided by the U.S. Air Force, US Airmen and U.S. Marines guide evacuees aboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. 
Afghanistan
Canada faces criticism for its slow evacuation of Afghans who helped the government
A US soldier with Apache Company of Task Force 3-66 Armor, out of Grafenwoehr, Germany, stands guard at a police checkpoint at Gulruddin pass in Sar Hawza district of Paktika province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2011.
Afghanistan
US biometric devices are in the hands of the Taliban. They could be used to target Afghans who helped coalition forces.
A police officer examines a damaged car at the site of a firing incident, in Karachi, Pakistan
Business, Economics and Jobs
Taliban takeover could mean more security challenges for Chinese projects in Pakistan
Thousands of families have been forced to leave their homes in Afghanistan over the past few months as fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security forces intensified.
Global Politics
Afghans in a city under siege by the Taliban: ‘The insecurity has upended our lives’
Security personnel inspect a damaged vehicle where rockets were fired from in Kabul, Afghanistan
Conflict
As the Taliban advances, life in Afghanistan becomes increasingly precarious
Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayers in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 20, 2021. Eid al-Adha, or "Feast of the Sacrifice," commemorates the Quranic tale of Prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God.
Conflict
Rocket fire in Kabul signals deepening insecurity as US troops withdraw from Afghanistan
Police officers with guns drawn patrol the streets of Haiti
Top of The World
Haitian police: Foreign hit squad killed President Moïse
A father and son sit on a tourist ferry on Lake Van, on their way to an island that hosts the ruins of a 10th century Armenian church
Migration
Turkey’s Lake Van: A dangerous crossroads on the migrant trail
Woman in blue outfit holding up her arms
Women & Gender
Women in Afghanistan push for rights and more representation amid ongoing talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban
Group of US generals in army fatigues walk through the street in Afghanistan.
Military
Biden seems ready to extend US troop presence in Afghanistan
Two journalists look at a bombed out classroom with chair strewn and walls shot with bullets.
Extremism
Afghans mourn the loss of young lives in ISIS attacks 
Reporters Shirin Jaafari and Jorge Valencia will talk to The World's senior editor Daisy Contreras about some of the foreign policy issues at stake in the 2020 election.
2020 US presidential election
Discussion: What’s at stake in the 2020 election?
Delegates attend talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents in Doha, Qatar, Sept. 12, 2020.
Women & Gender
Afghan women negotiating with the Taliban say they feel ‘heavy responsibility’
Two children sleep beneath gray blankets on the road near the Moria refugee camp on the northeastern island of Lesbos, Greece, Sept. 10, 2020.
Migration
Thousands of refugees sleep in streets after fire destroys Greece’s Moria camp
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani, center, his first Vice President Amrullah Saleh, left, and second Vice President Sarwar Danish, right, take the oath of office during their inauguration, in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 9, 2020.
Conflict
Afghan peace talks set to start despite escalating attacks on politicians
Pentagon officials speak at a hearing
Global Politics
Russian bounty allegations shine spotlight on what Trump admin knew and when
An Afghan nurse observes newborn children who lost their mothers during an attack at a hospital, in Kabul, May 13, 2020.
Extremism
Shocked Afghans ask why perpetrators targeted a maternity hospital and a funeral 
A map shows the region, including the border between Iran and Afghanistan.
Conflict & Justice
Iranian border guards allegedly drowned 45 Afghan migrants. Their families want answers.
Afghan women line up at a polling station as they wait to cast their votes in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 28, 2019.
Women & Gender
Analysis: A crucial moment for women’s rights in Afghanistan
A group of people sit around a table with laptops.
Media
Exiled journalists in Germany find ‘hope’ with a magazine that speaks their language
Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah casts his vote at a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Front-runners each claim victory in Afghan election