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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 providing services within a beauty salon
Afghanistan
‘We are dead inside:’ Women in Afghanistan protest Taliban ban of beauty salons
women with signs
Afghanistan
After Taliban ban, women NGO workers in Afghanistan struggle to make ends meet
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 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
a girl in a classroom
Afghanistan
‘We are erased’: The fight to reopen girls secondary schools in Afghanistan continues
World renowned US cellist Yo-Yo Ma, center, plays with viola players Marzia Anwari, left, from Afghanistan and Luis Fernandes, bassist Eduardo Santos and cellist Mohammad Sami, right, from Afghanistan, at the Music School of the National Conservatory in L
Afghanistan
Afghan musicians in Portugal reimagine their musical futures
TV anchor Khatereh Ahmadi bows her head while wearing a face covering as she reads the news on TOLOnews, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 22, 2022. 
Afghanistan
‘They may not know my face in the future’: Female news anchors anguished by Taliban order to cover head to toe
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
Afghan women chant during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 21, 2021.
Afghanistan
‘We have no future’: Afghan women protest Taliban restrictions
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
Hundreds of people gather near a US Air Force C-17 transport plane at the perimeter of the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2021.
Afghanistan
‘I had to burn a lot of my stuff’: Two Afghan women on what they left behind when they fled the Taliban
Shirin Jaafari reporting from Afghanistan
Behind the story: Shirin Jaafari’s reporting from Herat, Afghanistan, in the summer of 2021
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.
In this image provided by the US Army, Spc. Alejandro Haro, military police, Task Force Ever Vigilant, scans documents as he checks-in Afghan evacuees at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, on Sept. 20, 2021.
Afghanistan
The spotlight has faded on Afghanistan, but not the urgency for Afghans seeking safety
In this Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021 file photo, Afghans inspect damage of Ahmadi family house after US drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Critical State
Opportunity seizure: Part II
A health worker administers a vaccination to a child during a polio campaign in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan, June 15, 2021. UN agencies are gearing up to vaccinate all of Afghanistan’s children under 5 against polio after the Taliban agreed to the
Afghanistan
An upcoming vaccine drive in Afghanistan is an ‘unprecedented opportunity’ to eradicate polio, UN official says
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
A family visits across the U.S.-Canada border at the Peace Arch Historical State Park as a cyclist rides past on the Canadian side, in Blaine, Wash.
Top of The World
US to reopen land borders next month to fully vaccinated people
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, center, former President Hamid Karzai, right, and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, left, watch the live broadcast of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar after the signing of a peace treaty at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
The Afghan government and the US lost popular support over corruption in Afghanistan, investigator general says
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 Taliban fighter stands in the corner of a busy street at night in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 17, 2021.
Afghanistan
The Taliban want international recognition. Countries are debating.
Woman news anchor wearing black outfit and pink headscarf looks into a camera in a Tolo News studio
Afghanistan
For journalists working under Taliban rule, there are ‘no guarantees,’ Afghan media network head 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
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is shown on a TV hanging on the wall in the distance with several people wearing face masks stand in the nearground.
Top of The World
Blinken pushes back against lawmakers’ criticism of Afghanistan withdrawal.
A Taliban fighter lays his AK-47 rifle down during Friday prayers at a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. 
Sacred Nation
Taliban’s ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ is based on specific ideology
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
A man is shown wearing military fatigues and holding a gun with cement barriers nearby.
Top of The World
First commercial flight leaves Kabul
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
Mullah Hasan Akhund is shown wearing a white head wrap and standing across from Nawaz Sharif who is wearing a gray vest and blue shirt.
Top of The World
Taliban names all-male 33-member interim government 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
European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson arrives for a meeting of EU justice and interior ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021.
Afghanistan
EU’s top migration official calls for global response to help Afghans in order to avoid migration crisis in Europe
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?
A group of six men are shown holding guns and wearing military fatigues with the domestic departure entrance to the Kabul airport.
Afghanistan
Qatar says it’s not clear when Kabul airport will reopen
A large crowd of people are shown standing, packed in a line with a blue-sided building in the background.
Top of The World
The Taliban are expected to announce a new government
US President Joe Biden is shown standing at a podium and speaking into a microphone with his hands raised slightly.
Top of The World
Biden defends Afghanistan exit, praises Kabul airlift
A young boy is shown with his right hand up to his face shielding the sun with armored military vehicles shown in the distance.
Afghanistan’s arc from 9/11 to today: Once hopeful, now sad
Internally displaced Afghan women from northern provinces, who fled their home due to fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel, receive medical care in a public park in Kabul, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
‘We are so afraid’: An Afghan women’s rights activist is left behind in Afghanistan
A US military officer is shown wearing full combat gear under the green light of a night goggle lens.
Top of The World
Taliban declare victory as last US troops leave 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
Several people are shown standing around a bombed out car, chared from the explosion.
Top of The World
Rockets targeting Kabul airport intercepted
A group of military personel are shown carrying a flag-drapped coffin and walking toward US President Joe Biden and other cabinet officials.
Conflict
US military flies out evacuees in waning hours of withdrawal
A close-up photograph shows a woman's hands with lots of golden-colored braclets on her right wrist and a watch on the left wrist.
Afghanistan
Women’s shelters in Afghanistan face an uncertain future
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, some holding documents, gather near an evacuation control checkpoint on the perimeter of the Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 27, 2021.
Top of The World
Afghanistan airlift continues after deadly suicide attacks
A larger crowd of people are shown crammed up against large cement barriers with barbed-wire on top.
2 suicide attacks outside Kabul airport
Several military officers are shown in a line, and heavily armed, walking on an open tarmac area with mountains in the distance.
Top of The World
Explosion outside of the Kabul airport
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
Afghan women walk by posters of Taliban leaders and flags in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 25. 2021.
Afghanistan
Chaos in Afghanistan creates power vacuum for ISIS, al-Qaeda to reorganize, counterterrorism expert says
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
Honor guard soldiers carry the coffin of Vasile Raduna, seen in the photo on the right, during the ceremony for the repatriation his and of Corp. Ciprian-Stefan Polschi's body from Afghanistan, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. 
Critical State
Media matters: Part II
A young woman is shown sitting on a green cot, among dozens over other cots, each with personal belongings on top.
Afghanistan
Biden decides to stick with Aug. 31 final pullout from Kabul