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Taliban chief orders ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan
The Taliban's supreme leader has ordered a ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, warning that the hardline Islamist government would crack down on farmers.
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Heartbreak as Afghan girls ordered home just hours after schools reopen
The Taliban ordered secondary girls schools in Afghanistan to shut just hours after they reopened, an official confirmed.
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Taliban leader says Afghan women’s rights must be enforced, quiet on education
The decree centres on marriage and widows' rights, stating "no one can force women to marry by coercion or pressure".
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Four women lured to their death in Afghanistan with promise of evacuation
A rights group source said the women received a call that they thought was an invitation to join an evacuation flight and were picked up by a car, only to be found dead later.
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Deadly suicide attack targets Kabul military hospital
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but a Taliban spokesperson blamed the group's hardline rivals, the Islamic State.
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Uzbek traders bemoan fate of trade since Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan
As lorries arrive in Uzbekistan's southern city of Termez, squatting drivers share complaints about how trade has suffered since the Taliban seized power next-door.
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Anger over men-only foreign delegations to meet Taliban
Heather Barr from Human Rights Watch created a list, under the hashtag "sausageparty", of pictures posted by the Taliban of their meetings with delegations in Kabul.
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Taliban hold victory rally outside Kabul as they consolidate rule
More than 1,500 Taliban supporters attended a rally in a vast field to the north of Kabul, in a show of strength as they consolidate their rule.
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'Just shoot me': Afghan star recalls surreal Kabul escape
Aryana Sayeed recalls asking her fiancé one thing as they snuck into Kabul's chaotic airport: "Don't let them take me away alive".
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This is how the 9/11 attacks unfolded in 2001
Graphic detailing how events unfolded in the United States during the September 11 attacks.
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The Taliban parades as Biden defends the US's pullout from Afghanistan
In footage posted on a pro-Taliban account of the build-up of the parade, a helicopter flew overhead, trailing the Taliban's standard beneath it as fighters wrapped in headscarves waved beneath.
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What lies ahead for Afghanistan under the Taliban?
Many are afraid the group will once again impose their harsh interpretation of Islamic law seen during their 1996-2001 regime.
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Rockets fly in Kabul as US evacuations wind down
Biden had warned more attacks were highly likely and the United States said it carried out an air strike on Sunday night in Kabul on an explosives-laden vehicle.
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US warns of more terror attacks at Kabul airport
More than 100 people died in the attack, including 13 US service personnel, slowing down the airlifts ahead of US President Joe Biden's deadline for evacuations to end by Tuesday.
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Italy says it has received most Afghan evacuees in EU
Italy's foreign minister said it had evacuated close to 5,000 Afghan citizens in recent days, speaking at Rome's Fiumicino airport as the last Italian aircraft from Kabul landed with 58 more Afghan citizens on board.
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US strikes IS target in Afghanistan, pushes airlift into final stage
A suicide bombing was claimed by a regional chapter of the Islamic State group, and the Pentagon announced it had carried out a drone attack on a "planner" from the jihadist group in eastern Afghanistan.
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Uncertainty, distress for Afghan cricketers after Taliban takeover
The calm of the empty stadium is a surreal contrast to scenes just a few kilometres north, where tens of thousands of Afghans at Kabul airport are desperately trying to flee on evacuation flights. Following the stunning victory of the hardline Islamists, many of the players in cricket-mad Afghanistan's beloved national team are finding it difficult to focus on sport.
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Afghans face 'impossible' race against time to flee Kabul
A week since the Taliban took power terrified Afghans continue to try and flee, deepening a tragedy at Kabul airport where the United States and its allies have been unable to cope with the huge numbers of people trying to get on evacuation flights.
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Taliban co-founder Baradar in Kabul for talks to set up government
The Taliban scotched any hopes of a negotiated peace deal with the Afghan government by overrunning the country in under two weeks -- a lightning offensive that ended with them taking Kabul unopposed last Sunday.
