Kabul News
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At least 50 dead from blast at Kabul mosque, its leader saysEmergency Hospital in downtown Kabul said it was treating 21 patients and two were dead on arrival. A worker at another hospital said it had received 49 patients.WorldApr 29, 2022
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Taliban bars women without male companions from boarding flights: officialsThis comes just days after the all-male Taliban government broke its promise to allow girls to return to school after the sixth grade.WorldMar 26, 2022
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Afghan ambassador to Canada makes urgent call for food aid and to ‘expedite’ refugeesHassan Soroosh, Afghanistan's ambassador to Canada, said there was an urgent need to "expedite" the exodus, particularly of those at risk of Taliban persecution.CanadaOct 28, 2021
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With Kabul airport closed, Afghans fearful of Taliban reprisals rush for bordersWith Kabul's airport inoperable, private efforts to help Afghans fearful of Taliban reprisals focused on arranging safe passage across the landlocked nation’s borders.WorldSep 1, 2021
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EU vows to prevent ‘uncontrolled,’ ‘illegal’ migration from Afghanistan: draft statementEU governments are eager to avoid a repeat of the chaotic influx of refugees and migrants in 2015 that caught the bloc unprepared and sowed divisions among them.WorldAug 30, 2021
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Afghanistan’s Gen Z faces uncertain future: ‘Dreams snatched in front of our eyes’Used to a life with cellphones, pop music and mixing of genders, Afghanistan's "Generation Z" now fears some freedoms will be taken away.WorldAug 30, 2021
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What’s happening now in Afghanistan? Here’s a timeline of major eventsA look at the lead-up to the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, and what's happened in efforts to evacuate refugees so far.CanadaAug 28, 2021
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Canada’s evacuations from Kabul are over. Here’s where the focus will shift nextThe Canadian focus is shifting away from evacuation and towards humanitarian aid and the processing in neighbouring states of what will likely be floods of applications for asylum.CanadaAug 26, 2021
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Kabul explosions: At least 72 dead, including U.S. military personnel, officials sayGlobal Affairs Canada said there were no reports yet of Canadians being harmed by the twin blasts near the international airport.WorldAug 26, 2021
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