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Joly calls Afghanistan evacuation ‘messy’ as MPs hear of challenges on the groundThe foreign affairs minister and other Global Affairs Canada officials testified at the House of Commons immigration committee on its final report on the chaotic withdrawal.CanadaMar 22
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Canada’s terrorism laws block aid to Afghans under Taliban. What might change?The new legislation would allow aid workers to apply for an exemption, in order to help people in crisis in a geographic area controlled by a 'terrorist group.'CanadaMar 9
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For Afghan women under the Taliban, ‘home is like jail.’ Now, some are speaking outAhead of International Women's Day on March 8, Global News spoke to women and people on the ground as the Taliban attack on women continues to escalate.CanadaMar 7
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Afghanistan envoy defying Taliban to keep Canadian embassy runningHassan Soroosh says the Taliban is dismantling two decades of gains for women in Afghanistan and bringing back some of the most repressive measures from the 1990s.CanadaMar 7
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Pakistan mosque bombing: At least 59 dead, 150 wounded inside police compoundIt was not clear how the bomber was able to slip into the walled compound, which houses the northwestern city of Peshawar’s police headquarters.WorldJan 30
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Taliban double down on barring women from taking university entry examsThe Taliban doubled down on their ban on women's education, reinforcing in a message to private universities that Afghan women are barred from taking university entry exams.WorldJan 28
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Canada should fly vulnerable Afghans directly here, do checks after: advocateFresh calls to help more Afghans flee the Taliban have emerged in the last week, following the killing of former Afghan MP Mursal Nabizada.CanadaJan 22
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UN says Taliban split on restoring Afghan women’s rights after delegation visitSome Taliban officials who met with a U.N. team this week were more open to restoring women's rights but others were clearly opposed, a U.N. spokesman said.WorldJan 20
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Canada ‘limited’ on ability to help Afghans, Trudeau says after ex-MP killed'We condemn the murder of Mursal Nabizada, a former Afghan parliamentarian, who bravely fought for the rights of women and girls,' the statement read.CanadaJan 17
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Critics ‘dismayed’ over Ottawa’s plans to install plaque praising Afghan evacuationThe memorandum says deputy ministers held a June 2022 discussion that included an event to commemorate the Afghanistan evacuation, but it doesn't say who came up with the idea.CanadaJan 17
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