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      Taliban order government workers to grow beards or risk being fired

      Government employees have been instructed not to shave their beards and ensure they pray at the correct times.

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      Thousands of emails ignored 'so PM could pretend desperate Afghans were getting UK help'

      A whistleblower has claimed the foreign office opened emails from Afghans but ignored them so they could claim they did not leave the pleas unread.

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      U.S. bars flight from landing with Americans from Kabul

      The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday denied U.S. landing rights for a charter plane carrying more than 100 Americans and U.S. green card holders evacuated from Afghanistan, organizers of the flight said.

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      Taliban order no-shave rule

      The Taliban banned barbershops in a southern Afghanistan province from shaving or trimming beards, claiming their edict is in line with sharia, or Islamic law.

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      Biden at U.N.: 'For the first time in 20 years' the U.S. is not at war

      On Tuesday, President Biden addressed the United Nations General Assembly in a speech that addressed "the greatest challenges of our time," including COVID-19, climate change and armed conflict. "I stand here today, for the first time in 20 years, with the U.S. not at war," the president told delegates, "all the unmatched strength, energy and commitment, will and resources of our nation are now fully and squarely focused on what's ahead of us."

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      'It was a mistake': Pentagon says 10 civilians died in a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan

      During a Pentagon briefing on Friday, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie said an investigation had found that 10 civilians, including seven children, died in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul on Aug. 29. McKenzie said it is unlikely that those who died were linked to the terror group ISIS-K, adding, “It was a mistake, and I offer my sincere apology.”

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      Chair of Senate foreign relations panel says Afghanistan withdrawal was ‘clearly and fatally flawed’

      Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks Tuesday in a hearing on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, calling it “clearly and fatally flawed.” He said he expected to receive a “full explanation” from the witness, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, about the Biden administration’s decisions since coming into office in January. “There has to be accountability,” Menendez said.

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      Blinken: 100 U.S. citizens in Afghanistan want to leave

      Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified on Monday before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and said about 100 U.S. citizens are still in the country who wish to leave.

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      Afghan women will be allowed to study in gender-segregated universities, the Taliban say

      Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at postgraduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the Taliban government's new higher education minister said Sunday.

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      Tony Blair says 'boots on the ground' needed to defeat radical Islam

      The former prime minister has urged world leaders to come together to develop a common strategy to counter the threat to their societies.

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      MP launches furious tirade at Boris Johnson after 'baby forcibly removed from Kabul flight to UK'

      The prime minister faces a grilling in the House of Commons amid the ongoing crisis.

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      General addresses Afghanistan evacuee screening process

      During a Pentagon briefing Thursday, Gen. Tod Wolters, commander of the U.S. European Command, spoke about the screening of Afghan refugees and evacuees and what happens if they fail that process.

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      Haibatullah Akhundzada: Who is the hardline leader of the Taliban?

      Little is known about the leader of the Taliban who prefers to work from the shadows and delegate day to ruling of the group to deputies.

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      Anti-Taliban resistance still wants peace despite failing talks

      Ahmad Wali Massoud, a negotiator for the anti-Taliban resistance movement operating in the last province of Afghanistan not controlled by the Taliban, believes an “all-out war” is possible following failing peace talks.

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      Only one-third of councils offer to resettle Afghan refugees – 'What's their excuse?'

      Around 100 local authorities, out of 333, have agreed to house migrants so far.

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      Afghan American activist helped thousands who were trying to flee Afghanistan

      Arash Azizzada, a co-founder of Afghan activist groups in the U.S., says his organization worked around the clock to help citizens who wanted to flee the country after the Taliban declared victory.

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      Taliban spokesman says there 'may not' be any women in top government posts

      The militant group had vowed to respect people's rights and allow women to work.

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      'Absurd': Dominic Raab refuses 11 times to reveal holiday dates as tensions boil over fall of Afghanistan

      'Why can't you just answer this question,' one MP asked. 'This is absurd.'

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      Taliban soldiers are reportedly going door-to-door and executing people – 'They haven't stopped killing'

      After the Taliban seized Afghanistan last month, it made a point of issuing conciliatory words. But worrying reports are already emerging about its brutal rule.

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      Pentagon 'not concerned' by gloating Taliban seizing abandoned US helicopters

      Video and images show Taliban fighters with abandoned US aircraft.

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      Afghan news anchor reads out headlines while flanked by gun-wielding Taliban fighters

      The video appears to show armed Taliban fighters surrounding a TV news anchor.

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      Pen Farthing cried for staff he left behind after fleeing Afghanistan with 150 animals

      Speaking from Oslo, the former Royal Marine recalled his emotions as his privately-chartered plane took off from Kabul on Saturday evening.

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      Pentagon announces the end of the U.S. war in Afghanistan

      At a Pentagon briefing on Thursday afternoon, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie announced that the U.S. military evacuation mission in Afghanistan has ended. McKenzie added that the 20-year U.S. mission in Afghanistan, which began after the Sept. 11 attacks, is also over.

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      Harvard professor who served in Afghanistan reflects on the end of the war

      Kit Parker, a Harvard professor of bioengineering and applied physics who served in Afghanistan as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, shares his thoughts as the war officially comes to an end.

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      Pentagon details military actions taken to deter threats as it leaves Afghanistan

      At a Pentagon briefing on Monday, Maj. Gen. William Taylor gave details of a U.S. military drone strike. Separately, Taylor said the U.S. military used force protection measures to thwart a rocket attack on the airport in Kabul.

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