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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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      'They are so defiant and so strong': Photojournalist Paula Bronstein on documenting women and girls in Afghanistan

      Photojournalist Paula Bronstein has covered Afghanistan for 20 years. She was recently evacuated from Kabul, shortly before the Taliban took over the capital city. Bronstein tells Yahoo News about some of the human rights issues faced by the Afghan women and girls she's documented through photos since December 2001.

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      The humanitarian mission in Afghanistan: Yahoo News Explains

      Amid the collapse of the Afghan government, deadly terror attacks and an uncertain political future, the humanitarian needs in Afghanistan are as great as they’ve ever been. Crystal A. Wells, media and editorial manager of the International Committee of the Red Cross, explains how organizations like the ICRC continue to operate under extremely dangerous conditions and why they are committed to remaining a neutral party in the conflict.

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      Which countries have evacuated the most people from Afghanistan?

      Britain has evacuated more than 13,700 British nationals and Afghans since the Taliban took hold two weeks ago.

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      Pen Farthing could be stuck in Kabul as minister admits - 'I don't know what his chances are'

      Defence secretary Ben Wallace said he doesn't know what Pen Farthing's chances are of getting out of Afghanistan.

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      Raab under fire again after sensitive papers left behind in British embassy for Taliban

      Foreign Office staff left paperwork identifying Afghans who had worked for the British for the Taliban to find, The Times reported.

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      McMaster on Afghanistan violence: 'We are going to see horrible image after horrible image'

      H.R. McMaster, the retired Army general and former national security adviser in the Trump administration, tells Yahoo News Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman and Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff that the attacks seen today in Kabul are "just the beginning" of violence and that he believes there will be a "steady drumbeat of horrors inflicted on the Afghan people" if the U.S. does not intervene

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      McMaster: 'It's time to reverse course' on Afghanistan withdrawal

      Former Trump administration national security adviser H.R. McMaster tells Yahoo News Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff that, in light of deadly terrorist attacks in Kabul, "it's time to reverse course" and that, 'we have put ourselves and the world at a much higher degree of danger by giving a country to the Taliban."

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      Afghanistan: Trump national security adviser weighs in on arming resistance against Taliban

      H.R. McMaster, the retired Army general and former national security adviser in the Trump administration, tells Yahoo News Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman that the U.S. should consider supporting Afghan insurgents fighting against the Taliban.

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      Ex-soldier Pen Farthing ‘shot at by gunman’ during attempt to get animals out of Afghanistan

      The animal shelter owner is attempting to get 200 dogs and cats out of Afghanistan.

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      Tory MP says male UK leaders are gaslighting women in Afghanistan

      Conservative MP Nus Ghani said Afghan women are being 'gaslighted' by male leaders in the UK who 'accept the Taliban’s PR'.

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      Biden says he’s mindful of threats to U.S. personnel in Afghanistan the longer they stay in the country

      Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, President Biden said the U.S. is on pace to complete the evacuation of Afghanistan by Aug. 31, but he has asked for plans to adjust the timeline if it’s necessary. He said he is mindful that staying in Afghanistan puts Americans at risk from groups such as ISIS-K.

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      Taliban orders officials to return to work

      Taliban demands former officials to get back to work.

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      Ex-Marine says bid to fly charity staff and 100 animals from Kabul 'blocked by MoD'

      Paul 'Pen' Farthing accused the government of causing a 'disaster' over a chartered flight.

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      Taliban says women should stay at home for their own safety

      Taliban spokesperson says women would not be permanently prevented from going back to work.

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      Former Afghan judge who was targeted by Taliban worries for women activists

      Marzia Babakarkhail was granted asylum in the U.K. in 2008 after Taliban fighters tried twice to kill her for her work in the judiciary. Now she fears for women activists who remain in the country as the militants return to power.

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