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UN leader Amina Mohamed: Taliban’s restrictions on Afghan women ‘have to be reversed’

Thursday, March 9 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The Afghan Taliban began reversing women’s rights soon after returning to power in 2021, imposing bans on education, work and the ability to travel without a male guardian. Women who have protested the oppressive new rules face arrest and the possibility... Read More.

Afghan girls and women defy Taliban by continuing studies in secret schools

Wednesday, March 8 by ABC News

(AFGHANISTAN) -- More than 600 Afghan women and girls refuse to bow down to the Taliban's ban on education. Run by 25-year-old Parasto, a non-registered NGO called SRAK allows students to take their studies underground in a secret network of schools.The brutal crackdown on... Read More.

Snohomish County Welcomes More Than 2,600 Afghan and Ukrainian Refugees

Wednesday, February 15 by Marcee Maylin

Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers announced that since October 2021, when the United States saw a significant influx of refugees from conflict zones, the County in partnership with local nonprofits have provided resettlement services and support... Read More.

US threatens Taliban with ‘costs’ after ban on Afghan women and girls from school

Friday, December 23 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The Taliban returned to power over Afghanistan issuing public promises to preserve its people's basic freedoms. But just as swiftly as the group grasped control, it reneged on those guarantees -- completely blocking female students' access to education through a series... Read More.

Afghan refugee family reflects on escape, new life in US

Wednesday, August 31 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- "They know that I was working with the coalition forces," Abdul, a former interpreter for the U.S. Marines said about the Taliban when ABC News spoke with him in June 2021. "If they take over Kabul, they will come, they will behead... Read More.

A year later, Afghan refugees grapple with new reality US exit created

Wednesday, August 31 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- When he was away in the U.K. studying international development and economics, Khalis Noori always envisioned returning home to Afghanistan and using his education to better his country.But as he was setting up his new office in Afghanistan's Ministry of Finance,... Read More.

Having survived a Russian invasion once, an Afghan refugee now fights for Ukrainian freedom

Wednesday, July 27 by ABC News

(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Jalal Noory, an Afghan refugee in Ukraine who serves in the Ukrainian armed forces, defended the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv from being captured by Russian troops at the onset of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine earlier this year. Noory and his... Read More.

Afghan journalists who fled the Taliban say they’re in limbo in Pakistan

Friday, May 13 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- After eight months of living in hiding and moving between three safe houses in different cities in her native Afghanistan, 32-year-old journalist Fawzia Sayedzada said she fled her Taliban-ruled country in April.Sayedzada told ABC News that she had been arrested in Kabul... Read More.

Biden to use $7 billion in Afghan funds for humanitarian relief, 9/11 compensation

Friday, February 11 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday setting in motion a plan to make $7 billion in Afghan funds held in the United States available to compensate victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, and to provide humanitarian relief and other support... Read More.

Snohomish County Prepares For Afghan Refugees

Friday, August 27 by Daniel Albert

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen who represents Washington’s 2nd District released a statement on Aug. 24 regarding the current situation in Afghanistan. The senior member of the House Armed Services Committee was calling on the Biden administration to extend the August 31st deadline of complete... Read More.

Stories tagged with: afghan

UN leader Amina Mohamed: Taliban’s restrictions on Afghan women ‘have to be reversed’

Afghan girls and women defy Taliban by continuing studies in secret schools

Snohomish County Welcomes More Than 2,600 Afghan and Ukrainian Refugees

US threatens Taliban with ‘costs’ after ban on Afghan women and girls from school

Afghan refugee family reflects on escape, new life in US

A year later, Afghan refugees grapple with new reality US exit created

Having survived a Russian invasion once, an Afghan refugee now fights for Ukrainian freedom

Afghan journalists who fled the Taliban say they’re in limbo in Pakistan

Biden to use $7 billion in Afghan funds for humanitarian relief, 9/11 compensation

Snohomish County Prepares For Afghan Refugees

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