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Confusion surrounds the state of internet connectivity in Afghanistan, after some networks were apparently restored on Wednesday following an outage that began Monday. CBC | World News
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UN appeals to Taliban to restore internet, telecommunications access across Afghanistan
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan urged the Taliban on Tuesday to restore internet and telecommunications access across the country, saying the blackout imposed by the government in Kabul has left the country almost entirely cut off from the outside world. CBC | World News
Read More »Reform UK’s Taliban deportation plan already in action by major EU country
A major EU country has already established a returns agreement with the Taliban, deporting 81 failed asylum seekers who had committed crimes to Kabul. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Canada won’t let this Afghan refugee in from the U.S. His family worries the Taliban might kill him back home
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Read More »International court issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders for persecuting women, girls
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for the Taliban’s supreme leader and the head of Afghanistan’s Supreme Court on charges of persecuting women and girls since seizing power nearly four years ago. CBC | World News
Read More »Brit pensioners locked up in Taliban jail chained to ‘killers, rapists and possessed man’
A British couple in their 70s have been detained in a Taliban prison since February after being arrested near their home in Afghanistan Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Afghanistan’s female cricketers reunite for a match after 3 years in exile due to Taliban ban
Cricketer Firooza Amiri says her team will “represent millions of women in Afghanistan who are denied their rights” when the side reunites after more than three years for an exhibition game in Australia on Thursday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Taliban to close all NGOs employing Afghan women
The Taliban say they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women. It comes two years after they told NGOs to suspend the employment of Afghan women, allegedly because they didn’t wear the Islamic headscarf correctly. CBC | World News
Read More »Taliban suspends polio vaccinations in Afghanistan
The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN said Monday. It’s a devastating setback for polio eradication, since the virus is one of the world’s most infectious and any unvaccinated groups of children where the virus is spreading could undo years of progress. CBC | World News
Read More »How 3 years of Taliban government have affected the lives of women and girls in Afghanistan
CBC’s Susan Ormiston speaks with three Afghan exiles living in Canada about the changes they’re seeing in Afghanistan and the impact that has had on women and girls in the country, three years after the U.S. withdrawal from the country. CBC | World News
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