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Two years into Taliban rule, Afghan women ask Canada for education and accountability
Afghan girls attend a class in an underground school, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 28, 2022. Ahead of the second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Kabul, Afghan women are asking Canadians to join them in protecting gains in girls' education and resisting legitimacy for the terrorist group. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Ebrahim Noroozi
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Three British men being held in Taliban custody in Afghanistan
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Suicide bomber kills six people near foreign ministry in Kabul
An ambulance carries victims from near the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on March 27, 2023. - A suicide attack on March 27 not far from Afghanistan's foreign ministry killed six civilians and wounded several others, the interior ministry said. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP) (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Media watchdog urges release of journalist detained in Kabul
FILE PHOTO: A Taliban fighter is seen at the Taliban flag-raising ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 31, 2022.REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo
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Former female Afghan MP shot dead in Kabul home, police say
A woman looks at a picture of former Afghan lawmaker Mursal Nabizada on her mobile phone, who was shot dead by gunmen last night at her house in Kabul on January 15, 2023. - Mursal Nabizada had been a member of parliament in the previous Western-backed regime who had turned down the opportunity to flee Afghanistan when the Taliban seized power in August 2021. "Nabizada, along with one of her bodyguards, was shot dead at her house," Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said on January 15. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP) (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Kabul checkpoint bomb blast kills, wounds several
Taliban fighters check the site of an explosion, near the Interior Ministry, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. A bomb exploded near a checkpoint at Kabul's military airport Sunday morning killing and wounding several people, a Taliban official said, the first deadly blast of 2023 in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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My family escaped hell in Afghanistan. Now, we’re in purgatory
Jawed Haqmal
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Assailants attack hotel in Kabul, Taliban official says
Taliban fighters are seen in the rooftop of a hotel building during a gunfire in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. A Taliban official says that a hotel building has come under a complex attack in the Afghan capital Kabul. (AP Photo)
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Islamic State claims responsibility for attack on Pakistani embassy in Kabul
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Gun attack targets Pakistan’s envoy in Kabul amid tensions
Taliban fighters stand guard near to the site of attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. A prominent politician and warlord, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, also escaped unhurt in a separate attack in Kabul on Friday, his office said in a statement. Security guards killed the two attackers as they tried to enter a mosque where Hekmatyar and his supporters had gathered for Friday prayers, the statement said. (AP Photo/Sidiqullah Khan)
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Suicide bomber strikes Kabul education centre, killing 19
Taliban fighters stand guard at the explosion site, near a mosque, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. An explosion went off near a mosque in Afghanistan's capital on Friday, with police confirming casualties. A column of black smoke rose into the sky and shots rang out several minutes after the blast in the city's diplomatic quarter. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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Death toll from overnight bombing in Pakistan rises to eight
In this picture taken on September 13, 2022, rescue workers carry the body of a blast victim into an ambulance following an overnight bomb blast in Pakistan's northwest Swat valley. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Two Russian embassy staff dead, four others killed in suicide bomb blast in Kabul
Taliban fighters (C) stand guard along a road near the Russian embassy after a suicide attack in Kabul on September 5, 2022. - A suicide bomber struck near the Russian embassy in the Afghan capital on September 5, killing two staff from the diplomatic mission and wounding several other people, the foreign ministry in Moscow said. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP) (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. commits to talks on releasing Afghanistan assets despite frustration with Taliban
Taliban fighters celebrate one year since they seized the Afghan capital, Kabul, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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Death toll from bombing at Kabul mosque rises to at least 21, police say
Mourners carry the body of a victim of a mosque bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 18. 2022. A bombing at a mosque in Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded over two dozen, an eyewitness and police said. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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Bombing at Kabul mosque kills at least 10 people, including prominent cleric
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Opposition MPs, non-profit groups urge Ottawa to step up efforts to help stranded Afghans
Taliban fighters celebrate one year since they seized the Afghan capital, Kabul, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. The Taliban marked the first-year anniversary of their takeover after the country's western-backed government fled and the Afghan military crumbled in the face of the insurgents' advance. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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A year on, ex-Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani defends role in Taliban takeover
FILE - Passengers walk to the departures terminal of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, past a mural of President Ashraf Ghani, as the Taliban offensive encircled the capital. On the eve of the anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Kabul, Afghanistan's former president on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, defended what he said was a split-second decision to flee, saying he wanted to avoid the humiliation of surrender to the insurgents. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
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Afghanistan is a picture of sorrow one year after Taliban takeover
A young woman buys a bread in a bakery shop in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 11, 2022. THE GLOBE AND MAIL/GORAN TOMASEVIC
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Amid its brutal economic crisis, Afghanistan’s middle class has collapsed into poverty
Hikmat Noori
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Blast hits Sikh temple in Afghan capital Kabul, temple official says
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Afghan lawyer asks Ottawa to prioritize resettlement of colleagues who served embassy in Kabul
Saeeq Shajjan, an Afghan refugee who made it to Canada and whose law firm worked for the Canadian embassy in Kabul for almost 9 years. poses for a photograph at home in Toronto, on Tuesday, December 14. 2021. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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Blast in Kabul mosque, Islamic State bombs in north Afghanistan kill 14
An injured man is transported to a hospital after a bombing in Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. A series of explosions shook Afghanistan on Wednesday, the Taliban said, including a blast inside a mosque in the capital of Kabul that killed at least five worshippers and three bombings of minivans in the country's north that killed nine passengers. (AP Photo/Masih Paeiz)
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With no clear path to Canada, Afghan lawyers seeking refuge say they’re forced to live in secrecy
Saeeq Shajjan, an Afghan refugee who made it to Canada and whose law firm worked for the Canadian embassy in Kabul for almost 9 years. poses for a photograph at home in Toronto, on Tuesday, December 14. 2021. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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Many Afghan women pushing back against Taliban orders to cover up
A girl sits in front of a bakery in the crowd with Afghan women waiting to receive bread in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 31, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara
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Second bombing in two days in Kabul on eve of Eid al-Fitr holiday
An Ambulance is seen near the site of explosions at Khalifa Sahib Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan April 29, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara
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I am an Afghan refugee, and I am daring to hope
Faizullah Abdalli
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Blast at Kabul mosque kills at least 10 people
Onlookers stand next to an ambulance carrying victims near the site of a blast in Kabul on April 29, 2022. - A blast ripped through a Sunni mosque in the Afghan capital on April 29, killing up to 10 people, an interior ministry official said. (Photo by Wakil kohsar / AFP) (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Series of explosions across Afghanistan kill at least 10 people, injure dozens
This frame grab image from video, shows a Taliban fighter standing guard outside the site of a bomb explosion inside a mosque, in Mazar-e-Sharif province, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 21, 2022. A series of explosions across Afghanistan on Thursday killed at least 10 people and wounded scores more, according to police and hospital officials. No one immediately took responsibility for the deadly explosions, but they mostly targeted the country's minority Shiite Muslims and had all the hallmarks of a deadly Islamic State affiliate known as Islamic State in Khorasan Province, or IS-K. (AP Photo)
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At least six killed in blasts at Kabul high school
Taliban fighters stand guard at the site of an explosion in front of a school, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. An Afghan police spokesman says explosions targeting educational institutions in Kabul have killed at least six civilians and injured over 10 others. Khalid Zadran said Tuesday the blasts occurred in the mostly-Shiite Muslim area in the west of Afghanistan's capital. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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Morning Update: ‘Canada has left us high and dry,’ former guard stranded in Kabul says
(FILES) In this file photo Afghans crowd at the tarmac of the Kabul airport on August 16, 2021, to flee the country as the Taliban were in control of Afghanistan after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country and conceded the insurgents had won the 20-year war. - Most Afghan allies seeking to flee with the US withdrawal were unable to do so due to airport chaos, a senior official said on September 1, 2021 as he described being "haunted" by the choices. President Joe Biden's administration says the victorious Taliban have promised to keep letting Afghans leave but many who worked for the United States over its 20-year mission fear retribution. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Canada can’t save the world, but we can fulfill our commitment to Afghan refugees
Robyn Urback
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B.C. woman desperate to bring her Afghan parents to Canada from Ukraine
Marzia Hosseini is trying to help get her family out of Ukraine. She poses for a photo in Richmond, British Columbia, March 2, 2022. Jimmy Jeong for The Globe and Mail.
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Canada shares responsibility for the disaster in Afghanistan. It must do more to help before the country collapses completely
Matthieu Aikins