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Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, more than 1,000 civilians were killed in attacks, UN says

AP Audio Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 0:45

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports on Afghanistan UN Report.

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1 year since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

PRI's The World

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2022 46:33

It's been one year since the abrupt and chaotic fall of the Afghan capital, Kabul. The speed with which the Taliban took over shocked many people. And, author Salman Rushdie continues to recover after an attack on his life last week. Iran's former Supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a decree in 1989 calling for Rushdie's death, following the publication of his book, “Satanic Verses.” How is Rushdie and this case viewed today in Iran? Also, conservationists fight back with artificial intelligence to save wild tigers from extinction.

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August marks one year of Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

RTÉ - Morning Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2022 5:38

Mary Ellen McGroarty, Afghanistan Country Director with the World Food Programme, on the dire situation in the country one year after the Taliban took control.

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#02 - An Afghan Refugee on the Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan

Heal our Division

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2022 30:00

Did the United States make the right decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan last August? It's January 2022, and Americans are divided. My guest today is Hussain Rezai, a native Afghani who evacuated the country in the aftermath of the Taliban takeover of Kabul in August 2021. In July 2017, his fiancee, Najiba Bahar, was killed in a Taliban suicide bombing in the same city of Kabul. Najiba had returned to Afghanistan after acquiring a Masters Degree in Computer Science abroad. Her hope was to provide young Afghan women and those from deprived communities with inspiration to pursue higher education. Hussain started the Najiba Foundation in her honor. At first just a library, the foundation expanded to also include a solar-powered computer lab and girl's volleyball team. In October 2021 after their takeover, the Taliban destroyed the library, ransacked the computer lab, and the volleyball players went into hiding for fear of retribution. In this episode we discuss the Najiba Foundation's interactions with the Taliban, whether accusations of the Afghan people not fighting for themselves are accurate, the future of women's and human rights under the new Taliban rule, if foreign intervention is preferred, and more. Whether you agree or disagree with today's guest, I invite you to join with an open mind as we work to heal the division on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.GUEST INFORMATIONHussain Rezai: https://twitter.com/Husain_rezaiNajiba Foundation: https://twitter.com/Najiba_FDN

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