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Women say they are afraid for their future as the Taliban takes control of Afghanistan’s government, with many doubting the Islamist group’s promises to preserve women’s rights. President Joe Biden stated on Friday that the Taliban’s ability to receive help and recognition will be determined by how they treat Afghan women and girls
eopardising the food security and livelihoods of millions of Yemenis.Rhe government’s necessary COVID-19 restriction measures, enacted to prevent the virus’s transmission, have exacerbated food supply and access at the home level
Afghan students studying in Indian colleges and universities are concerned about their country’s future prospects now that the Taliban has retaken power. The majority of Afghan students in India came on scholarships provided by the Indian government as a show of goodwill to promote education in the country
Afghan Refugees in Turkey say they took the risky journey to avoid returning to Taliban authority. Arif Aslan of VOA reports from eastern Turkey, where some of the Afghans he spoke with arrived in recent days after the Taliban took control of the Afghan capital Kabul
The International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism is observed on Saturday, August 21, and is tragically relevant in Burkina Faso, which is fighting Islamist extremists. Go Paga, a Burkinabe organisation, is assisting widows and orphans who have lost their spouses or fathers in rebuilding their lives
Afghan university students react to the Taliban’s takeover of their country in the United States and Afghanistan
The rush to evacuate tens of thousands of Americans and Afghans from Afghanistan is heating up as the possibilities for withdrawing any Afghan allies after August 31 become increasingly dubious
In terms of lives lost, personnel deployed, and monies spent, the war in Afghanistan has been costly to the United States
In recent days, the Taliban completed their quick invasion of Afghanistan by capturing Mazar-e-Sharif in the north, 23 years after capturing it and massacring thousands of its residents
Volunteers in Kenya are trying to spread awareness about the coronavirus among people living with HIV, the AIDS-causing virus. False claims have been circulating on social media that antiretroviral medications used to treat HIV may also be used to prevent and even cure COVID-19