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Afghanistan
As the Taliban doles out lashings, what have Afghan women and girls lost in 15 months under the extremists? — cbsnews — 21 November 2022 (LINK)
Foundation meets to discuss frozen Afghan funds — swissinfo — 21 November 2022 (LINK)
Afghan supreme leader orders full implementation of Islamic law including public executions, stonings and floggings, and the amputation of limbs for thieves — ground.news: 43 sources — 15 November 2022 from 13 November (LINK)
Taliban ban Afghan women from gyms and public baths — ground.news: 25 sources — 14 November 2022 from 13 November (LINK)
Judges give green light for ICC prosecutor to resume Afghanistan probe — ground.news — 31 October 2022 (LINK)
Taliban official: Blast in Shiite area of Kabul kills 19 — ground.news — 1 October 2022 (LINK)
Afghan Taliban sign deal for Russian oil products, gas and wheat — ground.news — 29 September 2022 (LINK)
Navy veteran freed by Taliban in exchange for Afghan drug lord, US officials confirm — usnews — 14 September 2022 (LINK)
U.S. to move $3.5 billion in Afghan Central Bank assets to Swiss-based trust — usnews — 14 September 2022 (LINK)
UN expert describes 'staggering repression' of women and girls in Afghanistan — theguardian — 12 September 2022 (LINK)
— UN mission accused Taliban authorities of harassing UN Afghan female employees.
Self-destruct in front of the Russian embassy in Afghanistan, 2 deaths IS makes a crime statement — ground.news — 6 September 2022 (LINK)
The daughter of a former Afghan general claims she was forced to marry a Taliban official and raped every night — businessinsider — 4 September 2022 (LINK)
Taliban set off fireworks to celebrate first anniversary of U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan — ground.news — 29 August 2022 (LINK)
In the Taliban's Afghanistan, the near-broke central bank somehow still functions — but much doesn't — npr — 29 August 2022 (LINK)
The banking system has seized up. Credit cards aren't working. Afghans abroad struggle to send money to relatives back home.
Huge explosion hits Kabul mosque, many casualties feared: maybe 20 killed — ground.news — 18 August 2022 (LINK)
Heavy rains set off flash floods, killing 31 in Afghanistan — ground.news — 15 August 2022 (LINK)
Taliban violently disperse rare women's protest in Kabul — ground.news — 14 August 2022 (LINK)
One year later, Afghanistan is a land of shrugs and sadness — foreignpolicy — 13 August 2022 (LINK)
Undercover journalist in Afghanistan finds Taliban are abducting, imprisoning women — npr — 4 August 2022 (LINK)
Months of careful planning led to al Qaida chief's killing — ground.news — 2 August 2022 (LINK)
New report on Afghanistan reconstruction shows bleak outlook for women — cbsnews — 1 August 2022 (LINK)
U.S. drone strike kills Ayman al-Zawahri, top Qaeda leader — nytimes — 1 August 2022 (LINK)
Several wounded in grenade blast at cricket match in Afghanistan — ground.news — 30 July 2022 (LINK)
UN report highlights hundreds of rights violations in Afghanistan — reuters — 20 July 2022 (LINK)
SAS reports reveal troubling pattern of suspicious deaths in Afghanistan — ground.news — 12 July 2022 (LINK)
Meeting of Afghan clerics ends with silence on education for girls — theguardian — 3 July 2022 (LINK)
After earthquake that killed 1,000, Afghanistan braces for cholera, disease outbreaks — reuters / cnn — 27 June 2022 (LINK)
Taliban call for unfreezing of bank funds after deadly earthquake, with death toll 1,150 — aljazeera — 25 June 2022 (LINK)
Taliban authorities have promised to not interfere with aid to victims, saying organisations can distribute themselves.
Measles outbreak strains Afghanistan's weak health system — thenewhumanitarian — 21 June 2022 (LINK)
U.N. Security Council stops travel for two Taliban education ministers after the Taliban backtracked in March on their pledge to open high schools for girls — ground.news: 10 sources, 80%→ coverage — 21 June 2022 (LINK)
Taliban release five British nationals held for six months, including Peter Jouvenal — theguardian — 20 June 2022 (LINK)
UN rights chief decries Taliban's 'systematic oppression' of women — afp / citizen — 16 June 2022 (LINK)
UN envoy's farewell: My heart breaks for Afghan girls, women — ap / stripes — 16 June 2022 (LINK)
At least four killed in minibus bomb attack in Afghanistan's capital: Police — alarabiya — 11 June 2022 (LINK)
Ex-Taliban detainee secures release of American woman in Afghanistan — axios — 11 June 2022 (LINK)
World must tell Taliban it's going in wrong direction, says German foreign minister — arabnews — 7 June 2022 (LINK)
What it means to 'be disappeared' in the Taliban's Afghanistan: The Taliban is using biometrics provided by the international community to crack down on its opponents — grid — 7 June 2022 (LINK)
A terror comeback? Al-Qaida resurges in Afghanistan, says UN — gzeromedia — 5 June 2022 (LINK)
Afghan journalists facing death threats and beatings, despite UK pledge to save them — theguardian — 28 May 2022 (LINK)
1.1 million Afghan children could face severe malnutrition — ground.news — 24 May 2022 (LINK)
Afghanistan's female TV presenters must cover their faces, say Taliban — bbc — 19 May 2022 (LINK)
Watchdog: US troop pullout was key factor in Afghan collapse — apnews — 18 May 2022 (LINK)
Taliban dissolve Afghanistan's Human Rights Commission, other key bodies — reuters — 16 May 2022 (LINK)
Afghanistan in free fall — ground.news — 15 May 2022 (LINK)
Taliban Order Afghan Women To Cover Fully In Public — afp / barrons — 7 May 2022 (LINK)
Second bombing in two days in Kabul on eve of Eid al-Fitr holiday — reuters — 30 April 2022 (LINK)
Afghanistan death toll in 'Pakistan strikes' rises to at least 47: officials — ground.news — 17 April 2022 (LINK)
Five Afghan children die in Pakistan rocket attacks: Officials — ground.news — 15 April 2022 (LINK)
Taliban clamp down on drugs, announce ban on poppy harvest — ap / abcnews — 3 April 2022 (LINK)
Afghanistan: World Bank freezes projects over girls' school ban — bbc — 29 March 2022 (LINK)
Taliban denies Afghan women solo air travel, segregates parks by sex and sends home men with short beards — reuters — 29 March 2022 (LINK)
Britain to co-host Afghanistan aid summit on 31 March 2022, hoping to raise $4.4 billion — reuters — 28 March 2022 (LINK)
UN Security Council asks Taliban to allow Afghan girls to attend school — ground.news — 28 March 2022 (LINK)
Afghan girls stage protest, demand Taliban reopen schools — aljazeera — 26 March 2022 (LINK)
Taliban backtrack on reopening high schools for girls — bbc — 23 March 2022 (LINK)
Afghanistan's Last Finance Minister Now an Uber Driver — barrons — 18 March 2022 (LINK)
World Must Not Forget Afghanistan Because Of Ukraine War: UN Refugee chief — barrons — 15 March 2022 (LINK)
Afghans turn to cryptocurrencies amid US sanctions — bbc — 15 March 2022 (LINK)
Taliban ban Afghans from evacuating amid massive security sweep — ground.news — 28 February 2022 (LINK)
Desperate Afghans resort to selling their kidneys to feed families — afp / ground.news — 28 February 2022 (LINK)
Eight polio vaccinators killed in series of Afghan attacks: UN — afp / wionews — 24 February 2022 (LINK)
Taliban says women workers must cover up — ground.news — 22 February 2022 (LINK)
Biden rejects critical findings of Army report on Afghanistan — ground.news — 11 February 2022 (LINK)
The US is still keeping nearly $10 billion of Afghan assets frozen from the Taliban, but says banks are allowed to send humanitarian aid — businessinsider — 3 February 2022 (LINK)
US-Europe Joint Statement on Afghanistan — reliefweb — 26 January 2022 (LINK)
UN provides USD 32 million cash aid to Afghanistan — aninews — 22 January 2022 (LINK)
The Taliban are wiping out women from the public sphere, UN experts warn — genevasolutions — 17 January 2022 (LINK)
UN agency official warns Afghanistan is facing "tsunami of hunger" — axios — 13 January 2022 (LINK)
Baby given to US soldier during Afghan withdrawal is reunited with relatives — theguardian — 10 January 2022 (LINK)
Taliban bans women from travelling longer distances unless with male relative — france24 — 26 December 2021 (LINK)
Afghan girl from iconic National Geographic cover evacuated to Italy — thehill — 25 November 2021 (LINK)
Afghan banking system on brink of collapse, UN warns — dw — 22 November 2021 (LINK)
UN envoy: Afghanistan on brink of `humanitarian catastrophe' — apnews — 18 November 2021 (LINK)
Taliban bans foreign currencies in Afghanistan — bbc — 3 November 2021 (LINK)
Watchdog: State Dept. and Pentagon withholding critical information about Afghanistan over 20 years — axios — 30 October 2021 (LINK)
Afghanistan's economy is imploding, with all but three per cent of households expected to fall below the poverty line in coming months, the UN said. The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has announced the launch of a "people's economy" fund, to provide desperately needed access to cash — un — 21 October 2021 (LINK)
The fund will tap into donations frozen since the Taliban takeover in August. Germany has already pledged $58 million of the more than $660 million required over the next 12 months, UNDP chief, Achim Steiner, told journalists in Geneva. Cash in local currency will be provided directly to community groups and to Afghan workers in public works programmes, such as drought and flood control. Grants will also be given to micro-enterprises and a temporary basic income would be paid to the vulnerable elderly and disabled.
U.S. offers condolence payments to families of civilians killed in Kabul air strike — axios — 16 October 2021 (LINK)
Afghanistan: Suicide attack hits Kandahar mosque during prayers — bbc — 15 October 2021 (LINK)
EU announces €1 billion in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan — euronews — 12 October 2021 (LINK)
The new package builds upon €300 million which had been already agreed to support the country's civilian population, protect human rights and advance the coronavirus vaccination campaign. The European Commission will now add an extra €250 million for similar purposes. These €550 million in aid will be channelled through international organisations working inside Afghanistan. The remaining €450 million has not yet been earmarked for concrete objectives.