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Afghan women once worked in this popular national park. Now they’re not even allowed to visit

Afghanistan’s Band-e-Amir National Park was known for having employed the country’s first-ever female park rangers. Now, women won’t even be allowed to visit, let alone work there, as the Taliban ...
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‘We have your location’: The Taliban death threats hounding this Afghan woman

“Where do you want me to rape you?” another message read. More than 5,000 calls and messages bombarded Marzieh Hamidi’s phone in the days after the Afghan Taekwondo champion dared to suggest that her ...
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Their family was ripped apart at the Kabul airport. Nearly 3 years later their greatest wish has come true

In late April, Albina Roman and her daughter landed at Los Angeles International Airport and saw the rest of their family for the first time in nearly three years. In the terminal, 8-year-old Muhsenat ...

Afghanistan’s historic Ariana Cinema torn down to make way for shopping center

Through the decades, downtown Kabul’s Ariana Cinema had weathered revolution and war, emerging battered and bruised but still standing to entertain Afghans with Bollywood movies and American action ...
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Afghanistan stuns Australia to secure one of the sport’s biggest upsets at T20 Cricket World Cup

It was a mismatch of considerable proportions. Australia won the T20 Cricket World Cup just three years ago, while Afghanistan has never progressed past the tournament’s second round nor defeated ...