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A letter to … a child born the day the Taliban retook Afghanistan

A Hazara mother writes to the son she gave birth to in Kabul on August 15, 2021, reflecting on what has been lost.

Al Jazeera

His daughter with a dangerous heart condition, a top Afghan official fled the Taliban and bombs one year ago. They live in Philadelphia and a hospital is ready to operate

PHILADELPHIA — One year ago, Haseeb Payab was in his family’s sprawling, garden-lined home in Kabul that overlooks mountains on all sides, but he was growing ever anxious despite the peaceful setting.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Doyle McManus: Kabul’s fall was a debacle, but long-term impact hasn’t been as catastrophic as feared

WASHINGTON — One year ago, as President Joe Biden was withdrawing the last American troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban swept into Kabul and abruptly brought a 20-year, $2.3 trillion U.S. war to an ignominious end.

Los Angeles Times

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Taliban Mark Turbulent First Year in Power

The Taliban marked the first anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan with a national holiday Monday, following a turbulent year that saw women's rights crushed and a humanitarian crisis worsen. Exactly a year ago, the hardline Taliban captured Kabul after their nationwide lightning offensive against government forces ended…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Afghanistan suffering ‘one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises’ under Taliban

Afghanistan has been suffering through a grave humanitarian crisis since the Taliban took control on August 15, 2021. According to the UN, 95 percent of Afghans are going hungry. It’s a catastrophe that worsened after the fall of Kabul one year ago, exacerbated by the US decision to freeze the…

France 24

The Albanese government must save those left behind in the Taliban’s Afghanistan

Hazaras, women and other minorities are increasingly under threat of violence and persecution since the Taliban takeover of Kabul

The Guardian - AU

Taliban mark turbulent first year in power

Kabul (AFP) - The Taliban marked the first anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan with a national holiday Monday, following a turbulent year that saw women's rights crushed and a humanitarian crisis worsen.

AFP

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Letters from those left behind: Afghans who worked for Australia describe desperation as they hide from Taliban

These are the stories of interpreters, embassy staff, guards and aid workers still trying to get to Australia a year after the fall of Kabul

The Guardian - AU

Visa backlog marks Kabul fall anniversary

Australia is yet to allocate the vast majority of 31,500 visas for people fleeing Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of Kabul a year ago.

Crikey

Morning mail: Afghan refugee visa limbo, Turnbull backs voice, Olivia Newton-John’s best

Monday: Today marks one year since the Taliban recaptured Kabul but some who fled the capital are stuck in a legal limbo. Plus: Salman Rushdie’s son says his ‘defiant sense of humour’ is intact

The Guardian - AU

How UK’s broken promises have left Afghans living in terror for a year and counting

When Kabul fell a year ago, Britain pledged to take in those who would face reprisals for working with UK forces. Instead, thousands are still waiting to find out if they will be able to escape the Taliban’s clutches. They tell May Bulman they feel like they’re simply waiting for…

The Independent UK

A year on from the fall of Kabul, Afghans reflect on their new lives in Australia

Before her modest restart to life in Melbourne, Maryam Nabavi was a brave female journalist in Kabul when the Taliban overran the Afghan capital on August 15, 2021, forcing her — like so many of her peers — to flee for life.

ABC News

A year on, ex-Afghan leader defends role in Taliban takeover

On the eve of the anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Kabul, Afghanistan’s former president has defended what he says was a split-second decision to flee

The Independent UK

‘Every day I am fearful’: Afghans with Australian visas wait in limbo a year after the fall of Kabul

One man who served with Australian troops tells the Guardian he is stranded in a Dutch refugee camp while his family remain in hiding in Afghanistan

The Guardian - AU

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Daily Mirror

Nearly 10,000 who fled Afghanistan a year ago living in 'unsuitable and unsafe' hotel rooms

A year since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, charities warn those who fled must not be forgotten, after Home Secretary Priti Patel voiced her "tremendous pride" in the much-criticised rescue operation in Kabul

Reuters

U.S. adversaries could exploit former Afghan commandos - U.S. Republican report

Former Afghan security personnel with sensitive knowledge of U.S. operations left behind by the American evacuation operation are vulnerable to recruitment or coercion by Russia, China and Iran, Republican lawmakers said on Sunday, noting that President Joe Biden's administration failed to prioritize evacuating them.

Axios

White House left Kabul evacuation decisions to final hours, GOP probe claims

The White House said the report is "riddled with inaccurate characterizations, cherry-picked information, and false claims."

Axios

Afghanistan: A day in the life, one year later — in photos

A glimpse into how life has changed for the millions of Afghans at home and abroad.

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France 24

Taliban failures in governance speed up Afghan brain drain (Part II)

The mass exodus sparked by the Taliban takeover compelled Afghanistan’s new rulers to issue a call for Afghans to stay and help rebuild the country. But after a year of Taliban rule, the economy is in tatters, confidence has been shattered, and Afghanistan’s best and brightest are not returning –…

France 24

Taliban failures speed up Afghan brain drain, battering an already crippled economy (Part I)

The mass exodus sparked by the August 2021 Taliban takeover compelled Afghanistan’s new rulers to issue a call for Afghans to stay and help rebuild the country. But after a year of Taliban rule, the economy is in tatters, confidence has been shattered, and Afghanistan’s best and brightest are not…

Al Jazeera

Q&A: Anas Haqqani on one year of Taliban rule

Taliban leader Anas Haqqani says his government would not allow armed groups to operate from its soil.

WEKU

These photos show who is (and isn't) included in the Taliban's Afghanistan

One year ago, the Taliban raised their white flag over Afghanistan's capital for the second time. NPR toured the country and spoke to the Taliban and residents about what has happened since.

France 24

Afghan medical student starts over in France

The 15th of August marks the one-year anniversary of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. FRANCE 24 has been talking to refugees who have fled the country. In episode four of our series of special reports, we meet Fatemeh Abdali, whose medical studies were interrupted when the Taliban took over Kabul.…

The Guardian - UK

Hypocrisy or a reason for hope? The Taliban who send their girls to school

The Afghan rulers’ ban on female schooling has provoked global anger, but opposition is also growing from within

The Guardian - UK

‘I was a policewoman. Now I beg in the street’: life for Afghan women one year after the Taliban took power

Students, mothers, widows, workers and artists explain how their world has altered under ‘gender apartheid’

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