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Heavy flooding in Afghanistan has killed at least 12 people and left dozens missing

5:31am July 23, 2023

by The Associated Press

Government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Sunday that around 40 people are missing after the flash flooding late Saturday night in the Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak province, west of Kabul.

As Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021, a teenager got separated from his family at the airport and has been living on his own in the U.S.

An Afghan teen makes it to the U.S., but his family is left behind in Kabul

5:01am July 23, 2023

As Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021, a teenager got separated from his family at the airport and wound up on a plane without them. He's been living on his own in the U.S.

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Samira Muhammadi, the owner of Banowan-e-Afghan restaurant, prepares food for a birthday party.

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A pop-up restaurant in Kabul is run by women for women. The Taliban is watching

12:57pm June 01, 2023

by Maija Liuhto

This start-up aims to provide both food and economic opportunity to Afghan women. But success means first overcoming economic crises, cultural taboos and Taliban interference.

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5 people were killed in an explosion near the foreign ministry in Kabul

5:14pm January 11, 2023

by The Associated Press

An explosion near the Afghan foreign ministry killed five people and wounded several others, a Taliban police spokesman said. It was the second prominent attack in the capital so far in 2023.

At the demonstration in Rome, Hamid Sultani staged a performance of his "Escape" project. He says the red cloth represents the conservative Afghan society that he and his generation desire to escape from.

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'I was their teacher': A chance encounter as Afghans protest after a suicide bombing

9:39pm November 01, 2022

by Pierre Kattar

Pierre Kattar edited the pictures for an NPR story about two of the teenagers killed in the Sept. 30 attack. On Oct. 10, he went to a demonstration in Rome and made an unexpected connection.

Bicycles have become the only commuting option for many Afghans, who are often unable to afford a ride in a bus or a shared cab as the economy has unraveled under Taliban rule. But the conservative Taliban culture means that women are missing from the ranks of these new riders.

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Bikes are everywhere in Kabul since the Taliban takeover. But who's not cycling? Women

2:28pm September 29, 2022

As the economy unravels, "everyone is getting a bike," says one young resident. It's the cheapest way to get around. But the Taliban's conservative culture means women cyclists are not welcome.

Newborn baby Amina is treated for the gun wound in her right leg incurred during the May 12, 2020 attack on a maternity hospital in Kabul. After being rescued, she was brought to the French Medical Institute for Children for surgery.

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Whatever happened to the baby shot 3 times in the Kabul maternity hospital bombing?

1:18pm September 06, 2022

by Ruchi Kumar

The child incurred severe injuries in her right leg in the 2020 attack, which killed 24, including her mother. Complications mean a need for more surgeries. But it seemed impossible in Afghanistan.

Taliban guards stand at the entrance of the National Museum of Afghanistan after it reopened under Taliban control in Kabul in December.

The Taliban now guard Afghanistan's National Museum, where they once smashed objects

9:00am September 01, 2022

When the Taliban returned to power, cultural heritage advocates worried history might repeat itself and the group would destroy objects it found offensive. The museum is open now but has few visitors.

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Mourners carry the body of a victim of a mosque bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 18. 2022.

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Police say the death toll in Afghan capital mosque bombing surpasses 20

3:33am August 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the Wednesday attack that also wounded children, the latest to strike the country in the year since the Taliban seized power.

Women march down a main street in Kabul on Saturday, two days before the one-year anniversary of the Taliban takeover.

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Women march in a rare protest in Kabul's streets — and face violence from the Taliban

10:58am August 13, 2022

by Diaa Hadid

About two dozen women marched in Kabul chanting "bread, work, freedom," "we want political participation" and "no to enslavement," just days before the one-year anniversary of the Taliban takeover.