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Officials: Taliban blocked unaccompanied women from flights
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers refused to allow dozens of women to board several flights, including some overseas, because they were traveling without a male guardian, two Afghan airline officials said Saturday.…READ MORE
Many baffled by Taliban reneging pledge on girls’ education
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A news presenter on Afghanistan’s TOLO TV wept as he read the announcement. Images of girls crying after being turned back from school flooded social media. Aid groups and many others remained baffled.…READ MORE
China’s foreign minister makes surprise stop in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — China’s foreign minister made a surprise stop in Kabul on Thursday to meet Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers, even as the international community fumes over the hard-line movement’s broken promise a day earlier to open schools to girls beyond the sixth grade.…READ MORE