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About 100 more Ukrainians want to leave Afghanistan

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (MFA), currently about 100 Ukrainians want to leave Afghanistan, spokesperson of the Foreign …
Interfax-Ukraine

Ukraine evacuates 96 people from Kabul

Ukraine completed another successful evacuation from Afghanistan, bringing 96 people from Kabul to Kyiv on the night of Sept. 23, according to …
Anastasiia Lapatina

RFE/RL: Afghan students in Tajikistan face an uncertain future

Following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, the previous government’s funding for a school for Afghans in Tajikistan’s capital was cut off. A …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Plane with evacuated Ukrainian citizens arrive from Afghanistan to Kyiv

A plane from Afghanistan, sent to evacuate Ukrainian citizens and their families, has landed at the Boryspil international airport, the Ministry of …
Interfax-Ukraine

Plane with about 100 evacuated citizens leaves for Ukraine from Kabul

A civilian plane, carrying about 100 evacuated citizens, took off from the airport in Kabul (Afghanistan) on Sept. 23 and is expected to arrive in …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Echoes, uncertainty as Afghan pilots await US help in Tajikistan

A U.S.-trained Afghan pilot was talking to Reuters on a smuggled cellphone from Tajikistan, where he is being held when something strange happened – …
Reuters

UkrInform: Civilian plane leaves Kabul with about 100 Ukrainians on board

A civilian plane took off from Kabul airport with about 100 Ukrainian nationals on board, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of …
UkrInform

Al Jazeera: Month after Taliban takeover, Ukrainians stranded in Afghanistan

Dozens of Ukrainian citizens originally from Afghanistan remain in the war-torn country, despite repeated pleas for evacuation. Read more here.
Al Jazeera

Reuters: Taliban appoint hardline battlefield commanders to key Afghan posts

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers announced several senior appointments on September 21, naming two veteran battlefield commanders from the movement’s …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Taliban prime minister meets with Russian, Chinese, Pakistani envoys

The acting head of Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government, Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund, has met in Kabul with representatives from Russia, China, and …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Al Jazeera: India seized $2.7 billion in Afghan heroin amid Taliban takeover chaos

Indian officials say they seized nearly three tonnes of heroin originating from Afghanistan worth an estimated 200bn rupees ($2,72 billion) amid the …
Al Jazeera

Agence France-Presse: Taliban says girls to return to school ‘soon as possible’

The Taliban said on September 21 Afghan girls will be allowed to return to school “as soon as possible”, after their movement faced shock and fury …
Agence France-Presse

Deutsche Welle: Afghan women demand their rights under Taliban rule

Several Afghan women gathered in Kabul on September 19 to demand the right to work and study under the new Taliban-run government. Read more here.
Deutsche Welle

The Observer: ‘We don’t want people to be in a panic,’ says chief of Taliban morality police

Mawlawi Mohammad Shebani is officially in charge of policing morals throughout Kandahar, the Taliban heartland of southern Afghanistan. Read more …
The Observer

BBC: Girls excluded as Afghan secondary schools reopen

The Taliban have excluded girls from Afghan secondary schools, after they ordered only boys and male teachers to return to the classroom. Read more …
BBC

The Moscow Times: China and Russia urge Taliban to keep security promises

Russia and China’s leaders on Sept. 17 urged the new Taliban government in Afghanistan to remain peaceful to its neighbors and combat terrorism and …
The Moscow Times

Reuters: Putin says Russia needs to work with the Taliban

Russia needs to work with the Taliban government in Afghanistan, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday at a meeting of a China- and Russia-led …
Reuters

Reuters: China’s Xi urges Afghanistan to stamp out terrorism, vows more aid

China’s President Xi Jinping urged “relevant parties” in Afghanistan to eradicate terrorism and promised to provide more help to the war-torn nation, …
Reuters
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