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Agence France-Presse: Afghan musicians mourn abandoned instruments

Viola player Bahar was practicing at her music college in the Afghan capital when news broke that the Taliban had reached the city. Read more here.
Agence France-Presse

Reuters: Running out of dollars, Afghan banks ask Taliban for more cash

FRANKFURT/MUMBAI – Afghanistan’s banks are running out of dollars, and may have to close their doors to customers unless the Taliban government …
Reuters

Ben Dubow: Putin’s dance with jihad

Putin’s view of the fight against Islamism is shaped by his belief that Westerners make calculations the same way he does. Jihadi violence has stalked …
Ben Dubow

Reuters: Afghan envoy says Taliban have broken promises on rights

The Taliban have already broken their promises to safeguard women and protect human rights, and the international community must hold them to account, …
Reuters

CNN: Afghan women are sharing photos of dresses to protest the hijab mandate

Afghan women around the world are protesting the Taliban’s new hijab requirement in schools by posting photos of themselves wearing colorful …
CNN

Pavel Baev: Russian-style multilateralism

Amidst the ongoing turmoil in Afghanistan, Russia has been convening or partaking in unusually numerous multilateral forums. Russia’s President …
Pavel K. Baev

William Taylor: The Biden doctrine should start with Ukraine

Following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, some see an emerging Biden doctrine, which aims to avoid the aggressive use of U.S. military force and …
William Taylor

UA.TV news from Sept. 13

Zelensky: Ukraine cannot be compared to Afghanistan in terms of United States support. Ukrainian Ambassador on the outcome of Ukraine’s President …
UA.TV

Reuters: Donors pledge $1.1 billion for ‘collapsing’ Afghanistan

Donors have pledged more than $1.1 billion to help Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger have spiraled since the Islamist Taliban took power, and …
Reuters

BBC: Taliban kill civilians in resistance stronghold

The BBC has found that at least 20 civilians have been killed in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley, which has seen fighting between the Taliban and …
BBC

Reuters: Russia planning to send humanitarian aid to Afghanistan

Russia is planning to send food and medicine to Afghanistan soon as humanitarian aid, the RIA news agency cited Russia’s foreign ministry as saying on …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Afghan pilots who fled to Uzbekistan begin transfer to US military base

U.S.-trained Afghan pilots who flew themselves and their family members to Uzbekistan before the Taliban takeover have begun departing the …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Nuland says US withdrawal from Afghanistan not to affect relations with Ukraine

U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland assured that the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan will not affect relations with …
Interfax-Ukraine

Associated Press: UN raises alarm on Taliban crackdown on dissent, journalists

KABUL, Afghanistan — The United Nations on Sept. 10 sounded the alarm over Taliban crackdowns on peaceful protests, many of them by women demanding …
Associated Press

UkrInform: 2 Ukrainians evacuated to Doha on first commercial flight from Kabul

Two Ukrainians – a mother and her child – have been evacuated from Afghanistan on the first commercial flight from Kabul International Airport since …
UkrInform

Alexei Bayer: The 20th anniversary of the war on terror

The Sept. 11 memorial at the tip of Manhattan is all about commemorating loss. The pools marking the footprint of the towers missing from the New York …
Alexei Bayer

RFE/RL: Ukrainian pilot recalls chaotic Kabul evacuation

Ukrainian pilot Veronika Borisova had once led Afghanistan’s first all-female flight crew, but on Aug. 15, she had a very different assignment — …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Russia invited to inauguration ceremony for new Afghan government

DUBAI – Russia is among the six nations invited to the inauguration of the new government of Afghanistan, Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani …
Interfax-Ukraine
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