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U.N. warns Afghanistan faces a dire humanitarian crisis
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A massive explosion rocked Afghanistan's capital of Kabul last week igniting one of the bloodiest border conflicts between Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan in decades. CNN's Sophia Saifi reports. Read more: https://cnn.it/47rYxeF | CNN
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A massive explosion rocked Afghanistan's capital of Kabul last week igniting one of the bloodiest border conflicts between Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan in decades. CNN's Sophia Saifi reports. Read more: https://cnn.it/47rYxeF | CNN
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Here’s an update on “Sara,” an American trying to escape Afghanistan, bringing vulnerable women & children with her “I am confident that we will get her out, it’s going to be a rigorous activity,” says fmr. Army Intel Officer Sam Rogers as he works to extract her and others. | CNN
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Here’s an update on “Sara,” an American trying to escape Afghanistan, bringing vulnerable women & children with her “I am confident that we will get her out, it’s going to be a rigorous activity,” says fmr. Army Intel Officer Sam Rogers as he works to extract her and others. | CNN
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The Taliban are said to have seized at least 26 of Afghanistan's provincial capitals, including the capital of Kabul, since the beginning of August. Latest updates: https://cnn.it/3yRi04N | CNN
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The Taliban are said to have seized at least 26 of Afghanistan's provincial capitals, including the capital of Kabul, since the beginning of August. Latest updates: https://cnn.it/3yRi04N | CNN
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Taliban Takeover
Women, girls struggle for basic rights in Afghanistan one year after the Taliban takeover
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Women, girls struggle for basic rights in Afghanistan one year after the Taliban takeover
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Aug 15, 2022
Women’s rights being rolled back in Afghanistan - BBC News
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Women’s rights being rolled back in Afghanistan - BBC News
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'Normality' in Kabul after Taliban takeover of Afghanistan - BBC News
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'Normality' in Kabul after Taliban takeover of Afghanistan - BBC News
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A massive explosion rocked Afghanistan's capital of Kabul last week igniting one of the bloodiest border conflicts between Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan in decades. CNN's Sophia Saifi reports. Read more: https://cnn.it/47rYxeF | CNN
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A massive explosion rocked Afghanistan's capital of Kabul last week igniting one of the bloodiest border conflicts between Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan in decades. CNN's Sophia Saifi reports. Read more: https://cnn.it/47rYxeF | CNN
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Here’s an update on “Sara,” an American trying to escape Afghanistan, bringing vulnerable women & children with her “I am confident that we will get her out, it’s going to be a rigorous activity,” says fmr. Army Intel Officer Sam Rogers as he works to extract her and others. | CNN
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Here’s an update on “Sara,” an American trying to escape Afghanistan, bringing vulnerable women & children with her “I am confident that we will get her out, it’s going to be a rigorous activity,” says fmr. Army Intel Officer Sam Rogers as he works to extract her and others. | CNN
174.1K viewsSep 2, 2021
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The Taliban are said to have seized at least 26 of Afghanistan's provincial capitals, including the capital of Kabul, since the beginning of August. Latest updates: https://cnn.it/3yRi04N | CNN
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The Taliban are said to have seized at least 26 of Afghanistan's provincial capitals, including the capital of Kabul, since the beginning of August. Latest updates: https://cnn.it/3yRi04N | CNN
577.3K viewsAug 16, 2021
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CNN speaks with former Afghan translator Hewad Hemat about the situation in Afghanistan as thousands are attempting to flee the country after the Taliban's rise to power. | CNN
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CNN speaks with former Afghan translator Hewad Hemat about the situation in Afghanistan as thousands are attempting to flee the country after the Taliban's rise to power. | CNN
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The American flag at the US embassy in Kabul was taken down Sunday, marking a final step in the evacuation of the diplomatic compound, days earlier than US officials initially projected, according to a source familiar with the situation. Get the latest on Afghanistan https://cnn.it/37MUyKm | CNN
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The American flag at the US embassy in Kabul was taken down Sunday, marking a final step in the evacuation of the diplomatic compound, days earlier than US officials initially projected, according to a source familiar with the situation. Get the latest on Afghanistan https://cnn.it/37MUyKm | CNN
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Footage shows chaos at Kabul International Airport as hundreds try to flee the besieged Afghan capital as Taliban forces move in https://cnn.it/2VWjxZ6 | CNN International
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Footage shows chaos at Kabul International Airport as hundreds try to flee the besieged Afghan capital as Taliban forces move in https://cnn.it/2VWjxZ6 | CNN International
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Afghan reporter Nazira Karimi makes an emotional plea to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby at the Pentagon briefing after the Taliban's taking of Kabul. | CNN
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Afghan reporter Nazira Karimi makes an emotional plea to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby at the Pentagon briefing after the Taliban's taking of Kabul. | CNN
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Video shows Afghans clinging to outside of US military plane as it takes off
Aug 17, 2021
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The Taliban has seized control of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan, local officials told CNN. It is the first major city to fall to the insurgent group since they began their offensive in May, and marks a big blow to the Afghan government. https://cnn.it/3fIMwXb | CNN
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CNN gets access to a US military base seized by the Taliban, where American efforts in Afghanistan have turned to dust. Clarissa Ward reports https://cnn.it/3shIAl2 | CNN
169K viewsAug 14, 2021
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“There is millions of people who need to get out [of Afghanistan.] And what happened to them is they will be destined to a very difficult and unknown fate,” former ambassador of Afghanistan to the US Roya Rahmani says. https://cnn.it/3k5KFND | CNN
59.7K viewsAug 17, 2021
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"I'm glad we're getting out of there, but it's really sad," says wounded special ops. veteran Jimmy Hatch of the US withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. "It makes me think about the folks who lost their lives there and the people who got hurt and people who come home and have, you know, mental health issues and emotional issues because of their exposure to it." | CNN
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Freelance Afghan journalist Nazira Karimi tells CNN she receives phone calls daily from people inside Afghanistan desperate to get out. | CNN
114.1K viewsAug 24, 2021
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CNN's Chris Cuomo and Fareed Zakaria discuss the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. | CNN
154.7K viewsAug 17, 2021
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When the Taliban took over Kabul, “everyone was afraid and scared,” says Haroon Zarify, a US citizen who escaped Afghanistan. “Everyone was trying to get themselves to the airport … [and] there was no flights. It was a mess.” He said the Taliban was shooting and setting off flash bombs outside the airport. Other members of his extended family still remain stuck in the country. https://cnn.it/2UMBDMG | CNN
137.9K viewsAug 25, 2021
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The US is sending more than 3,000 troops to Afghanistan to assist with the departure of embassy staff after urging American citizens to leave the country "immediately." The Taliban has seized 12 provincial capitals in Afghanistan so far in an unrelenting sweep across the country, raising fears for the country’s fate. These Taliban gains come just weeks before US troops are scheduled to complete their withdrawal. | CNN
94.3K viewsAug 12, 2021
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CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward describes the scene in Kabul right now, only a couple of days after the Taliban has taken control of Afghanistan's capital. | CNN
442.2K viewsAug 17, 2021
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Reps. Seth Moulton and Peter Meijer, both veterans, defended their clandestine trip to Afghanistan, which was criticized by fellow lawmakers. “We were uniquely situated to be able to get in, get out, be as quiet as possible, but also take as much information as possible,” Meijer said. https://cnn.it/3Br03Lx | CNN
85.3K viewsAug 29, 2021
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An Afghan interpreter living in the US tells CNN about the difficulties of trying to get his family out of Afghanistan and says he feels disrespected by the US effort to evacuate its citizens and Afghan allies from Kabul. | CNN
97.3K viewsAug 20, 2021
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CNN's Brian Stelter shares the story of Beheshta Arghand, an Afghan journalist who interviewed a senior Taliban representative two weeks before the group took control of Kabul. Arghand and her family have since left Afghanistan for fear of their safety. https://cnn.it/3ys1nvx | CNN
85.3K viewsAug 29, 2021
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President Biden defiantly defended his administration's execution of the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, saying that he doesn't think the crisis represents a failure and there was no way to better handle the drawdown. The President said he thought chaos in the country was inevitable after US troops departed. "The idea that somehow, there's a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, I don't know how that happens," he told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos. | CNN
143.7K viewsAug 18, 2021
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Officially back to the dark ages in Afghanistan. More on cnn.com. #news | MaxFosterCNN
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Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to a new immediate ceasefire during talks in Doha, Qatar's foreign ministry said. Both countries will stop fighting and work toward "lasting peace and stability" after more than a week of deadly clashes, according to the ministry. https://cnn.it/4qo0eBC | CNN
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President Biden began his address to the nation by saying that the situation in Afghanistan is "rapidly evolving." He said the White House's national security team is "closely monitoring the situation on the ground." Biden said he wants to remind the country "how we got here and what America's interests are in Afghanistan." He said that the US mission in Afghanistan that started two decades ago "was never supposed to have been nation building." | CNN
511K viewsAug 16, 2021
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Afghanistan on the brink of Taliban takeover - BBC News
828.6K viewsAug 15, 2021
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US completely pulling out of embassy in Afghanistan over the next 72 hours
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Afghanistan's former President, Ashraf Ghani, is in the United Arab Emirates, its foreign ministry said in a statement. News of his whereabouts comes days after he fled Kabul as the Taliban closed in on the city. Ghani reiterated that he left the country to avoid bloodshed. | CNN
66.9K viewsAug 18, 2021
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Back in power in Afghanistan, the Taliban have banned modern schools for girls over the age of 12. Their only option is to attend religious schools, or madrasas. CNN’s Isobel Yeung went to one. https://cnn.it/4m7qX2f | CNN
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LIVE | Afghanistan Vows ‘Response’ After Dozens Killed In Pak Airstrikes: "They Bombed Innocents"
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