Tuhan’s family crossed the border between China’s western Xinjiang region and Afghanistan 45 years ago. Now, as the Taliban exerts control over the country, she fears being forced to return to China. CNN’s Ivan Watson reports. Source: CNN
Taliban forces reportedly used tasers and tear gas against protestors marching to the presidential palace
A small group of Afghan women braved the Taliban-controlled streets of Kabul once more on Saturday to demand equal rights and the ability to participate in government, CNN has confirmed. Source: CNN
The Taliban is asking for help locating explosives they laid
The head of the UN Mine Action Team in Afghanistan says the Taliban is asking for help to locate and remove explosives left from war including ones they laid themselves. CNN’s Max Foster reports. Source: CNN
Analysis: Tradition of Afghan girls who live as boys may be threatened
The last time the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, after the Soviet–Afghan War of the 1980s, life for women and girls was ghastly. Source: CNN
Afghan women report forced marriages to flee country amid Taliban takeover, sources say
US officials processing Afghan refugees abroad recently alerted the State Department to instances in which women and girls were forced into marriage or arrived with male partners posing as their husbands to be eligible for evacuation and escape the Taliban, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Source: CNN
The previous administration's suspicion of refugees led to the Biden administration inheriting a backlog of more than 17,000 Special Immigrant Visas applicants
• Women protest in Taliban-controlled Kabul • Inside the rural Wisconsin town to welcome hundreds of Afghan refugees • Heavy clashes erupt between Taliban and anti-Taliban group in Afghanistan’s Panjshir province Source: CNN
Women stage protest in Taliban-controlled Kabul
• Afghan women report forced marriages to flee country amid Taliban takeover, sources say • Heavy clashes erupt between Taliban and anti-Taliban group in Afghanistan’s Panjshir province Source: CNN
House Democrats press Blinken for more details about Afghan evacuation effort
An ideologically diverse group of Democrats is pushing Secretary of State Antony Blinken to take specific steps toward helping thousands of individuals still seeking to leave Afghanistan, underscoring the widespread concern still lingering in Congress over the evacuation effort from the war-torn country. Source: CNN
Heavy clashes erupt between Taliban and anti-Taliban group in Afghanistan's Panjshir province
Fighting in Afghanistan’s last major holdout against Taliban rule continued through Friday after heavy clashes erupted overnight between Taliban fighters and an anti-Taliban group, according to Taliban sources. Source: CNN
Inside the rural Wisconsin town to welcome hundreds of Afghan refugees
Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, is the temporary home for up to 13,000 recently evacuated Afghan refugees. CNN’s Omar Jimenez visits a nearby town to speak with a former Cuban refugee about his journey and advice for this generation of refugees. Source: CNN