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Qatar sends highest-ranking delegation to Kabul since Taliban return

Qatar's foreign minister was in Kabul on Sunday, becoming the first high-ranking government official to meet the interim Taliban government in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan

Inside the Afghan jail where ex-inmates are now the prison guards

The US had used the complex to hold Taliban fighters and was nicknamed Guantanamo.

Afghanistan

Taliban say women can study in gender-segregated universities

Euronews' Anelise Borges reports from Kabul as the new Taliban government outlines sweeping education policies banning women and men from studying side by side.

Afghanistan

UAE sets up air bridge to deliver humanitarian aid to Afghanistan

The United Arab Emirates has established an air bridge with Kabul to deliver humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, an airport operations manager said on Saturday.

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More Afghans and foreigners flee as humanitarian situation worsens

Afghanistan is teetering on the brink of "universal poverty,'' the UN development agency has warned.

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Afghan women rally in support of the Taliban

About 300 Afghan women -- most of them wearing black niqabs -- stage a short pro-Taliban march outside a university in Kabul, escorted by heavily armed Taliban fighters.

USA

Measles cases halt Afghan evacuee flights from two key bases

Germany and Qatar, along with Spain, Kosovo, Kuwait and other countries, agreed to temporarily host U.S. processing sites for evacuees after Kabul fell.

USA

US post-9/11 war in Afghanistan was 'a disaster', says former marine

After 20 years, the US is reckoning with its war on terror and assessing its role in Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks.

Afghanistan

'They would kill me': Afghan interpreter stuck in Kabul fears Taliban

"They would kill me," he said. "Before they came to Kabul they said 'every guard, every interpreter we will not let them live'."

Afghanistan

UN warns that Afghanistan under the Taliban faces 'universal poverty'

It warned that severe economic hardship could kick in during 2021.

Afghanistan

Evacuees land in Doha after first airlift from Kabul since US pullout

The flight, whose passengers include Americans, Britons, Germans, Hungarians and Canadians, followed intensified efforts by Qatar and Turkey to get the Afghan capital's airport up and running again.

Italy

Afghan girls pursue football dream in Italy after fleeing Taliban

They used to play in a football team in Herat but when the regime swept to power, the girls decided to escape, fearing for their lives.

Afghanistan

Watch: What is life like in Kabul? Euronews takes you on a tour

Our special correspondent Anelise Borges gives us the latest from the Afghan capital.

Afghanistan

Taliban forces appear to use whips and sticks to break up protest

Protesters were voicing anger at the absence of women in the new Taliban cabinet and the closure of the ministry of women's affairs.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Blinken tells Taliban legitimacy 'will have to be earned'

The chief US and German diplomats urged the Taliban to respect Afghans' basic rights -- but Heiko Maas said the new government's make-up "is not the signal for more international cooperation".

Afghanistan

MEPs discuss women's rights in Afghanistan after Taliban takeover

It comes amid warnings that the EU must not turn a blind eye to the situation in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan

'Not inclusive': EU blasts new Taliban-formed government

The Taliban announced a new caretaker government on Tuesday evening, stacked with veterans of their hard-line rule from the 1990s.

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Women march in Kabul against Pakistan and demanding freedom

At least 70 people, mostly women, rallied outside the Pakistani embassy, holding banners and chanting against what they said was meddling by Islamabad, who have long been accused of having close ties to the Taliban movement.

Afghanistan

Euroviews. The world must not abandon human rights in Afghanistan | View

There is still a small window of opportunity for the international community to protect the most at risk and vulnerable through concrete measures. This should include maintaining and bolstering UNAMA’s human rights mandate when the Security Council reviews the mission’s mandate later in September.

Afghanistan

Taliban announce new hardline caretaker government in Afghanistan

Mohammad Hasan Akhund will head the new Afghan government, while Abdul Ghani Baradar, the militant group's co-founder who took part in the US withdrawal negotiations, will be the new executive's number two.