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Two young girls in hijab (veils) - daily life in Herat, Afgahnistan
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Afghan women and girls begin small businesses despite restrictions

Khaama Press 09 Sep 2023
Following increased restrictions, Afghan women and girls have ventured into small businesses, exemplified by establishments like “Culba Awasana-e-Manahil Sadat” in Balkh and the cafe-restaurant “Shama” in Kabul, showcasing their resilience in overcoming restrictions ... Samia Bahari has also established a restaurant in Kabul.
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'Our dreams were dying before our eyes': One Afghan activist's escape from the Taliban

The National 29 Aug 2023
Wrapped in the Afghan flag and staring down armed Taliban soldiers, Crystal Bayat marched through the streets of Kabul in August 2021, protesting against the return of the extremist group and calling for the preservation of her country's hard-won freedoms ... Although she has found welcome and peace, she yearns for Kabul.
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What it’s like to travel around Afghanistan now

Egypt Independent 14 Feb 2023
Now experiencing their first significant pause in conflict for decades, Kabul and other towns continue to bustle with commerce ... A street scene of Kabul, June 2022 ... While there were restaurants and cafes open in Kabul and other cities, the group ate dinner at their homestays to avoid venturing out at night in rural regions.
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Abandoned By The World: The Long-Term Consequences Of Politicized Aid In Afghanistan

OWP 17 Oct 2022
Since 2021 the international community has taken a new approach in a bid to protect the human rights of the population ... The urban culture of liberal academia, Kabul cafes, and mixed-gender sports clubs have disappeared from public view ... Rahimi points out that the majority of Taliban fighters whom he saw entering Kabul in August 2021 were young men.
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Two years after the fire, Moria refugee camp’s legacy still leaves its mark

The Observer 08 Sep 2022
People were panicked, they were in tents shouting and screaming.” ... “It smelled awful ... If you were a woman you were afraid to sleep at night but at least [it provided] shelter,” recalls Tajik, who had previously held a government post as a ministerial adviser in Kabul. A ‘cafe’ in the temporary camp in Lesbos, which was described as resembling a jail.
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Why some Afghan youth say life has improved with the Taliban in power

The New Humanitarian 24 Aug 2022
Last week, a bombing at a Kabul mosque killed at least 21 people and wounded 33 others ... Sitting at the Slice Bakery and Cafe, a coffee shop frequented by Kabul’s more well-to-do youth, Hamidi watched as a young man and woman in their early 20s sat down at the table next to her.
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The things they carried when they fled Afghanistan

The Los Angeles Times 15 Aug 2022
Its fighters arrived in Kabul on Aug ... It was early morning when journalist Asad Kosha received a call informing him that Taliban forces had arrived in Kabul ... As the Taliban was advancing on the Afghan capital, Atefa Hesari asked her theater professor at Kabul University for advice ... “He’s in danger now in Kabul,” Hesari said.A coffee cup.
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An Afghan national army (ANA) Soldier searches a man at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 17, 2021. The Biden administration’s surprise announcement in April 2021, of an unconditional troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, appears to strip the Taliban and the Afghan government of considerable leverage, pressuring them to reach a peace deal. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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No one has been held accountable for the catastrophic Afghanistan withdrawal

Vox 15 Aug 2022
Mourners at a funeral weep in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 30, 2021 ... Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Applicants for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) crowd into the Herat Kabul internet cafe in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 8, 2021, seeking help applying for the SIV program.
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New Middle Eastern shop serves candy, coffee and reminders of shared humanity

NJ 17 Jun 2022
But while Levantine Sweets may delight your senses, owners Mohammed and Rola Abdallah keep a greater goal in mind. “I hope people come together at our store ... The grand opening ... Plenty of other Middle Eastern shops fill South Paterson’s Main Street, like Fattal’s Syrian Bakery, Nouri Cafe, Nablus sweets, and Kabul Halal Meat Market and Grocery ... ....
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Marcus Yam, Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent and photojournalist, wins Pulitzer

The Los Angeles Times 09 May 2022
A child cries as a man carries a bloodied child on a road leading to Kabul’s airport ... Taliban fighters pray next to young Afghans outside a mosque for evening prayers in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug ... Now they came to a Kabul that was intact ... The cafe, a fulcrum of Kabul’s cultural life, is a casualty of the new order ushered in by the Taliban.
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Separated on Valentine's Day: the Afghan lovers with only bittersweet memories

The National 14 Feb 2022
“Compared to India where we had a lot of freedom, dating in Kabul was a struggle,” Mr Rahimi said ... We would drive around Kabul, go to cafes and restaurants. You name a restaurant in Kabul, and we have been there,” he said, smiling as he recalled the fond memories. But as fate would have it, the Taliban seized Kabul just weeks before their wedding ... ....
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Afghan NGO women ‘threatened with shooting’ for not wearing burqa

The News International 22 Jan 2022
KABUL ... under the Taliban’s first regime, from 1996 to 2001 -- is still widely worn, particularly outside the capital, Kabul ... Earlier this month, the posters were slapped on cafes and shops in Kabul, ordering the Afghan women to cover up, illustrated with an image of the burqa.
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Afghan NGO women 'threatened with shooting' for not wearing burqa

Raw Story 21 Jan 2022
... burqa –- mandatory under the Taliban's first regime, from 1996 to 2001 –- is still widely worn, particularly outside the capital Kabul ... In Kabul earlier this month, posters were slapped on cafes and shops ordering Afghan women to cover up, illustrated with an image of the burqa.
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Afghan NGO women 'threatened with shooting' for not wearing burqaWomen are being squeezed from public ...

Deccan Herald 21 Jan 2022
... burqa -- mandatory under the Taliban's first regime, from 1996 to 2001 -- is still widely worn, particularly outside the capital Kabul ... In Kabul earlier this month, posters were slapped on cafes and shops ordering Afghan women to cover up, illustrated with an image of the burqa.
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How to create a 'conscious' business

Harpers Bazaar 17 Jan 2022
"I experienced this all firsthand myself when my family came to the UK," says Mursal Hedayat, who became a refugee from her home in Kabul, Afghanistan, when she was four ... "My mother was a civil engineer in Kabul, who had to work as a cleaner for nearly ten years in the UK until she used her language skills," Hedayat continues.

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