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The Week Unwrapped: Schoolgirl poisonings, accidental DNA and queer historypodcast What is happening in Afghan schools? Could air pollution monitors help to track DNA? And is LGBTQ+ history joining the mainstream?
By The Week Staff Published
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The Taliban’s ‘unprecedented’ crackdown on opium poppy crops in Afghanistanfeature Cultivation in former poppy-growing heartland Helmand has been slashed from 120,000 hectares to less than 1,000
By Julia O'Driscoll, The Week UK Published
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Officials believe dozens of girls in Afghanistan were deliberately poisoned at schoolSpeed Read
By Catherine Garcia, The Week US Published
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Is it time to recognise Afghanistan’s Taliban government?Talking Point UN says engaging with extremist group may pave way to gaining humanitarian access to impoverished country
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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Taliban kills mastermind of Kabul airport suicide bombingSpeed Read
By Catherine Garcia, The Week US Published
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Sudan evacuation: has Foreign Office learnt the lessons from Afghanistan?Today's Big Question Failings of chaotic withdrawal from Kabul prompt return of foreign secretary and airlift of Britons from Khartoum
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Taliban returns to ‘Stone Age Islamism’ in Afghanistanfeature Taliban leaders view ‘complete gender segregation’ as a recipe for a ‘truly Islamic system’
By The Week Staff Published
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Taliban releases 2 Americans held in AfghanistanSpeed Read
By Catherine Garcia, The Week US Published
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Where is sex before marriage illegal?feature Indonesia is the latest country to ban sex outside of wedlock
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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American detained in Afghanistan for over 2 years released in prisoner exchangeSpeed Read
By Theara Coleman, The Week US Published
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How Afghanistan has changed after a year of Taliban rulefeature Economic collapse, a crackdown on women’s rights and an exodus of the professional class leaves country in crisis
By The Week Staff Published
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Afghanistan: A year after the withdrawalopinion What did the U.S. leave behind when it pulled out of Afghanistan?
By Grayson Quay Published
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Prominent cleric who supported female education killed in Afghanistan bombingSpeed Read
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
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What the U.S. accomplished by killing al-Zawahiriopinion The sharpest opinions on the debate from around the web
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
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