Gula's welcoming in Italy is part of the country's efforts to take in Afghan refugees following the Taliban's takeover earlier this year.

NatGeo’s ‘Afghan girl’ flees Taliban, given safe haven in Italy

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Former Afghan child refugee implores U.S. to grant his family refuge

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The empty theater of the Ariana Cinema in Kabul, Afghanistan on Nov. 4, 2021.

Now silent under Taliban, a Kabul cinema awaits its fate

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The Ariana Cinema is among the cinemas ordered to close by the Taliban.

Kabul cinema awaits its fate under silence from Taliban

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Taliban policies are rolling back women’s rights in Afghanistan

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Trump warns China could take over Bagram Air Base

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Kids orphaned by Kabul bombing start life in the U.S.

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Afghan ambassador to Canada forging ahead, despite Taliban takeover

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Lt. Gen. Sami D. Said said that no "violations of law or of the law of war" were found during the review of the strike.

Air Force watchdog finds no wrongdoing in Afghan drone strike

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According to a Taliban spokesperson, two of the three attackers had been arrested but denied that they were part of the Taliban.

3 shot dead at Afghanistan wedding reception over music

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Blast causes casualties at gate of Kabul hospital

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The Taliban is rebranding Kabul with its white flags, but what...

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Afghan ambassador to Canada makes urgent call for food aid and...

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According to classified documents, US intelligence agencies did not foresee who quickly the Taliban would takeover Afghanistan during the withdrawal.

US intelligence missed mark on Taliban taking Kabul, documents say

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Hopes crushed by return of Taliban, Kabul women see no future...

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Inside the Kabul safe houses where Afghans wait to be evacuated...

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Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S.’ lead Taliban negotiator, sticks by deal in...

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After the Taliban takeover, Afghans in Canada call on Ottawa not...

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Former U.S. Envoy to Afghanistan on trusting the Taliban and why...

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Safe houses for Afghans that helped Canada to be ‘scaled back’...

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Afghan women urge UN to block Taliban from gaining a seat...

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After years of war in Kandahar, Taliban leaders now seek aid...

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The area in Kabul where Henna was found dead after being told to leave home to buy bread by a neighbor.

Afghan girl’s murder sparks investigation into possible organ harvesting ring

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U.S. to pay family members of victims from botched Kabul drone...

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Fearful of Taliban, targeted by ISIS, persecuted Hazaras flee Afghanistan –...

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Afghanistan: Taliban to announce secondary school for girls, says UN official...

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The cause of the explosion has yet to be identified.

Multiple fatalities reported after blasts at Shiite mosque in Afghanistan

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At an Islamabad hotel, Afghans who worked for Canada’s military await...

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Volunteers who supported Syrian refugees reconnecting to help Afghan newcomers to...

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Afghans targeted by the Taliban say they have no idea how...

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US, Taliban had ‘productive’ talks on humanitarian aid: State Department –...

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Taliban say US will provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan – News

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U.S. officials hold meetings with the Taliban

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U.S. and Taliban hold first talks since Afghanistan withdrawal

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Ghani left Afghanistan amid the Taliban's takeover in August.

Ashraf Ghani’s former bodyguard says he’s on tape stealing millions

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After a bloody 20-year war, what’s next for Afghanistan? – National

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Afghanistan’s Taliban nightmare — and how women are resisting – National

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The Taliban flag is painted on a wall outside the American embassy compound in Kabul, Afghanistan.

US, Taliban to meet for first time since American troop withdrawal:...

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A State Department spokesman stated 105 American citizens and 95 green card holders departed Afghanistan since the end of August.

US, Taliban to meet for first time since American troop withdrawal...

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Cash airlifts planned to bypass Taliban and help Afghans – News

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Abdul Rehman Al-Loghri was reportedly released from the Bagram Air Base by the Taliban shortly before the attack.

ISIS-K bomber released from prison before Kabul attack: report

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The bodies of three alleged criminals are hung from two cranes in a public display in northeast Herat, Afghanistan on October 5, 2021.

Taliban hang bodies of dead ‘criminals’ in gruesome public display

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Taliban soldiers stand guard at the mosque where a bomb went off on October 3, 2021 killing two people.

Terrorists behind Afghanistan Mosque bombing caught

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Kabul mosque targeted by bomb, ‘a number of civilians’ dead

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Four people were killed on October 2, 2021 -- two members of the Taliban and two civilians-- by a gunman in Jalalabad.

Taliban members killed by gunmen in Jalalabad

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Afghanistan: Taliban raid Daesh hideout north of Kabul – News

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Afghan family on life inside the largest resettlement complex for evacuees:...

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Afghan journalist in B.C. fears for safety of his colleagues in...

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Project Dynamo evacuated 117 Americans and green holders from Afghanistan to the United Arab Emirates.

DHS grounds more than 100 Americans in UAE after Afghan evac

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A group of Marines pose in front of a wall at the airport in Kabul with "F--k isis, AFG 2021" scrawled across it in black paint.

Marines reportedly told to clean graffiti insulting Taliban at Kabul airport

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Marines apparently pose in front of spray painted obscene messages to the ISIS and the Taliban at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan.

Marines told to clean anti-Taliban graffiti at Kabul airport: report

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Top Pentagon leaders testify on Afghanistan withdrawal and aftermath

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Taliban new leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada

Who is Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban’s supreme leader?

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Taliban issue no-shave order to barbers in Afghan province – News

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Rep. Peter Meijer spoke about the dangers faced by Afghans living under the Taliban.

Afghans could wait years for airlift — or attempt land escape

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Taliban forbid barbers in Afghanistan from cutting beards

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John Bolton warns Afghanistan withdrawal could turn nuclear

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Taliban hang dead body in Afghan city’s main square, witness says

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Afghan Taliban minister orders crackdown on abuses by fighters – News

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Don’t isolate the Taliban, engage with them: Pakistan – News

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Clothes and blood stains of Afghan people who were waiting to be evacuated are seen at the site of the August 26 bomb attack at the Kabul airport.

ISIS-K ‘planner’ killed in Afghan drone strike ID’D: Pentagon

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US calls on UNSC members to hold Taliban accountable – News

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Afghan girls will return to school as soon as possible: Taliban - News

Afghanistan: Taliban say working on reopening girls’ high schools – News

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Afghan girls will return to school as soon as possible: Taliban...

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Afghan girls look on at a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 18, 2021.

Some Afghan girls return to school, others face anxious wait

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200 Afghans, mostly women escape Afghanistan with help of Canadian charity

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Taliban tells women and girls to stay home from work and...

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Biden came under fire after he admitted that it was a US drone that killed 10 Afghan civilians on the final day of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Mike Pompeo says military officials faced ‘political pressure’ with drone strike

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Daesh claims attacks against Taliban in Jalalabad – News

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A woman walking past what used to be the Ministry of Women Affairs in Kabul that the Taliban closed.

Taliban-run Kabul municipality to female workers: Stay home

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Led by 24-year-old Lailuma, a group of Panjshir women have taken to throwing stones at Taliban forces.

Afghan women in Panjshiri share stories in fight against Taliban

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Taliban Pedal Boating with Assault Rifles in Afghanistan National Park

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Nikoui was one of 13 US service members who were killed during a suicide bombing at Afghanistan's Kabul airport last month.

Kareem Nikoui, Marine killed in Kabul airport bombing, honored in memorial

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Pakistani PM Imran Khan to prod Taliban to form inclusive government...

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At least two dead, 20 wounded in blasts in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad:...

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Women gather to demand their rights under the Taliban rule during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021.

Taliban orders male students, teachers to school

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Afghanistan veterans fight to see Victoria Cross awarded to Canadian soldier

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Afghan interpreter must be rescued from Taliban, says retired N.L. military...

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Malala Yousafzai on future of women under Taliban rule

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Jean Marie Thrower, who stayed behind in Afghanistan to help those who are threatened by the Taliban to flee the country, said the terrorists beheaded a 9 and 10-year-old boy.

Ex-US officer claims Taliban beheaded two children in Afghanistan

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People struggle to cross the boundary wall of Hamid Karzai International Airport to flee the country after rumors that foreign countries are evacuating people even without visas.

US volunteer claims Taliban beheaded boys aged 9 and 10 in...

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Several Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee did not find Secretary of State Antony Blinken's answers on the Afghanistan withdrawal satisfactory.

Rep. Michael McCaul hires investigator for Afghanistan withdrawal

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to testify in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on September 14, 2021.

Antony Blinken testifies before Senate Foreign Relations Committee

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified to the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the Biden administration "inherited an agreement" from the Trump administration to leave Afghanistan.

Trump fires back at Blinken bid to blame him for Afghanistan...

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Mohammad Yousif and members of the Vice and Virtue committee.

Taliban brings back ‘virtue’ ministry, stoning and amputations for ‘major sins’

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be called before the House Committee on Homeland Security to answer questions about the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Committee to grill Antony Blinken on Afghanistan troop withdrawal

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Trump says Taliban-seized US weapons will be given to Russia

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