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Yalda Hakim

3 years

A scholarship programme for Afghan women to study at Oxford University is to be expanded. The @YaldaHakimFund is looking to expand the number of places it offers to Afghan women to study at Oriel College in light of the Taliban’s rule

Oxford scholarship to welcome more Afghan women fleeing Taliban rule

Five spaces to study at Oriel College will soon be up for grabs for the brightest students, nicknamed the ‘9/11 generation’

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Unbelievable courage- Afghan girls protesting for their right to an education. They continue to show such bravery and resilience. We hear you #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

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"Mum, they didn't let me enter my school. They're saying girls aren't allowed" Hopes and dreams shattered once again for millions of Afghan girls left in tears and devastated by the continued Taliban ban

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Downtown Kyiv, Saturday afternoon #Ukraine

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Every evening Ukraine's President #Zelenskyy addresses his nation. Tonight for the first time, he did it in English. Calling on people everywhere to show their solidarity "Come out of your offices and homes, show your support to the Ukrainian people" #UkraineRussiaWar

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Massive rally in Georgia in solidarity with Ukraine. Georgia was invaded by Russia in 2008

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The Taliban have prohibited girls from secondary school in Afghanistan. In solidarity, many boys have been refusing to go to school themselves. “We don’t go to school without our sisters”, reads this sign.

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Brave Afghan women out on the streets again, demanding their basic human rights

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Johnson: “How are you?” Zelensky: “You know how I am”

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A wonderful note about Lviv from someone born here - "You can be born in the Austro-Hungarian empire, educated in Poland, married under the Third Reich, work and retire in the USSR and draw your pension in Ukraine and never have left the town.. LVIV"

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“They closed the schools, the world remained silent, they closed our universities, silence, now they’ve come for our courses. What are we supposed to do? Kill ourselves?” Devastated Afghan girls mourn the loss of their education after the Taliban’s ban

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Afghan children who only a few days ago fled the horrors of war, being settled into their new life in Tirana, Albania #Afghanistan

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BREAKING: BBC has been banned in China. The report said the BBC was responsible for a 'slew of falsified reporting' on issues including Xinjiang and China's handling of coronavirus. It went on to say that 'fake news' is not tolerated in China

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Women in #Herat , now under Taliban control are telling me when they tried to enter the grounds of their University today they were told to go home. Women working in offices also turned away. Schools have been shut down. 60 percent of University students in Herat were women.

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For those who insist that Afghanistan has not changed: almost 60% of Herat University students are women. And their scores are higher than their male counterparts. Now that is what I call progress (and something to be proud of) @TOLOnews

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I had the opportunity to interview India's top military commander #GeneralBipinRawat two years ago at the @raisinadialogue . My thoughts are with his family today

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A video message sent to us @BBCWorld from one of the leaders of the anti-Taliban resistance, fmr VP @AmrullahSaleh2 who says they're under attack from terrorists and points the finger of blame at Pakistan. Pakistan of course deny they support Taliban forces #Panjshir #Afghanistan

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Female students attempt to enter their university in Badakhshan only to be whipped by a member of the Taliban who prevents them from entering. The women chant ‘education is our right’ & ‘woman, life, freedom’ which is also what protesters in Iran have been chanting #Afghanistan

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Afghanistan TV - surreal This is what a political debate now looks like on Afghan TV, Taliban foot soldiers watching over the host. The presenter talks about the collapse of the Ghani govt & says the Islamic Emirate says the Afghan people should not to be afraid #Afghanistan

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BREAKING: Ukrainian MP Dmitry Gurin tells me a maternity complex has been bombed in the southern port city of Mariupol "It's all one complex -- a maternity and children's hospital. A lot of dead and wounded women. We don’t know about children and newborn yet"

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“We found 18 bodies in there. They had been torturing people. Some of them had their ears cut off. Others had teeth pulled out. There were kids like 14, 16 years old, some adults. They just took the bodies away yesterday.” #UkraineRussiaWar

Bodies of mutilated children among horrors the Russians left behind

Deep in the forest outside Kyiv, where the mushroom-pickers used to roam and rich city folk built their palatial dachas, Maria Dabizhe, 80, sat sifting through

www.thetimes.co.uk

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Yalda Hakim

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Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul today. Mass exodus. These are the lucky ones. I'm told, we don't want to go but we have no choice, we need to survive and so do our children #Afghanistan

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1 year

In awe of their bravery. Afghan women continue to protest chanting “freedom” & “equality” after the Taliban banned them from attending universities

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3 years

This is like a horror film #Kabul #Afghanistan

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Gut-wrenching image - father consoling daughter who turned up to school today only to learn the Taliban continue their ban on the education of girls in Afghanistan. pic via @bsarwary

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3 years

Women, children, the elderly, disabled with thousands of bags outside the airport. Taliban footsoldier and his wip. Brave Afghan woman filming

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2 years

Today I addressed the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan, with a particular focus on my reporting about women and girls education

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Front page of Daily Mail "After 20 years, Afghanistan abandoned in days" "what the hell did they all die for?"

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Afghan women refuse to be silenced. They continue to protest, demanding their basic rights, one year after the Taliban swept to power

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Anger mounting on the streets of Kabul, people chanting "freedom" and "death to Pakistan". The demonstrators, many of them women, are in the centre of the Afghan capital #Afghanistan

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Yalda Hakim

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2 years

330 days since the Taliban banned teenage girls from school. The Taliban continue to deprive Afghan women and girls their basic human rights but they will not be muted. Their bravery is awe inspiring

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1 year

Afghan women have been left devastated after the Taliban announced they’d no longer be allowed to attend university. It’s now 459 days since girls were banned from attending secondary school with the group reverting back to their hardline policies of the 90s

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Yalda Hakim

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7 months

My last show on BBC News. It has been the privilege & honour of my life to be in this position. I’ll forever be grateful for the opportunities I've had to share your stories & to the best of my ability report accurately & objectively on the events that matter most to our world.

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Afghan journalists, female judges, female members of parliament, human rights activists have all fought so hard for what they've achieved. They don't want to leave Afghanistan. Many of them are on hit-lists and still they chose to stay. Now? they have little choice

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Just three hours from Kabul, Vice President @AmrullahSaleh2 and the anti-Taliban resistance fighters, play volleyball - Panjshir Valley, August 2021

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Extraordinary image from yesterday’s protest by these brave Afghan women. One year ago, Afghan girls went to school – Afghan women held positions of authority across Afghan society – all this was overturned with exceptional speed when the Taliban swept to power #Afghanistan

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Hazara students Marzia and Haajar were both killed in a suicide bombing at an education institute in Kabul yesterday. The United Nations says at least 35 people, most of them female students, died in the blast #Afghanistan

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3 years

Kabul right now! Demonstrators in the centre of the Afghan capital #Afghanistan

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The Taliban have used barbed wire and armed guards to prevent Afghan women from entering universities. Yet, despite the intimidation, they protest alongside brave Afghan men, demanding women and girls be given their basic rights

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Afghan women take to the streets, protesting for their basic human rights despite the Taliban’s attempts to silence and intimidate them. They tell me they have nothing to lose

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3 years

The sense of abandonment is so real in Afghanistan right now. So many women begging for help, afraid of a Taliban take over and what that would mean for them.

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Thinking about all the Afghan girls and women tonight who feel frightened and helpless

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Schools reopened across Afghanistan today, for all boys. Teenage girls now being denied an education. This young girl asks "why shouldn't we go to school?" Life under Taliban rule seems to be reverting back to the 90s.

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When the Americans invaded in 2001, the Taliban did not control the entirety of the country. Twenty years later, as the US departs, the Taliban control all of Afghanistan

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the mission in Afghanistan has been a success. What does failure look like? #Kabul

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The American ambassador has left Kabul

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"I'd like to spend 100% of my energy to stopping executions in Iran. Now I have to deal with this mess which takes a lot of energy of the European Parliament. This is a self made problem. The real problems, I don't want them to fall down priority agenda" German MEP @HNeumannMEP

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An anti-Taliban coalition seems to be forming, including Vice President @AmrullahSaleh2 and Ahmad Massoud, son of Ahmad Shah Massoud - they are in Panjsher, about three hours drive from Kabul #Afghanistan

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When India went into lockdown, millions of migrant workers were left stranded, with no way of getting home. Some walked hundreds of km. In the past 2 mongths @SonuSood has helped thousands by organising buses. He joins me @1600BST @BBCWorld to discuss

India coronavirus: Bollywood actor Sonu Sood hailed for helping migrants

Sonu Sood is being hailed as a real-life hero for sending stranded migrants home during the lockdown.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Brave Afghan women take to the streets of Kabul protesting for their rights. They've been beaten and injured but remain defiant #Afghanistan

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Incase you missed it: Today Afghans were clinging to the undercarriage of US planes taxiing along the apron, then falling to their death, one by one, as the plane took off. The US military aircraft took off with citizens and diplomatic staff. This happened in Kabul today

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Afghan women have been protesting in several cities across the country following an attack on an education centre in Kabul. The suicide bombing on Friday killed mostly female Hazara students aged between 18 to 24 years. The UN says the death toll is now more than 60.

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A room full of men have decided that face veils for women will now be mandatory in Afghanistan. If she doesn’t comply, her male guardian could face three days in prison. #MinistryofVice &Virtue #Taliban #Afghanistan

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Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahman says he will not abandon the Afghan people "we are with you, don't worry, this too shall pass" following an Afghan singer's performance to mark Tajikistan's independence day

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A terrified Afghan female protester says “the Taliban terrorised us at our demonstration today, beat women up and lashed us. We’ve now fled but some women have been detained by them. We don’t know what is going to happen next” The Taliban have banned women from education

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Helplessness, desperation, the sense of abandonment in Afghanistan right now. So many messages tonight especially from young women pleading for help, afraid of what the future holds should the Taliban come back to power.

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Kabul rooftop view - Afghanistan

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Afghsn girls crying after discovering the ban on their education continues. The Taliban had promised they would be able to return to their schools today. A broken promise. Cruel to put these teenage girls through this #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

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Holding back tears, this Afghan girl begs the Taliban to let her get an education "We want to study, please let us study." Heartbroken Afghan girls have been denied access to their schools. A broken promise by the Taliban who said they could return today #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

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Update from the Anti-Taliban resistance - they tell me: Taliban ambushed in Andarab of Baghlan province. At least 300 Taliban fighters were killed. The group is lead by #AhmadMassoud & @AmrullahSaleh2 #Afghanistan

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Horrendous news for Afghan women and girls. The Taliban have announced the closure of universities for women in Afghanistan, according to a letter by the higher education minister. It is expected to take effect immediately

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Pakistan's national security advisor @YusufMoeed says the regions that have fallen to the Taliban happen to be on the other side of Afghanistan, in the west and north... "even if you create an allegation, it should be logical"

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Brave Afghan women continue to protest, chanting “education is our right” following the Taliban’s ban on women going to university

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The Afghans forced to leave their homes, fleeing violence & persecution, do not want to become refugees. They do not want to beg for asylum, trapped in a camp on a border somewhere. They lived dignified lives and wanted to remain in their homes & communities

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Women in Kabul out on the streets again today demanding their rights to work and education #Afghanistan

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Afghan woman 2021 - female protesters tell us we are not the same women as 20 years and will not be submitted into submission. photo by @Reuters

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Afghan girls won't give up on their right to an education. Will the world look away? #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

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Terrified Kabul residents tell me they are hearing rumours Taliban are at the gates of Kabul. The women I've been speaking to say they are looking for safe houses #AfghanistanBurning

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Why does she have to beg to go to school? Why is she being denied her basic rights? Education is not a privilege. It is a human right. #Taliban #Afghanistan

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Brave Afghan women are still protesting in the streets of Kabul - despite the Taliban crackdown on demonstrations. They continue to demand their basic human rights

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2 years

"Fmr first lady Imelda Marcos has the image of excess - images of shoes, jewellery, real estate & paintings. He benefits from being attached to late Ferdinand Marcos. A significant chunk of his base are loyalists of his father." Filipino journalist @lianbuan on rise of Marcos jr

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Afghans who received Scholarships from the UK government to study in the UK this year have now been told they will not be granted visas due to "administration issues". #Chevening

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"Pakistan is fully supporting the Taliban... Taliban is in a way an instrument of Pakistan's strategic depth in Afghanistan. Pakistan is very happy with Taliban advances; Pakistani generals I mean, the civilian govt has no role in shaping policy" @a_siab fmr Pakistani senator

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Day 100 of Taliban ban on girls returning to secondary school in Afghanistan. All boys are back at school but girls remain stuck at home #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

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In an audio message Vice President @AmrullahSaleh2 declares himself caretaker of the nation "I'm standing up for my country, the war is not over"

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The battle for Panjshir - intense fighting tonight as the Taliban launch their biggest attack yet on the anti-Taliban resistance, just north-east of the capital. The fighters led by Ahmad Massoud and fmr VP @AmrullahSaleh2 are refusing to give up despite being entirely surrounded

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So much to admire about @SerajMahbouba who remains in Afghanistan & says she will continue to fight for the rights of women. She called on Afghan women - describing them as her warriors - to return to the country & continue the struggle with her. She is the mother of the nation

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BREAKING: Mariupol's deputy mayor, tells the BBC that Russian bombing hit the city's drama theatre where civilians were being sheltered. He estimates that between 1,000 and 1,200 people were there. The number of casualties is still unknown. via @BBCNews

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9 months

After more than a decade with @BBCWorld @BBCNews I have decided to depart the organisation. I do so with profound gratitude to all of my extraordinarily talented colleagues for their support and collaboration over the years

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Extraordinary scenes in Iran, as the demonstrations continue #IranProtests

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University of Mashhad; female students are waving their mandatory head covering in the air and chanting…

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The team (plus hot water bottle) Western Ukraine

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The father of Mahsa Amini - the 22-year-old whose death in police custody three weeks ago sparked protests across Iran tells me “All of the documents the authorities are showing are fake. They are lying. My daughter was beaten, and that’s the reason she died” #Mahsa_Amini #Iran

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Kabul Airport tonight

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One of the gains of the past twenty years was Afghanistan's vibrant and free press. Today, this is what the Taliban say freedom looks like. Female television presenter forced to cover their faces.

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"Where are all the feminists?" "Where are all the women's rights groups?" "Where are the humanitarians?" @LTGHRMcMaster says to me @BBCWorld #Afghanistan

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Indian journalist @RanaAyyub tells me Narendra Modi's government is intimidating and harassing journalists and she now faces jail time over a tweet. "They're coming after me because I'm a Muslim"

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Another day, another protest in Kabul. Yesterday the spokesperson for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid said the demonstrations were illegal. Today these women are out on the streets again #Afghanistan

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“I don’t have the right to work, I don’t have the right to exist. I don’t have the right to be a woman anymore. Being a woman is a crime” Naila Mirza, a medical student on life since the ban on women’s education by the Taliban authorities.

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When six year old Nazdana from Kandahar was asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, she said a dentist. She is now in a camp in Kabul having fled the fighting. When the Taliban were in power they banned all girls from going to school #Afghanistan

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BREAKING: Herat, Afghanistan's third biggest city has reportedly fallen to the Taliban. Situation is moving so quickly

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Vice President @AmrullahSaleh2 forming a resistance force and want to start from Panjshir province which is about three hours from Kabul. Ahmad Shah Massoud's son and defence minister Bismillah Mohammadi with him. It doesn't feel like they are about to give up without a fight

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It's hard to fathom the sheer courage of these Afghan women. Despite Taliban attempts to silence them, they continue to protest and demand equality for themselves and for all the women & girls across Afghanistan

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On this #InternationalWomensDay thinking of all the Afghan women and girls who continue to be deprived of their basic rights. It’s been 900 days since the Taliban prevented Afghan girls from going to school #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

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I tweeted that there had been an announcement about the death of the Queen. This was incorrect, there has been no announcement, and so I have deleted the tweet. I apologise.

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Brave female airport staff guiding thousands of passengers at Kabul Airport. Will they be able to work and operate so freely if the Taliban are back in power? #Afghanistan

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An Afghan interpreter who has made it to Scotland safely with his family, has told @BBCNews that many interpreters were tortured. He said he feared being beheaded. The Taliban has said that there will not be any revenge attacks or reprisals #Afghanistan

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Returning to Kabul - freezing conditions across the country as temperatures plummet below -34C. We’re live from the Afghan capital @MalikMudassir2 @AamirPeerzadaa @jackymartens

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BREAKING: The European Parliament has decided to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, arguing Moscow's military strikes on civilian targets such as energy infrastructure, hospitals, schools and shelters violate international law #UkraineRussianWar

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Remarkable - The prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia are travelling to Kyiv for talks with President Volodomyr Zelensky. Their train has crossed the Polish- Ukrainian border on its journey to the Ukrainian capital, which remains under Russian attack

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Teenage girls in Afghanistan are desperate to go to school. They continue to face a ban by their new-Taliban rulers.

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Yalda Hakim

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This is very exciting and why the BBC World Service is so special - we’ve just launched “Dars” – the first multi-platform education series for Afghan children barred from school hosted by Afghan female journalists.

BBC World Service launches “Dars” – the first multi-platform education series for Afghan children...

The series is to be delivered via the new BBC News Afghanistan satellite channel.

www.bbc.co.uk

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