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1. Operation Abraham; After the Taliban takeover of Kabul, many Afghans were left vulnerable to deadly reprisals by the insurgents. Here is the story of how a group of volunteers, an embassy in Russia and smuggled passports got them out, Janice Dickson reports

Author

Dickson, Janice

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Refugees, Afghan -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Travel -- Safety and security measures, Passports -- Laws, regulations and rules, Emigration and immigration -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Taliban -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

Byline: Janice Dickson; Staff Operation Abraham Ahmad booked a midday flight because he thought going to the airport when it was busy decreased his chances of being caught. It was [...]

Published
2024

2. It's the third anniversary of Taliban fighters retaking the Afghan capital Kabul

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Veterans -- Interviews, Anniversaries, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=nx-s1-5073965 HOST: LEILA FADEL LEILA FADEL: Today marks the three-year anniversary of Taliban fighters retaking Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. It also marks the beginning [...]

Published
2024

3. G.O.P. Report Faults Biden Administration Over Afghanistan Exit

Author

Demirjian, Karoun

Subjects
United States. House of Representatives. Committee on Foreign Affairs -- Reports, Fall of Kabul, 2021, Troop withdrawal -- Reports, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Republican Party (United States) -- Political activity, Taliban -- Military aspects
Abstract

In an election-season document, Republicans are set to offer few new revelations but instead heap blame on the ''Biden-Harris administration'' while absolving former President Donald J. Trump. House Republicans are [...]

Published
2024

4. GOP probe of Biden's Afghanistan exit expands as election nears

Author

Lamothe, Dan and Hauslohner, Abigail

Subjects
United States. House of Representatives. Committee on Foreign Affairs -- Investigations, Fall of Kabul, 2021, Troop withdrawal -- Investigations, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Republican Party (United States) -- Political activity
Abstract

Byline: Dan Lamothe, Abigail Hauslohner House Republicans are expanding their investigation of the Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to people familiar with that matter, pursuing additional witness testimony as [...]

Published
2024

5. Blinken Called By Committee Over U.S. Exit In Afghanistan

Author

Demirjian, Karoun

Subjects
United States. House of Representatives. Committee on Foreign Affairs -- Investigations, Fall of Kabul, 2021, Secretaries of state -- Investigations, Troop withdrawal -- Investigations, Company legal issue
Abstract

The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee summoned the secretary of state for testimony just days before an expected report on the U.S. exit, in which 13 American service […]

Published
2024

6. 3 Years After U.S. Left, Afghanistan Celebrates Independence and Jihad

Author

Goldbaum, Christina and Akbary, Yaqoob

Subjects
Afghanistan -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations -- Military aspects -- Political aspects, Fall of Kabul, 2021, Troop withdrawal, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Taliban -- Military aspects -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
Abstract

Celebrations marking the third year since the U.S. withdrawal are amplifying a divide in Afghanistan over what principles it should be governed by. The parade of cars rolled through Kabul [...]

Published
2024

7. Afghan Sikh sponsors donated to Sajjan during Kabul campaign; Directors of charity that lobbied for group's rescue contributed thousands to riding association around time of 2021 evacuation

Author

Fife, Robert and Chase, Steven

Subjects
Canada. Elections Canada -- Powers and duties, Fall of Kabul, 2021, Campaign funds -- Investigations, Lobbying -- Investigations, Cabinet officers -- Investigations, Political organizations -- Finance, Charitable foundations -- Finance, Company legal issue, Company financing, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: ROBERT FIFE, STEVEN CHASE OTTAWA -- Directors of a charitable foundation that struck a deal with Ottawa to sponsor the immigration of Afghan Sikhs to Canada made political donations [...]

Published
2024

8. Sajjan instructed troops to rescue Afghan Sikhs during fall of Kabul; Special forces spent final day on failed attempt to save group of about 225 Last-minute operation interfered with priority evacuations, sources say Former defence minister says request was not a direct order to military

Author

Fife, Robert and Chase, Steven

Subjects
Canada. Canadian Forces -- Powers and duties, Fall of Kabul, 2021, Special forces (Military science) -- Powers and duties, Sikhs -- Safety and security measures, Evacuation of civilians -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Afghanistan -- Canada, Cabinet officers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Powers and duties, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: ROBERT FIFE, STEVEN CHASE OTTAWA -- Then-defence minister Harjit Sajjan instructed Canadian special forces to rescue about 225 Afghan Sikhs after the Taliban takeover in August, 2021, in an [...]

Published
2024

9. AFGHANISTAN ONE YEAR LATER: One year after the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal, more information sheds light on the Biden administration's utter incompetence and refusal to follow the advice of top military officials

Author

Kirkwood, R. Cort

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Troop withdrawal -- Evaluation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

A year down the road from the administration's disastrous pullout from the equally disastrous--and costly--20-year war in Afghanistan, we now have a more complete picture of just how President Joe [...]

Published
2022

10. AFGHANISTAN NEEDS ANOTHER MIRACLE; The country's collapse is a cautionary tale to others who allow deception and misinformation about culture, religion and gender to overrule the history and the will of the people, Sima Samar writes

Author

Samar, Sima

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Education of women -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Intervention (International law) -- Political aspects -- Social aspects, Insurgency -- Social aspects -- Political aspects -- Afghanistan, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Taliban -- Military aspects
Abstract

Byline: Sima Samar Sima Samar served in the Interim Administration of Afghanistan, established the first-ever Ministry of Women's Affairs, and chaired the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission from 2002 until [...]

Published
2024

11. Brit danger tourist 'befriends Taliban in captivity' by telling 'toilet bomb' jokes; Miles Routledge, who has styled himself as an intrepid Christian explorer, was detained by the Taliban in Kabul for eight months, and developed a relationship with younger members

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Wit and humor, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: By, Leigh Mcmanus A British 'danger tourist' who was captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan claims he made them laugh with his toilet humour. Miles Routledge, from Birmingham, styles [...]

Published
2024

12. Operation Warm Welcome: After the fall of Kabul, 8,000 Afghans were airlifted to the UK. Now many feel stuck in a limbo of hotels and bureaucracy

Author

McBain, Sophie

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Refugees, Afghan -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Hotels and motels -- Services, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

On 3 August this year, Marwa Koofi, a 20-year-old student, and her mother, Maryam, were visiting relatives when they were jolted by an explosion. How strange, they thought afterwards, that [...]

Published
2021

13. LEAVING AFGHANISTAN BEHIND: THE LONGEST WAR IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY IS NOW OVER. AS THESE SIX EYEWITNESS PERSPECTIVES ATTEST-A COMMANDING GENERAL. A SNIPER, AN INTERPRETER, AND OTHERS-ALTHOUGH THE FIGHTING IS DONE, THE BATTLE OVER ITS MEMORY IS JUST BEGINNING

Author

Gallagher, Matt

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Military personnel -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Troop withdrawal -- Evaluation, Fashion and beauty, General interest, Taliban -- Evaluation
Abstract

FEW WARS GET CLEAN ENDS. Some here in America may want that small grace for Afghanistan as surely as some there deserve it, but in this way, war's like life. [...]

Published
2021

14. THE BIZARRE POSITIVE BIDEN SPIN ON AFGHANISTAN: NO, THE TALIBAN ARE NOT AMERICA'S PARTNERS

Author

Schanzer, Jonathan

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Troop withdrawal, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, Literature/writing, Philosophy and religion, Taliban -- Military aspects
Abstract

THE disastrous American military withdrawal from Afghanistan is complete. After a deadly ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) attack that killed 13 American servicemen, in the wake of a lightning Taliban offensive that left [...]

Published
2021

16. A new reign of terror

Author

Simpson, John

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Political leadership -- Evaluation, Economic conditions -- Evaluation, Troop withdrawal -- Influence, Literature/writing, Political science, Taliban -- Evaluation
Abstract

The US retreat ensured a Taliban victory. Despite talk of moderation, a creed of savage misogyny will now shape Afghanistan's future. I can't help watching again and again the video [...]

Published
2021

17. ENGINEERS WELCOME ALLIES

Author

Dreiszus, George K.

Subjects
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers -- Powers and duties, Fall of Kabul, 2021, Refugees, Afghan, Evacuation of civilians -- Afghanistan -- United States, Military bases -- Buildings and facilities -- Design and construction, Environmental issues, Military and naval science, Taliban -- Political activity
Abstract

On 15 August 2021, the Taliban officially took control of Afghanistan by seizing the capital city of Kabul. This initiated the largest refugee evacuation by the United States in recent [...]

Published
2022

18. Peace, of a sort; Life under the Taliban

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Women's rights -- Forecasts and trends, Economic conditions -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Economics, Business, international, Taliban -- Evaluation
Abstract

From poacher to gamekeeper Afghanistan is poorer and hungrier than a year ago. But it is safer O NE YEAR ago Lema had a good life. Armed with a bachelor's [...]

Published
2022

19. Bureaucratic nightmare; Afghanistan

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Civil service -- Forecasts and trends, Public officers -- Appointments, resignations and dismissals -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Economics, Business, international, Taliban -- Powers and duties -- Officials and employees
Abstract

Turning swords into office chairs Technocrats and former fighters rub shoulders in the civil service U NDER ASHRAF GHANI, Afghanistan's president until the Taliban seized power last August, the country's [...]

Published
2022

20. Blinken to allow lawmakers to view classified Afghanistan cable

Author

Wang, Amy B. and Ryan, Missy

Subjects
United States. House of Representatives. Committee on Foreign Affairs -- Investigations, Fall of Kabul, 2021, Secretaries of state -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Defense information, Classified -- Investigations, Troop withdrawal -- Investigations, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Amy B Wang and Missy Ryan Secretary of State Antony Blinken will allow members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee to view a classified diplomatic cable after a months-long [...]

Published
2023

21. Ottawa hits Afghan-refugee milestone; Many still left in limbo as Canada works toward fulfilling promise to bring at least 40,000 after Taliban takeover

Author

Dickson, Janice

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Immigration policy -- Political aspects, Refugees, Afghan -- Emigration and immigration -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Safety and security measures, Cabinet officers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Taliban -- Military aspects
Abstract

Byline: JANICE DICKSON; Staff OTTAWA -- More than 30,000 Afghan refugees have now arrived in Canada, the federal government says, surpassing a milestone in its program to bring thousands of [...]

Published
2023

22. A Safe Harbor

Author

Hilgers, Lauren

Subjects
Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2022-, Fall of Kabul, 2021, Asylum, Right of -- Forecasts and trends, Refugees -- Forecasts and trends -- Laws, regulations and rules, Dwellings -- Supply and demand, Housing -- Supply and demand, Non-governmental organizations -- Services, Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android . ''Housing is a problem.'' A man named Bob Klein was standing [...]

Published
2022

23. Faces Of Kabul

Author

Mazzone, Dianna

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Photographers -- Interviews, Afghans -- Demographic aspects -- Portrayals -- Social aspects -- Interviews, Fashion and beauty, Sports and fitness, Taliban -- Military aspects
Abstract

Byline: AS TOLD TO DIANNA MAZZONE PHOTOGRAPHED BY FATIMAH HOSSAINI FACES OF KABUL WHEN PHOTOGRAPHER FATIMAH HOSSAINI BEGAN DOCUMENTING THE BEAUTY AND STRENGTH OF AFGHAN WOMEN, SHE HAD NO IDEA [...]

Published
2022

24. GOP threatens to subpoena State Dept. for classified Afghanistan cable

Author

Ryan, Missy and Hudson, John

Subjects
United States. Department of State -- Records and correspondence, United States. House of Representatives. Committee on Foreign Affairs -- Officials and employees, Fall of Kabul, 2021, Legislators -- Political activity, Troop withdrawal -- Investigations, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Republican Party (United States) -- Political activity
Abstract

Byline: Missy Ryan and John Hudson The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday threatened to subpoena the State Department over documents related to the Biden administration's withdrawal [...]

Published
2023

25. Afghans I Trained Are Fighting for Putin in Ukraine

Author

Kasza, Thomas

Subjects
Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2022-, Fall of Kabul, 2021, Special forces (Military science) -- Training -- Recruiting, Commando troops -- Training -- Recruiting, Presidents -- Military policy, Industry hiring, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

I am an American Special Forces soldier, a volunteer knowing well the hazards of this profession in which I've served quietly for 14 years. And I helped build Vladimir Putin's [...]

Published
2023

26. The lessons unlearned in Afghanistan

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Immigration policy -- Political aspects, Refugees -- Emigration and immigration -- Safety and security measures -- Social aspects, Evacuation of civilians -- Military aspects -- Afghanistan, Military maneuvers -- Political aspects -- International relations, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Taliban -- Military aspects
Abstract

Last Sunday, Mursal Nabizada, a former member of Afghanistan's parliament, was murdered at her home in Kabul. Her killers haven't been identified, but it's not a difficult crime to solve. [...]

Published
2023

27. My Family Can't Stay in Afghanistan

Author

Kochai, Jamil Jan

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Refugees, Afghan -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Taliban
Abstract

Last September, 13 months after the Taliban takeover, my family and I flew into Kabul one morning as many of our relatives were on the cusp of fleeing the city. [...]

Published
2023

28. Canada is criticized for not getting more endangered Afghans into the country

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Refugees, Afghan -- Forecasts and trends, Dwellings -- Supply and demand, Housing -- Supply and demand, Market trend/market analysis, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1118365682 BYLINE: EMMA JACOBS HOST: STEVE INSKEEP STEVE INSKEEP: We've reported a lot in recent days on Afghanistan one year after the Taliban [...]

Published
2022

29. Afghans in Winnipeg reflect on year since Taliban takeover of Kabul

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Poverty -- Forecasts and trends -- Manitoba -- Afghanistan, Refugees, Afghan -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Statistics, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Taliban -- Domestic policy
Abstract

Byline: CBC News Farid Ahmad still can't believe it's been a year since Kabul fell to the Taliban after American and allied troops, including Canadians, left the country. 'I [am] [...]

Published
2022

30. What did Afghans gain - and lose - in a region that supported the Taliban?

Subjects
Afghanistan Conflict, 2001-2021, Fall of Kabul, 2021, Islamic militants -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest, Taliban -- Evaluation
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1117484455 BYLINE: FAZELMINALLAH QAZIZAI HOST: STEVE INSKEEP STEVE INSKEEP: The way the Taliban takeover looks depends on where you are in Afghanistan. We [...]

Published
2022

31. A year after the Taliban seized power, what is life like in Afghanistan now?

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Human rights -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, Taliban -- Evaluation
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1117484448 BYLINE: DIAA HADID HOST: LEILA FADEL LEILA FADEL: A year ago today, gunmen on motorbikes rode into Kabul, and Taliban fighters seized [...]

Published
2022

32. What daily life in Afghanistan looks like, 1 year after the Taliban takeover

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Women's rights -- Forecasts and trends, Political leadership -- Evaluation, Economic conditions -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, Taliban -- Military aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1117347646 BYLINE: DIAA HADID HOST: DANIEL ESTRIN DANIEL ESTRIN: Afghanistan has experienced momentous change since the Taliban took control nearly one year ago. [...]

Published
2022

33. A Marine who helped lead Afghanistan evacuations reflects on those left behind

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Marines -- Interviews, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1117015425 HOST: MARY LOUISE KELLY MARY LOUISE KELLY: Let's pick up the story of Lieutenant Colonel Chris Richardella, Marine Corps commander, still serving, [...]

Published
2022

34. A U.S. Marine's view at the Kabul airport when the Taliban took over

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Marines -- Interviews, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1116802690 HOST: MARY LOUISE KELLY MARY LOUISE KELLY: At this time a year ago, Lieutenant Colonel Chris Richardella was in Kuwait. He is [...]

Published
2022

35. Kabul's fall to the Taliban, 1 year later

Subjects
United States. Central Command -- Powers and duties, Fall of Kabul, 2021, Generals -- Interviews, Anniversaries, General interest, Taliban -- Military aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1116036132 HOST: MARY LOUISE KELLY MARY LOUISE KELLY: One year ago, last August, as city after city in Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, [...]

Published
2022

36. International Bar Association 10th Biennial Conference - The World In Crisis How Lawyers And NGOs Responded To The Afghan Airlift And Ukraine Invasion

Author

O'Donoghue, Anne

Subjects
Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2022-, Fall of Kabul, 2021, Emigration and immigration law -- Interpretation and construction, Non-governmental organizations -- Laws, regulations and rules, Practice of law -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Government regulation, Business, international, International Bar Association -- Conferences, meetings and seminars
Abstract

Principal Solicitor of Immigration Solutions Lawyers, Mrs. Anne O'Donoghue, was invited to speak and moderate at the International Bar Associations, 10th Biennial Conference in December 2022, for the session titled [...]

Published
2023

37. A Dangerous Friend

Author

Griswold, Eliza

Subjects
United States. Department of State -- Powers and duties, Fall of Kabul, 2021, Military personnel -- Safety and security measures, Translators (Persons) -- Safety and security measures, Asylum, Right of, Troop withdrawal, General interest, Literature/writing, News, opinion and commentary, Taliban -- Military aspects
Abstract

Byline: Eliza Griswold A Dangerous Friend America promised protection to those it worked with in Afghanistan. It left thousands behind. In July, 2001, Zarmina Faqeer, a sixteen-year-old Afghan refugee living [...]

Published
2021

38. The Fall of the Islamic Republic

Author

Entous, Adam and Coll, Steve

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Troop withdrawal -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Government regulation, General interest, Literature/writing, News, opinion and commentary, Islamic State -- Military aspects, Taliban -- Military aspects
Abstract

Byline: Steve Coll and Adam Entous The Fall of the Islamic Republic The secret history of America's final defeat in Afghanistan. On April 14th, President Joe Biden ended the longest [...]

Published
2021

39. The Collapse

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Evacuation of civilians -- Forecasts and trends -- United States -- Afghanistan, Troop withdrawal -- Political aspects, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Taliban -- Military aspects
Abstract

Against all predictions, the Taliban took the Afghan capital in a matter of hours. This is the story of why and what came after, by a reporter and photographer who [...]

Published
2021

41. Pakistan got its way in Afghanistan. Now what? Pakistan // Rodenbeck

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Prime ministers -- Evaluation, Islamic fundamentalism -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Economics, Business, international, Taliban -- Military aspects
Abstract

U ntil 2013 Salma Tanveer ran a private school in a suburb of Lahore, Pakistan's second biggest city. She and her husband, a civil engineer, were pious Muslims who had [...]

Published
2021

42. Travelling down the road to hell in Afghanistan

Author

Wells, Paul

Subjects
Afghanistan Conflict, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives -- Media coverage, Fall of Kabul, 2021, Troop withdrawal -- Evaluation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

How did the West get things so terribly wrong? The signs of our failure were there if you stopped to take a look. SO JOE BIDEN announced that the last [...]

Published
2021

43. Do Right by Our Afghan Allies

Author

Stockman, Farah

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Immigration policy -- Political aspects, Refugees, Afghan -- Care and treatment, Evacuation of civilians -- Afghanistan -- United States, Alliances, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The fall of Kabul to the Taliban in August of 2021 left a consolation prize for the Afghans who stood by the United States for 20 years: They would be [...]

Published
2022

44. After a Frantic Exit From Kabul, a Family Plants Roots in Nashville

Author

Kujawinski, Peter and Kirkland, Erin

Subjects
Nashville, Tennessee -- Social aspects, Fall of Kabul, 2021, Forced migration, Refugees, Afghan -- Social aspects -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

''Life in Afghanistan, in Kabul,'' said Alyas Tajik, ''was perfect.'' It was a bright morning in September, and the 20-year-old was sitting in the living room of a newly built [...]

Published
2022

45. How the Pineapple Express saved 1,000 Afghans from the Taliban

Author

Kuz, Martin

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Operation Pineapple Express: The Incredible Story of a Group of Americans Who Undertook One Last Mission and Honored a Promise in Afghanistan (Nonfiction work), Refugees, Afghan -- Emigration and immigration -- Safety and security measures -- Interviews, Veterans -- Public participation -- Interviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Martin Kuz Special contributor Abstract: Amid the chaos of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, a retired Green Beret and a cohort of volunteers asked themselves, 'What can I do?' [...]

Published
2022

46. A new country, a new baby, and the universal bonds of parenthood

Author

Gibson, Caitlin

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Refugees, Afghan -- Social aspects -- Care and treatment -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Caitlin Gibson They learned they were expecting their second child on a cold January afternoon, in the fifth month that Mohammad, his wife, Zar, and their then-4-year-old son, Mubariz, [...]

Published
2022

47. The Other Afghan Women

Author

Gopal, Anand

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Evacuation of civilians -- Forecasts and trends -- Methods -- Afghanistan, Military maneuvers -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, Literature/writing, News, opinion and commentary, Taliban -- Military aspects
Abstract

Byline: Anand Gopal The Other Afghan Women In the countryside, the endless killing of civilians turned women against the occupiers who claimed to be helping them. Late one afternoon this [...]

Published
2021

48. Apres Afghanistan; Charlemagne

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Evacuation of civilians -- Political aspects -- Afghanistan -- France, Troop withdrawal -- Political aspects, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

Europeans must ponder the uncomfortable thought that Emmanuel Macron was right THE ANNUAL ritual of Bastille Day is a moment for the French to put up bunting, down champagne and [...]

Published
2021

49. Not up to it; Bagehot

Subjects
United Kingdom. Home Office -- Officials and employees, Fall of Kabul, 2021, Military personnel -- Safety and security measures, Troop withdrawal -- Political aspects, Business, Economics, Business, international, Taliban -- Military aspects
Abstract

Dominic Raab fails to rise to the challenge of Britain's biggest foreign-policy crisis in decades IDEALISTS SEE leadership as steering the ship of state in the right direction (Plato), or [...]

Published
2021

50. Cutting Kabul's cable; Media in Afghanistan

Subjects
Fall of Kabul, 2021, Women's rights -- Forecasts and trends, Freedom of the press -- Forecasts and trends, Television broadcasting -- Industry forecasts, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Economics, Business, international, Taliban -- Military aspects
Abstract

Thriving television channels prepare for a crackdown MILLIONS OF AFGHANS tuned in to Tolo, a local broadcaster, to watch an interview on August 20th with Malala Yousafzai, a campaigner for [...]

Published
2021

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