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Afghan Women Protest Taliban With Colorful Photos of Traditional Dresses

The Taliban’s return to power has ignited widespread fear that Afghan women will be forced out of the professional and educational spaces they occupied before the American withdrawal. The latest worrying order from Taliban leadership decreed that female university students be separated from men and “observe hijab according to [the Taliban’s interpretation of] Sharia” law. In response ...

Raven Montmorency

Afghan women in traditional dress.

Rapper Namewee Posts 8 Sarcastic Tips for the Taliban That Anger China

Afghanistan has been hitting headlines since the Taliban took over. While most of the world is criticizing the U.S. for their removal of troops or the UN for their silence, one Malaysian rapper named Namewee trolled China with sarcastic tips for the Taliban on how to maintain stability. The rapper Namewee Namewee is a 38-year-old ...

Armin Auctor

Namewee album cover.

Will the U.S.-Taliban Agreement Finally Stabilize War-Torn Afghanistan?

In late February, the U.S. government signed a peace deal with the Taliban aimed at bringing American troops home, as well as ending its 19-year-long military operations in Afghanistan. “As part of the deal, the United States would withdraw 4,400 of 13,000 troops in the next three to four months, with the remainder leaving in ...

Jack Roberts

A U.S. soldier in Afghanistan.