(2024-09-24). How visa 'confusion' kept Afghan athletes out of Paris Olympics. newarab.com
(2024-09-24). War Forever, Everywhere. counterpunch.org Count on one thing: armed conflict lasts for decades after battles end and its effects ripple thousands of miles beyond actual battlefields. This has been true of America's post-9/11 forever wars that, in some minimalist fashion, continue in all too many countries around the world. Yet those wars, which we ignited in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan in the wake of the
(2024-09-24). Micro Dramas, Cameron's AI Role, Coppola's 'Megalopolis', and Streep Advocates for Afghan Women. devdiscourse.com In the world of entertainment, Zhu Jian is making waves in China's film industry with micro dramas that challenge traditional norms. On the set of a medieval-themed film, Zhu plays a wealthy patriarch unaware his servant is his biological granddaughter.
(2024-09-24). House Committee Pushes Contempt Charges Against Blinken Over Afghan Exit. devdiscourse.com The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee voted on Tuesday to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress. The decision comes after Blinken failed to comply with a congressional subpoena demanding information about the chaotic 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
(2024-09-24). Taliban jams Afghanistan International broadcasts in Kabul. CPJ Staff
(2024-09-24). Afghanistan: Oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council. fidh.org On 10 September 2024, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) delivered an oral statement during the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan. The statement, prepared with FIDH's member organisation Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA, calls on the UN Human Rights Council to escalate its response to the situation in the country and to establish a new independent international accountability mechanism. Read the oral statement below.
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(2024-09-24). Taliban ban live political broadcasts, step up censorship. CPJ Staff
(2024-09-24). Pakistani Taliban deny attacking a convoy of foreign ambassadors. newarab.com
(2024-09-24). Attack on foreign diplomats' convoy kills police officer in northwestern Pakistan. presstv.ir A roadside bomb hit a convoy of foreign diplomats visiting northwest Pakistan on Sunday.