Afghan women protesting Taliban university ban report being arrested and beaten

 

People have marched outside Kabul University in Afghanistan's capital against the Taliban's decision to ban female students from university. Women marched the streets shouting 'everyone or no one' after the ban was announced by the higher education minister on Tuesday. In a clip obtained by the Associated Press, one woman said authorities used force to disperse the crowds in Kabul, 'whipping' and 'arresting' women who were demonstrating

Former president of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani gives first interview since leaving Kabul

 

The former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani gave his first interview since fleeing Kabul when it fell to the Taliban in August. Ghani told the BBC he was pressured into fleeing Kabul by helicopter by his 'terrified' national security adviser and the commander of the collapsing presidential security detail.

'They said the PPS [presidential protection service] has collapsed, [and] if I take a stand they will all be killed,' Ghani said. 'He did not give me more than two minutes'

Kabul Airport Explosion Kills Four U.S. Marines Amid Evacuations

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Updated Aug. 26, 2021 12:54 pm ET

The U.S. ambassador in Kabul has told staff there that four U.S. Marines were killed in an explosion at the city’s airport and three wounded, a U.S. official with knowledge of the briefing said. Two explosions ripped through crowds of Afghans trying to enter the airport on Thursday.

At least three U.S. troops were injured, a U.S. official said. Witnesses reported multiple fatalities among the Afghans, many of whom were trying to enter the airport because they had assisted U.S.-led coalition efforts and feared persecution by the Taliban.

Western governments have repeatedly warned of an imminent attack by Islamic State and urged their citizens not to approach the airport. After the blasts, the U.S. Embassy told all Americans to leave the entrances to the airport immediately.

Afghanistan: Blasts rock Kabul International Airport | DW News

 

Kabul's airport has been hit by explosions and gunfire. It comes after warnings of a potential terror attack against people evacuating.

Clarissa Ward reveals the hardest part of covering Afghanistan

CNN's Clarissa Ward recounts her journey out of Kabul, Afghanistan, aboard a US Air Force C-17 transporting hundreds of refugees to Doha, Qatar.

'That was a newborn baby': CNN reporter reveals dire situation at airport

 

CNN's Clarissa Ward reports from the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, where hundreds of people wait for flights to evacuate the country after the Taliban's takeover.

What does the Taliban's return to power mean for Afghanistan?

 

Afghanistan is now under the full control of the Taliban. It took the armed group less than ten days to sweep across every province and all the way to the presidential palace in the capital Kabul.

Afghanistan: Taliban push into outskirts of Kabul | DW News

 

The Taliban, an Islamist militant group that has seized large parts of Afghanistan, started entering the outskirts of Kabul on Sunday, local officials said. The Afghan capital is the last major city held by government forces after insurgents made several advances elsewhere this month amid the withdrawal of allied troops.