Women speak out after the Taliban expels female university students<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The ban could see millions of people facing food shortages and go without education, health care and other critical services, as half of the country relies on humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n<p>It will also impact the individual lives of many women.<\/p>\n<p>\"I'm the only breadwinner of my family. If I lose my job, my family of 15 members will die of hunger,\" said a woman in Afghanistan who has been working with NGOs for decades<\/p>\n<p>\"While the world is celebrating the arrival of the new year, Afghanistan has become a hell for women.\"<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban justified its ban, alleging that some female employees at NGOs weren't wearing the hijab correctly. It follows a similar ban last week blocking women from accessing university education, sparking international condemnation and protests.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1672108548,"publishedAt":1672131831,"updatedAt":1672131834,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2022\/12\/27\/un-top-official-met-with-taliban-after-aid-organisations-suspend-operations-in-afghanistan","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/27\/10\/30\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b775acd1-3a98-5070-af7e-9d649dd554b3-7271030.jpg","altText":"A Taliban fighter stands guard as a woman walks past in Kabul, Afghanistan","caption":"A Taliban fighter stands guard as a woman walks past in Kabul, Afghanistan","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Ebrahim Noroozi\/AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/27\/10\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_fe793c30-d25f-512f-98df-eb9aae1cbbb1-7271038.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Ebrahim Noroozi\/Copyright 2022 The AP. 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Instead, she will watch, achingly, as her brother goes without her.","summary":"Marwa was just a few months away from becoming the first woman in her Afghan family to go to university. Instead, she will watch, achingly, as her brother goes without her.","keySentence":null,"url":"women-speak-out-after-the-taliban-expels-female-university-students","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Marwa, 19, \u00a0was just a few months away from becoming the first woman in her Afghan family to go to university. Instead, she will watch on -- achingly -- as her brother goes without her. \n\nThe Taliban has recently banned women from attending universities effective immediately. \n\n\"I was heartbroken. I can't describe in words how I felt the day I got the news,\" she said. \n\n\"Even if they decided to behead women, it would have been better than this ban. \n\n\"We are being treated worse than animals. Animals can go anywhere on their own but we girls don't have the right even to step out of their homes.\" \n\nAfghanistan's rulers have said the order was brought in because female students were not respecting their interpretation of the dress codes. \n\nBut Marwa's brother, Hamid, said this was simply not true.\u00a0 \n\n\"When universities opened under the Taliban, different days were specified for boys and girls,\" he said. \n\n\" They (the girls) were not allowed to enter unless they wore a mask and a hijab. How then can they (the Taliban) say they were without hijabs?\" \n\nMarwa had recently passed an entrance exam to start a nursing degree at a medical university in Kabul. But now, her future is much less certain. \n\nFor more watch Euronews' report in the video above.\u00a0","htmlText":"<p>Marwa, 19,\u00a0was just a few months away from becoming the first woman in her Afghan family to go to university. Instead, she will watch on -- achingly -- as her brother goes without her.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//video//2022//12//21//international-outcry-after-the-taliban-banned-women-from-universities-in-afghanistan/">The Taliban has recently banned women from attending universities effective immediately.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"I was heartbroken. I can't describe in words how I felt the day I got the news,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>\"Even if they decided to behead women, it would have been better than this ban.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are being treated worse than animals. Animals can go anywhere on their own but we girls don't have the right even to step out of their homes.\"<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan's rulers have said the order was brought in because female students were not respecting their interpretation of the dress codes.<\/p>\n<p>But Marwa's brother, Hamid, said this was simply not true.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"When universities opened under the Taliban, different days were specified for boys and girls,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>\"They (the girls) were not allowed to enter unless they wore a mask and a hijab. How then can they (the Taliban) say they were without hijabs?\"<\/p>\n<p>Marwa had recently passed an entrance exam to start a nursing degree at a medical university in Kabul. But now, her future is much less certain.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For more watch Euronews' report in the video above.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1671973405,"publishedAt":1672007437,"updatedAt":1672007440,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2022\/12\/25\/women-speak-out-after-the-taliban-expels-female-university-students","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/26\/84\/98\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1b28f9e6-0a36-5d81-88d0-9078d6f16ae6-7268498.jpg","altText":"Afghan schoolgirls pose for a photo in a classroom in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday 22 December 2022","caption":"Afghan schoolgirls pose for a photo in a classroom in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday 22 December 2022","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Ebrahim Noroozi\/Copyright 2022 The AP. 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Taliban ban women from working for foreign and domestic NGOs","leadin":"The latest restrictions come just days after the Taliban banned female students from attending universities across the country.","summary":"The latest restrictions come just days after the Taliban banned female students from attending universities across the country.","keySentence":null,"url":"taliban-ban-women-from-working-for-foreign-and-domestic-ngos","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Taliban government on Saturday ordered all foreign and domestic non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to suspend employing women, allegedly because some female employees didn't wear the Islamic headscarf correctly. The ban was the latest restrictive move by Afghanistan's new rulers against women's rights and freedoms. \n\nThe development comes just days after the Taliban banned female students from attending universities across the country. Afghan women have since demonstrated in major cities against the ban, a rare sign of domestic protest since the Taliban seized power last year. The decision has also caused outrage and opposition in Afghanistan and beyond. \n\nThe order came in a letter from Economy Minister Qari Din Mohammed Hanif, which said that any NGO found not complying with the order will have their operating license revoked in Afghanistan. The ministry's spokesman, Abdul Rahman Habib, confirmed the letter's content to The Associated Press. \n\nThe ministry said it had received \u201cserious complaints\u201d about female staff working for NGOs not wearing the \u201ccorrect\" headscarf, or hijab. It was not immediately clear if the order applies to all women or only Afghan women working at the NGOs. \n\nMore details were not immediately available amid concerns the latest Taliban ban could be a stepping-stone to a blanket ban on Afghan women leaving the home. \n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a heartbreaking announcement,\" said Maliha Niazai, a master trainer at an NGO teaching young people about issues such as gender-based violence. \u201cAre we not human beings? Why are they treating us with this cruelty?\u201d \n\nThe 25-year-old, who works at Y-Peer Afghanistan and lives in Kabul, said her job was important because she was serving her country and is the only person supporting her family. \u201cWill the officials support us after this announcement? If not, then why are they snatching meals from our mouths?\u201d she asked. \n\nAnother NGO worker, a 24-year-old from Jalalabad working the Norwegian Refugee Council, said it was \u201cthe worst moment of my life.\" \n\n\u201cThe job gives me more than a ... living, it is a representation of all the efforts I've made,\" she said, declining to give her name fearing for her own safety. \n\nAlso Saturday, Taliban security forces used a water cannon to disperse women protesting the ban on university education for women in the western city of Herat, eyewitnesses said. \n\nAccording to the witnesses, about two dozen women were heading to the Herat provincial governor\u2019s house on Saturday to protest the ban \u2014 many chanting: \u201cEducation is our right\u201d \u2014 when they were pushed back by security forces firing the water cannon. \n\nVideo shared with media outlets showed the women screaming and hiding in a side street to escape the water cannon. They then resume their protest, with chants of \u201cDisgraceful!\u201d \n\nOne of the protest organizers, Maryam, said between 100 and 150 women took part in the protest, moving in small groups from different parts of the city toward a central meeting point. She did not give her last name for fear of reprisals.","htmlText":"<p>The Taliban government on Saturday ordered all foreign and domestic non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to suspend employing women, allegedly because some female employees didn't wear the Islamic headscarf correctly. The ban was the latest restrictive move by Afghanistan's new rulers against women's rights and freedoms.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes just days after the Taliban banned female students from attending universities across the country. Afghan women have since demonstrated in major cities against the ban, a rare sign of domestic protest since the Taliban seized power last year. The decision has also caused outrage and opposition in Afghanistan and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>The order came in a letter from Economy Minister Qari Din Mohammed Hanif, which said that any NGO found not complying with the order will have their operating license revoked in Afghanistan. The ministry's spokesman, Abdul Rahman Habib, confirmed the letter's content to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry said it had received \u201cserious complaints\u201d about female staff working for NGOs not wearing the \u201ccorrect\" headscarf, or hijab. It was not immediately clear if the order applies to all women or only Afghan women working at the NGOs.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7261356,6909606,7186010\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//12//21//international-outcry-after-the-taliban-banned-women-from-universities-in-afghanistan/">International outcry after the Taliban banned women from universities in Afghanistan<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//11//11//in-pictures-afghan-women-banned-from-funfairs-and-parks/">In pictures: Taliban stop Afghan women from entering funfairs and parks<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2022//08//15//five-infographics-to-show-impact-of-taliban-takeover-on-europe/">Five infographics showing impact of Taliban takeover on Europe <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>More details were not immediately available amid concerns the latest Taliban ban could be a stepping-stone to a blanket ban on Afghan women leaving the home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a heartbreaking announcement,\" said Maliha Niazai, a master trainer at an NGO teaching young people about issues such as gender-based violence. \u201cAre we not human beings? Why are they treating us with this cruelty?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old, who works at Y-Peer Afghanistan and lives in Kabul, said her job was important because she was serving her country and is the only person supporting her family. \u201cWill the officials support us after this announcement? If not, then why are they snatching meals from our mouths?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<p>Another NGO worker, a 24-year-old from Jalalabad working the Norwegian Refugee Council, said it was \u201cthe worst moment of my life.\"<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe job gives me more than a ... living, it is a representation of all the efforts I've made,\" she said, declining to give her name fearing for her own safety.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//26//77//14//808x454_cmsv2_f5135f6d-9766-5f31-b8ef-6082ee1d8afd-7267714.jpg/" alt=\"AP Photo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/26\/77\/14\/384x216_cmsv2_f5135f6d-9766-5f31-b8ef-6082ee1d8afd-7267714.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/26\/77\/14\/640x360_cmsv2_f5135f6d-9766-5f31-b8ef-6082ee1d8afd-7267714.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/26\/77\/14\/750x422_cmsv2_f5135f6d-9766-5f31-b8ef-6082ee1d8afd-7267714.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/26\/77\/14\/828x466_cmsv2_f5135f6d-9766-5f31-b8ef-6082ee1d8afd-7267714.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/26\/77\/14\/1080x608_cmsv2_f5135f6d-9766-5f31-b8ef-6082ee1d8afd-7267714.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/26\/77\/14\/1200x675_cmsv2_f5135f6d-9766-5f31-b8ef-6082ee1d8afd-7267714.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/26\/77\/14\/1920x1080_cmsv2_f5135f6d-9766-5f31-b8ef-6082ee1d8afd-7267714.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A classroom that previously was used for girls sits empty in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Also Saturday, Taliban security forces used a water cannon to disperse women protesting the ban on university education for women in the western city of Herat, eyewitnesses said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the witnesses, about two dozen women were heading to the Herat provincial governor\u2019s house on Saturday to protest the ban \u2014 many chanting: \u201cEducation is our right\u201d \u2014 when they were pushed back by security forces firing the water cannon.<\/p>\n<p>Video shared with media outlets showed the women screaming and hiding in a side street to escape the water cannon. They then resume their protest, with chants of \u201cDisgraceful!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the protest organizers, Maryam, said between 100 and 150 women took part in the protest, moving in small groups from different parts of the city toward a central meeting point. 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Many Afghan men identify by only one name. \n\nTaliban security forces had arrested Tajmir after the victim's family accused him of the crime, said a statement from Mujahid, the spokesman.\u00a0 \n\nThe statement did not say when the arrest took place but claimed Tajmir had purportedly confessed to the killing.\u00a0 \n\nDuring the previous Taliban rule of the country in the late 1990s, the group carried out public executions, floggings and stoning of those convicted of crimes in Taliban courts. \n\n\nAfter they overran Afghanistan in 2021 -- in the final weeks of the US and NATO forces' pullout from the country after 20 years of war -- the Taliban had initially promised to allow for women's and minority rights. \n\nInstead, they have restricted rights and freedoms, including imposing a ban on girls' education beyond the sixth grade.\u00a0 \n\nThey have also carried out public lashings across different provinces, punishing several men and women accused of theft, adultery or running away from home. \n\nThe former insurgents have struggled in their transition from warfare to governing amid an economic downturn and the international community's withholding of official recognition.","htmlText":"<p>The Taliban authorities on Wednesday publically executed an Afghan convicted of murder -- the first time this has happened since the former insurgents took over Afghanistan last year, a spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement underscored the intentions of Afghanistan's new rulers to continue the hardline policies implemented since they took over the country in August of last year and to stick to their interpretation of Sharia, or Islamic law.<\/p>\n<p>The execution -- said to have been carried out with an assault rifle by the victim's father -- took place in western Farah province before hundreds of spectators and many top Taliban officials, according to Zabihullah Mujahid, the top Taliban government spokesman.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to carry out the punishment was \"made very carefully,\" Mujahid said, following approval by three of the country's highest courts and the Taliban supreme leader, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada.<\/p>\n<p>The executed man, identified just as Tajmir from Herat province, was convicted of killing another man five years ago and stealing his motorcycle and mobile phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The victim was identified as Mustafa and was said to have been from the neighbouring Farah province. Many Afghan men identify by only one name.<\/p>\n<p>Taliban security forces had arrested Tajmir after the victim's family accused him of the crime, said a statement from Mujahid, the spokesman.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The statement did not say when the arrest took place but claimed Tajmir had purportedly confessed to the killing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the previous Taliban rule of the country in the late 1990s, the group carried out public executions, floggings and stoning of those convicted of crimes in Taliban courts. <\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6922910,6937258\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a 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The town has important rail and road links to Central Asia.<\/p>\n<p>It was not clear who the employees on the bus worked for.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1670321874,"publishedAt":1670323744,"updatedAt":1670323747,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2022\/12\/06\/at-least-seven-killed-in-bus-bomb-attack-in-northern-afghanistan","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/23\/38\/08\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_893fa416-70a1-501e-bc23-5a82ecd5220a-7233808.jpg","altText":"Taliban security personnel carry a damaged bus after a roadside bomb blast in Mazar-e Sharif, the capital city of Balkh province, in northern Afghanistan. Tuesday, 6 Dec. 2022","caption":"Taliban security personnel carry a damaged bus after a roadside bomb blast in Mazar-e Sharif, the capital city of Balkh province, in northern Afghanistan. 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In Afghanistan, it broadcasts in the two main spoken languages, Dari and Pashtun.\u00a0 \n\nThe station adhered to the ban but stressed that it would look for alternative ways of providing its service in Afghanistan.\u00a0 \n\n\"Azadi is a lifeline for tens of millions of Afghans, which makes the Taliban's decision all the more tragic,\" Radio Free Europe chairman Jamie Fly said in a statement. \n\n\nAzadi had already closed his office in Afghanistan after the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, following the chaotic withdrawal of US forces from the country. \n\n\nThe Taliban have imposed an ultra-rigorous interpretation of Islam on the Afghan population, gradually introducing increasingly strict rules.\u00a0 \n\n\nRadio Free Europe was set up after World War Two to support refugees from the USSR and give them a platform to voice their opinions to a wider audience.\u00a0 \n\nScholars have argued that the US funded the project to counter communism, amid Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union.\u00a0\u00a0","htmlText":"<p>The Taliban announced on Thursday it had banned the Afghan service of Radio Free Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Known as Azadi, meaning freedom, the station broadcasts education programmes for girls in Afghanistan, who have been stopped from attending school since the Taliban took over last year.<\/p>\n<p>A Taliban Information Ministry official, Abdul Haq Hammad, tweeted that the US-funded radio station had been taken off air for not complying with \"journalistic principles and its one-sided coverage\".\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>The move comes amid a broader crackdown on the freedoms of Afghan women and girls.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though the Taliban said it would protect their rights following its seizure of power in August, it has rolled back freedoms, preventing women from long-distance travel without a male guardian and banning girls from receiving an education.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Videos have circulated online which purport to show the Taliban lashing women for minor infringements of the new rules.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7186010\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//11//11//in-pictures-afghan-women-banned-from-funfairs-and-parks/">In pictures: Taliban stop Afghan women from entering funfairs and parks<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Radio Free Europe, which is also known as Radio Liberty, is funded by the US government but is editorially independent. 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On 30 September, a suicide attack at a Kabul hall packed with students preparing for university admissions killed 54 people, including 51 girls, according to the UN.\u00a0 \n\nA few days later, on 5 October, at least four people were killed in an explosion at a mosque in Kabul during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. \n\nMost of the attacks have been claimed by the local branch of the Islamic State, known as Islamic State - Khorasan Province (ISIS-K). The group is known to target religious minorities -- like the Hazars --, the same people the Taliban have promised to protect. \n\nWednesday's blast has not yet been claimed by any group in Afghanistan, but the government has accused ISK of being responsible. \n\n\"Our detective and security forces are working quickly to identify the perpetrators of this unforgivable crime and punish them for their actions,\" tweeted Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafay Takor on Wednesday.","htmlText":"<p>At least 10 people died and \"many more\" were injured in a blast at a madrasa -- a religious school -- in Aybak, northern Afghanistan, on Wednesday, according to the Taliban.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But doctors at a local hospital put the death toll much higher, saying\u00a0at least 19 people are dead and 24 others wounded.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion went off at the Al Jihad madrasa in Aybak at around the same time as students would have been gathering for afternoon prayers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Most of the victims, who have not yet been identified by authorities, were \"children and ordinary people,\" the doctor told AFP under the condition of anonymity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The BBC, citing local sources, said the children were aged between 9 and 15. <\/p>\n<p>Footage and pictures from the scene of the blast distributed by the Taliban showed broken glass, debris and traces of blood in the room where bodies are strewn on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>The attack is the latest of a series of explosions that have targeted civilians in Afghanistan since the return of the Taliban to power in August 2021, after the hasty withdrawal of American troops from the country. On 30 September, a suicide attack at a Kabul hall packed with students preparing for university admissions killed 54 people, including 51 girls, according to the UN.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A few days later, on 5 October, at least four people were killed in an explosion at a mosque in Kabul during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7077124,7069992\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//10//03//women-protest-in-afghanistan-after-kabul-academy-bombing/">Women protest in Afghanistan after Kabul academy bombing<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//09//30//students-killed-after-suicide-bomb-attack-at-afghan-education-centre/">Students killed after suicide bomb attack at Afghan education centre<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Most of the attacks have been claimed by the local branch of the Islamic State, known as Islamic State - Khorasan Province (ISIS-K). The group is known to target religious minorities -- like the Hazars --, the same people the Taliban have promised to protect.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday's blast has not yet been claimed by any group in Afghanistan, but the government has accused ISK of being responsible.<\/p>\n<p>\"Our detective and security forces are working quickly to identify the perpetrators of this unforgivable crime and punish them for their actions,\" tweeted Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafay Takor on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1669822424,"publishedAt":1669819560,"updatedAt":1669832738,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2022\/11\/30\/several-students-killed-after-explosion-at-afghan-religious-school","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/22\/29\/96\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_18081b59-b8d3-50f6-aa06-25f31969a39e-7222996.jpg","altText":"A wounded boy receives treatment at a hospital after the deadly bomb blast.","caption":"A wounded boy receives treatment at a hospital after the deadly bomb blast.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Saifullah Karimi","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":3006,"height":2066}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":2,"slug":"afghanistan","urlSafeValue":"afghanistan","title":"Afghanistan","titleRaw":"Afghanistan"},{"id":10231,"slug":"explosion","urlSafeValue":"explosion","title":"Explosion","titleRaw":"Explosion"},{"id":21250,"slug":"religious-schools","urlSafeValue":"religious-schools","title":"Religious Schools","titleRaw":"Religious Schools"},{"id":9939,"slug":"bomb-blast","urlSafeValue":"bomb-blast","title":"Bomb blast","titleRaw":"Bomb blast"}],"related":[{"id":2050268},{"id":2026282},{"id":2142492}],"technicalTags":[],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":{"quotation":null,"description":null,"author":null},"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":null,"contentType":null,"displayOverlay":0},"displayType":"default","video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"Euronews","additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":"AP","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":0,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":{"id":2,"urlSafeValue":"afghanistan","title":"Afghanistan","url":"\/news\/asia\/afghanistan"},"town":[],"versions":[],"path":"\/2022\/11\/30\/several-students-killed-after-explosion-at-afghan-religious-school","lastModified":1669832738},{"id":2129824,"cid":7205044,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"221121_NWSU_49189616","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"grapeshot":"'neg_facebook_2021','castrol_negative_uk','neg_mobkoi_castrol','gs_society','gb_safe','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','gs_society_charity','neg_nespresso','shadow9hu7_pos_ukrainecrisis','neg_facebook_q4','gt_negative','gs_busfin','gs_health','gs_busfin_economy_currencies','gs_economy_misc','gs_politics_misc','gv_safe'","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Afghans will struggle for their lives this winter, says Red Cross","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Afghans will struggle for their lives this winter, says Red Cross","titleListing2":"Afghans will struggle for their lives this winter, says Red Cross","leadin":"\"The economic hardship is there. It's very serious, and people will struggle for their lives,\" Martin Sch\u00fcepp, director of operations at the ICRC.","summary":"\"The economic hardship is there. It's very serious, and people will struggle for their lives,\" Martin Sch\u00fcepp, director of operations at the ICRC.","keySentence":null,"url":"afghans-will-struggle-for-their-lives-this-winter-says-red-cross","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The conditions in Taliban-held Afghanistan will be worse in the year ahead, and more Afghans are bound to struggle for survival, a top Red Cross official said. \n\nThe country is about to endure its second winter since the religious group's seizure of power in August 2021 -- a shock event that fundamentally transformed Afghanistan, driving millions into poverty and hunger as foreign aid stopped almost overnight. \n\n\"The economic hardship is there. It's very serious, and people will struggle for their lives,\" Martin Sch\u00fcepp, director of operations at the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, said in an interview late on Sunday. \n\nSanctions on Taliban rulers, a halt on bank transfers and billions frozen in Afghanistan's currency reserves have already restricted access to global institutions and the outside money that supported the country's economy before the withdrawal of US and NATO forces. \n\nThe onset of winter will compound the acute humanitarian needs that half the country is already facing, Sch\u00fcepp pointed out. \n\n\"Prices are spiking due to a whole set of reasons, but also the issue of sanctions has led to massive consequences,\" he said.\u00a0 \n\n\"We see more and more Afghans who are having to sell their belongings to make ends meet, where they have to buy materials for heating while at the same time have to face increasing costs for food and other essential items.\" \n\nHumanitarian organisations struggle to stay afloat \n\nSanctions are a challenge in getting aid and the necessary supplies to the country in a timely fashion, and it is key that all sanctions have humanitarian exemptions so organisations like the ICRC can continue their work, he said. \n\nThe Red Cross is already paying the salaries of 10,500 medical staff every month to ensure basic healthcare services stay afloat, he added. \n\n\"We are very conscious that it's not our primary role to pay for the salaries of medical staff. As a humanitarian organization, we are not best placed to do that. We have done so exceptionally to ensure that services continue to be provided.\" \n\nSch\u00fcepp, who was making his first visit to Afghanistan as director of operations since the Taliban takeover, said the agency was feeding most of the country's prison population.\u00a0 \n\nHe was unable to say how many prisoners there were in Afghanistan immediately. \n\n\"We have stepped up our support to prisons and prisoners, ensuring that food is being provided in the prisons throughout the country,\" he said. \"Today, about 80% of the prison population benefits from such food support.\" \n\nHe described the Red Cross' role as a \"stop-gap measure\" that had become necessary following the collapse of the US-backed Afghan government once Washington began its final withdrawal of troops in August 2021. \n\nNo country in the world has recognised the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as the Taliban call their administration, leaving them internationally isolated.\u00a0 \n\nThe religious group previously ruled Afghanistan in the 1990s and was overthrown by a US invasion in 2001. \n\nDuring their previous years in power, the Taliban carried out public executions, floggings, and stoning of those convicted of crimes in Taliban courts. \n\nAfter they overran Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban initially promised to be more moderate and allow for women's and minority rights.\u00a0Instead, they have cracked down heavier on rights and freedoms.","htmlText":"<p>The conditions in Taliban-held Afghanistan will be worse in the year ahead, and more Afghans are bound to struggle for survival, a top Red Cross official said.<\/p>\n<p>The country is about to endure its second winter since the religious group's seizure of power in August 2021 -- a shock event that fundamentally transformed Afghanistan, driving millions into poverty and hunger as foreign aid stopped almost overnight.<\/p>\n<p>\"The economic hardship is there. It's very serious, and people will struggle for their lives,\" Martin Sch\u00fcepp, director of operations at the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, said in an interview late on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6927274,6909606\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//08//10//girls-the-biggest-losers-after-a-year-of-taliban-rule-in-afghanistan/">Girls the 'biggest losers' after a year of Taliban rule in Afghanistan<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2022//08//15//five-infographics-to-show-impact-of-taliban-takeover-on-europe/">Five infographics showing impact of Taliban takeover on Europe <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sanctions on Taliban rulers, a halt on bank transfers and billions frozen in Afghanistan's currency reserves have already restricted access to global institutions and the outside money that supported the country's economy before the withdrawal of US and NATO forces.<\/p>\n<p>The onset of winter will compound the acute humanitarian needs that half the country is already facing, Sch\u00fcepp pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>\"Prices are spiking due to a whole set of reasons, but also the issue of sanctions has led to massive consequences,\" he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"We see more and more Afghans who are having to sell their belongings to make ends meet, where they have to buy materials for heating while at the same time have to face increasing costs for food and other essential items.\"<\/p>\n<h2>Humanitarian organisations struggle to stay afloat<\/h2><p>Sanctions are a challenge in getting aid and the necessary supplies to the country in a timely fashion, and it is key that all sanctions have humanitarian exemptions so organisations like the ICRC can continue their work, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Cross is already paying the salaries of 10,500 medical staff every month to ensure basic healthcare services stay afloat, he added.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are very conscious that it's not our primary role to pay for the salaries of medical staff. As a humanitarian organization, we are not best placed to do that. We have done so exceptionally to ensure that services continue to be provided.\"<\/p>\n<p>Sch\u00fcepp, who was making his first visit to Afghanistan as director of operations since the Taliban takeover, said the agency was feeding most of the country's prison population.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was unable to say how many prisoners there were in Afghanistan immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have stepped up our support to prisons and prisoners, ensuring that food is being provided in the prisons throughout the country,\" he said. \"Today, about 80% of the prison population benefits from such food support.\"<\/p>\n<p>He described the Red Cross' role as a \"stop-gap measure\" that had become necessary following the collapse of the US-backed Afghan government once Washington began its final withdrawal of troops in August 2021.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6937258,6922910\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2022//08//12//forgotten-in-albania-afghans-dream-of-america-one-year-after-the-taliban-takeover/">Forgotten in Albania: Afghans dream of America one year after the Taliban takeover<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//08//15//the-disappearing-daughters-of-afghanistan/">Taliban one year on: The disappearing daughters of Afghanistan<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>No country in the world has recognised the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as the Taliban call their administration, leaving them internationally isolated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The religious group previously ruled Afghanistan in the 1990s and was overthrown by a US invasion in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>During their previous years in power, the Taliban carried out public executions, floggings, and stoning of those convicted of crimes in Taliban courts.<\/p>\n<p>After they overran Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban initially promised to be more moderate and allow for women's and minority rights.\u00a0Instead, they have cracked down heavier on rights and freedoms.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1669014465,"publishedAt":1669017229,"updatedAt":1669017231,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2022\/11\/21\/afghans-will-struggle-for-their-lives-this-winter-says-red-cross","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/20\/50\/44\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_3830ec0a-6452-54ab-be55-13e9635b00c4-7205044.jpg","altText":"A girl holds a chicken in Kabul in April 2022","caption":"A girl holds a chicken in Kabul in April 2022","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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in Afghanistan, preventing them from leaving home without a male relative and forcing them to wear face coverings.\u00a0 \n\n\"We are just bored and fed-up, with being at home all day, our minds are tired, \" one Afghan woman told reporters.\u00a0\"There are no schools, no work \u2026 We should at least have a place to have fun.\"","htmlText":"<p>Afghan women were banned from entering amusement parks in the capital Kabul this week, days after the country announced more public restrictions on women and girls.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since sweeping to power last year, the Taliban have cracked down on the freedoms of women and girls in Afghanistan, preventing them from leaving home without a male relative and forcing them to wear face coverings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"We are just bored and fed-up, with being at home all day, our minds are tired, \" one Afghan woman told reporters.\u00a0\"There are no schools, no work \u2026 We should at least have a place to have fun.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//18//60//10//808x539_cmsv2_99e8628e-1eae-5a2b-99c1-f90048c848c4-7186010.jpg/" alt=\"Ebrahim Noroozi/Copyright 2022 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/384x256_cmsv2_99e8628e-1eae-5a2b-99c1-f90048c848c4-7186010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/640x427_cmsv2_99e8628e-1eae-5a2b-99c1-f90048c848c4-7186010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/750x500_cmsv2_99e8628e-1eae-5a2b-99c1-f90048c848c4-7186010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/828x552_cmsv2_99e8628e-1eae-5a2b-99c1-f90048c848c4-7186010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1080x720_cmsv2_99e8628e-1eae-5a2b-99c1-f90048c848c4-7186010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1200x800_cmsv2_99e8628e-1eae-5a2b-99c1-f90048c848c4-7186010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1920x1281_cmsv2_99e8628e-1eae-5a2b-99c1-f90048c848c4-7186010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Taliban have banned women from using gyms and parks in Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 10.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ebrahim Noroozi/Copyright 2022 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//18//60//10//808x539_cmsv2_c9a125e1-be7e-520b-836e-fcddffa0503e-7186010.jpg/" alt=\"ALI KHARA/REUTERS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/384x256_cmsv2_c9a125e1-be7e-520b-836e-fcddffa0503e-7186010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/640x427_cmsv2_c9a125e1-be7e-520b-836e-fcddffa0503e-7186010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/750x500_cmsv2_c9a125e1-be7e-520b-836e-fcddffa0503e-7186010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/828x552_cmsv2_c9a125e1-be7e-520b-836e-fcddffa0503e-7186010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1080x720_cmsv2_c9a125e1-be7e-520b-836e-fcddffa0503e-7186010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1200x800_cmsv2_c9a125e1-be7e-520b-836e-fcddffa0503e-7186010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1920x1280_cmsv2_c9a125e1-be7e-520b-836e-fcddffa0503e-7186010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A man looks at an empty Ferris wheel, 10 Nov. 2022.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">ALI KHARA/REUTERS<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//18//60//10//808x539_cmsv2_696c0d92-ce76-5d52-96c3-e9419ee3be65-7186010.jpg/" alt=\"Ebrahim Noroozi/Copyright 2022 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/384x256_cmsv2_696c0d92-ce76-5d52-96c3-e9419ee3be65-7186010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/640x427_cmsv2_696c0d92-ce76-5d52-96c3-e9419ee3be65-7186010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/750x500_cmsv2_696c0d92-ce76-5d52-96c3-e9419ee3be65-7186010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/828x552_cmsv2_696c0d92-ce76-5d52-96c3-e9419ee3be65-7186010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1080x720_cmsv2_696c0d92-ce76-5d52-96c3-e9419ee3be65-7186010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1200x800_cmsv2_696c0d92-ce76-5d52-96c3-e9419ee3be65-7186010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1920x1281_cmsv2_696c0d92-ce76-5d52-96c3-e9419ee3be65-7186010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A conspicuous lack of women in a park in Afghanistan Nov 10, 2022.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ebrahim Noroozi/Copyright 2022 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//18//60//10//808x539_cmsv2_7ab8e79a-f6ea-53f8-9970-b29ccae9766c-7186010.jpg/" alt=\"Ebrahim Noroozi/Copyright 2022 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/384x256_cmsv2_7ab8e79a-f6ea-53f8-9970-b29ccae9766c-7186010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/640x427_cmsv2_7ab8e79a-f6ea-53f8-9970-b29ccae9766c-7186010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/750x500_cmsv2_7ab8e79a-f6ea-53f8-9970-b29ccae9766c-7186010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/828x552_cmsv2_7ab8e79a-f6ea-53f8-9970-b29ccae9766c-7186010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1080x720_cmsv2_7ab8e79a-f6ea-53f8-9970-b29ccae9766c-7186010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1200x800_cmsv2_7ab8e79a-f6ea-53f8-9970-b29ccae9766c-7186010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1920x1281_cmsv2_7ab8e79a-f6ea-53f8-9970-b29ccae9766c-7186010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A Taliban fighter stands guard in an amusement park, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ebrahim Noroozi/Copyright 2022 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//18//60//10//808x539_cmsv2_77687377-1a34-507d-bbca-714953d2255d-7186010.jpg/" alt=\"Ebrahim Noroozi/Copyright 2022 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/384x256_cmsv2_77687377-1a34-507d-bbca-714953d2255d-7186010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/640x427_cmsv2_77687377-1a34-507d-bbca-714953d2255d-7186010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/750x500_cmsv2_77687377-1a34-507d-bbca-714953d2255d-7186010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/828x552_cmsv2_77687377-1a34-507d-bbca-714953d2255d-7186010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1080x720_cmsv2_77687377-1a34-507d-bbca-714953d2255d-7186010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1200x800_cmsv2_77687377-1a34-507d-bbca-714953d2255d-7186010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1920x1281_cmsv2_77687377-1a34-507d-bbca-714953d2255d-7186010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Afghan women stand outside an amusement park, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ebrahim Noroozi/Copyright 2022 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6650390625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//18//60//10//808x539_cmsv2_c70f3b1a-909c-50b8-b641-2e264072fb3f-7186010.jpg/" alt=\"WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP or licensors\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/384x255_cmsv2_c70f3b1a-909c-50b8-b641-2e264072fb3f-7186010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/640x426_cmsv2_c70f3b1a-909c-50b8-b641-2e264072fb3f-7186010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/750x499_cmsv2_c70f3b1a-909c-50b8-b641-2e264072fb3f-7186010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/828x551_cmsv2_c70f3b1a-909c-50b8-b641-2e264072fb3f-7186010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1080x718_cmsv2_c70f3b1a-909c-50b8-b641-2e264072fb3f-7186010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1200x798_cmsv2_c70f3b1a-909c-50b8-b641-2e264072fb3f-7186010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1920x1277_cmsv2_c70f3b1a-909c-50b8-b641-2e264072fb3f-7186010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">November 9, 2022, shows a amusement rides at the Habibullah Zazai Park on the outskirts of Kabul.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP or licensors<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//18//60//10//808x539_cmsv2_deaf39d5-239d-516d-88c5-21a814f05335-7186010.jpg/" alt=\"WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP or licensors\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/384x256_cmsv2_deaf39d5-239d-516d-88c5-21a814f05335-7186010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/640x426_cmsv2_deaf39d5-239d-516d-88c5-21a814f05335-7186010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/750x500_cmsv2_deaf39d5-239d-516d-88c5-21a814f05335-7186010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/828x551_cmsv2_deaf39d5-239d-516d-88c5-21a814f05335-7186010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1080x719_cmsv2_deaf39d5-239d-516d-88c5-21a814f05335-7186010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1200x799_cmsv2_deaf39d5-239d-516d-88c5-21a814f05335-7186010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/1920x1279_cmsv2_deaf39d5-239d-516d-88c5-21a814f05335-7186010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Men drink tea at the Wazir Akbar Khan hilltop overlooking Kabul on November 9, 2022.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP or licensors<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1668092911,"publishedAt":1668146424,"updatedAt":1668146439,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2022\/11\/11\/in-pictures-afghan-women-banned-from-funfairs-and-parks","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/18\/60\/10\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7ab8e79a-f6ea-53f8-9970-b29ccae9766c-7186010.jpg","altText":"A Taliban fighter stands guard in an amusement park, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.","caption":"A Taliban fighter stands guard in an amusement park, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Ebrahim Noroozi\/Copyright 2022 The AP. 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an explosion at an education centre in Afghanistan. \n\nTaliban officials say a suicide bomber struck\u00a0a Shiite area of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday morning. \n\nThe explosion occurred inside a centre in the Dashti Barchi neighbourhood, according to a Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief. \n\nThe victims were mostly male and female school students, who were taking a practice university entrance exam when the blast went off, the official added.\u00a0 \n\nThe private facility is known as the Kaaj Higher Educational Center and helps students prepare and study for college entrance exams.\u00a0 \n\nEducation centres in the area will now need to ask the Taliban for additional security when they host events, officials say. \n\nNo one has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. \n\nThe blast is the latest attack against Afghanistan\u2019s minority Shiite Muslim community since the Taliban seized power in August 2021. \n\nThe so-called Islamic State (IS) group \u2014 the chief rival of the Taliban \u2014 has previously targeted the Hazara community, who are mostly Shiite Muslims, in Dashti Barchi. \n\nThe US charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires for Afghanistan, Karen Decker, condemned the attack on the Kaaj education centre. \n\n\u201cTargeting a room full of students taking exams is shameful; all students should be able to pursue an education in peace and without fear,\u201d she wrote on Twitter . \u201cWe hope for a swift recovery for the victims and we grieve with the families of the deceased.\u201d \n\nThe United Nations children\u2019s fund (UNICEF) said it was appalled by Friday\u2019s attack, adding that violence in or around educational establishments was never acceptable. \n\n\u201cThis heinous act claimed the lives of dozens of adolescent girls and boys and severely injured many more,\u201d UNICEF tweeted . \n\n\"Children and adolescents are not, and must never be, the target of violence.\u201d","htmlText":"<p>At least 25 people have been killed and dozens more wounded after an explosion at an education centre in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Taliban officials say a suicide bomber struck\u00a0a Shiite area of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion occurred inside a centre in the Dashti Barchi neighbourhood, according to a Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief.<\/p>\n<p>The victims were mostly male and female school students, who were taking a practice university entrance exam when the blast went off, the official added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The private facility is known as the Kaaj Higher Educational Center and helps students prepare and study for college entrance exams.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Education centres in the area will now need to ask the Taliban for additional security when they host events, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>No one has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n<p>The blast is the latest attack against Afghanistan\u2019s minority Shiite Muslim community since the Taliban seized power in August 2021.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6633940,5638042,6195322\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//11//02//blast-outside-kabul-military-hospital-causes-casualties/">Explosion outside Kabul military hospital 'causes casualties,' say Taliban<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//05//08//blast-near-girls-school-in-afghan-capital-kills-at-least-40/">Blast near girls\u2019 school in Afghan capital kills at least 50<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a 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deceased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations children\u2019s fund (UNICEF) said it was appalled by Friday\u2019s attack, adding that violence in or around educational establishments was never acceptable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis heinous act claimed the lives of dozens of adolescent girls and boys and severely injured many more,\u201d <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//UNICEFAfg//status//1575737276927070209/">UNICEF tweeted<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\"Children and adolescents are not, and must never be, the target of 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Front of Afghanistan Ahmad Massoud has called on the international community to help deliver a new future for his country, saying there is now a unique opportunity to bring about change.","summary":"The leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan Ahmad Massoud has called on the international community to help deliver a new future for his country, saying there is now a unique opportunity to bring about change.","keySentence":null,"url":"resistance-leader-massoud-sees-opportunity-for-success-in-afghanistan","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan Ahmad Massoud has called on the international community to help deliver a new future for his country, saying there is now a unique opportunity to bring about change. \n\nMassoud, the son of famed resistance fighter Ahmad Shah Massoud, says the Taliban movement is weakened by internal divisions and its inability to govern effectively. And he says the absence of foreign troops in the country has created a chance for Afghanistan to a new beginning. \n\n\"Countries, which were against the presence of American international forces in Afghanistan, and for that reason supported the Taliban, are not doing so now,\" he told Euronews correspondent Anelise Borges in the Global Conversation. \"So, therefore, this is an opportunity that can lead to success.\" \n\nHe said in the interview in Vienna that the world \"must stand firm against the Taliban\" by engaging with all parties in Afghanistan. \n\n\"Above all, the people, the new generation, and especially women, they don\u2019t want the situation to continue,\" he said. \"So we will prevail, we will succeed, but we need the world's attention and support now, before it becomes too late.\" \n\nINTERVIEW IN FULL \n\nANELISE BORGES, Euronews: As we speak today, your country has gone through seismic changes - after 20 years of foreign troops' presence, Afghanistan is now once again in the hands of the Taliban. Your life has been upended: your province, Panjshir, has officially been taken by the Taliban. Do you remember where you were on August 15, 2021? What were you doing that day? \n\nAHMAD MASSOUD, Leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan: I was in Kabul. I stayed in Kabul until the very last moments. I stayed in Kabul and many people stayed in Kabul with one hope: despite everything, we were hoping for a peaceful transition. A peaceful transition from the Republic of Afghanistan: slowly, slowly to a peaceful transition to a situation for an interim government which would provide a situation for peace and dialogue and then, maybe another election or a new government - that the Taliban could be a part of - and so on. However, unfortunately, the collapse of the government, the miscalculation, and the intention of the Taliban not to solve the problem of Afghanistan through peace and dialogue, to waste time, and to take it through the barrel of a gun - ended in that catastrophe. \n\nANELISE BORGES: I believe you tried to negotiate with the Taliban\u2026 much like your father did in the past. And I understand they offered you a position in their government. Can you tell us more about that? \n\nAHMAD MASSOUD: When I went to Panjshir Valley, one thing was very clear. The Taliban was advertising and saying that \"Mr (Ashraf) Ghani did not want peace\". Even to the opposition of Mr Ghani of which we were part - and I was not happy with the way Mr Ghani was governing, and I knew his way of governing would result in the collapse, which we all saw it was true - I thought maybe it's Ghani's fault that the peace negotiations aren't working. So now that the opportunity came to us, that we could represent our own people, then I started the path for dialogue, negotiation and talk first. In this matter, we made a few efforts. \n\nFirst and foremost, I thought that maybe - because the Taliban speak of sharia, of Islam, they speak of religion\u2026 - that the scholars of Afghanistan could be good ambassadors and mediators. And I asked them - the scholars - to be ambassadors to be mediators. And they tried their hardest. But unfortunately, the Taliban didn't listen to them. Second, I thought maybe the scholars weren't very diplomatic, weren't very effective. A delegation, a political delegation was sent to them. No result, they refused. And then I thought maybe I should do it myself directly. I spoke with different people from the Taliban so that maybe I can find a way to stop the violence and start peace. \n\nANELISE BORGES: Who did you speak to? Can you share that with us? \n\nAHMAD MASSOUD: I spoke with Mr. Muttaqi (Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting Minister of Foreign Affairs), I spoke to Shahabuddin Delaware (acting Minister of Minerals and Petroleum), I spoke with Mr Khias, I spoke with Mr Anas Haqqani (senior Taliban leader), I spoke with Mr Khalil Haqqani (acting Minister of Refugees). \n\nBecause one thing that I know is that there are divisions within the Taliban. So sometimes when I used to talk with one side they were saying: \"No it is not us, this is the other group.\" When I used to talk to the other group they would say: \"No it is not us fighting, it's the other group.\" But, unfortunately, this hypocrisy was always within it. \n\nThe need for collective action \n\nANELISE BORGES: A couple of days after the fall of Kabul, from Panjshir, you penned an op-ed for the Washington Post and I quote: \u201cI am ready to follow in my father\u2019s footsteps. Mujahideen fighters are prepared to once again take on the Taliban, we have stores of ammunition and arms that we have collected since my father\u2019s time\u2026\u201d What happened to that pledge, to that fight? Today, where does the resistance stand as we speak today? \n\nAHMAD MASSOUD: As we are speaking, the resistance is something that the Taliban has denied time after time. We see that we managed to capture them, we managed to even take down their helicopters, we managed to survive the harsh winters of Hindu Kush, we managed to survive with zero help from outside.\u202f\u202f \n\nANELISE BORGES: is that a choice? Or is the international community simply not paying attention to your cause? \n\nAHMAD MASSOUD: No sane mind would say: \"No, we don\u2019t need anything\". Of course, we need support. Of course, we need help. But the thing is that I still strongly believe that we need to come, all of us - as a collective team: the international community, alongside the Afghan elites who are not happy with the current situation - to truly find a path to the future Afghanistan. \n\nANELISE BORGES: So you\u2019re basically seeking an Afghan solution for Afghanistan\u2026 \n\nAHMAD MASSOUD: Absolutely, yes. \n\nANELISE BORGES: The United States said they wanted to \u201cend its endless war\u201d, but that war, the war against terror, is far from over. We have seen what\u2019s happening in the region. You have warned about the dangers of the return of the Taliban with regards to that aspect, you have mentioned before that al-Qaeda is operating in your country and that perhaps other groups are being harboured in Afghanistan by the Taliban. Why do you think the world is simply not listening to that? Why is nobody doing anything? \n\nAHMAD MASSOUD: Well, I think there are two reasons for it. We\u2019re not living in the same world as in 2001. We are living in a world where national interest right now is far more important than global interests, which used to be important in 2001. People used to think long term rather than short term. And I believe a few things truly changed. \n\nFirst, at that time the generation who was closer to the experience of or to the era of post-World War II, remembered and understood the importance of fighting for freedom and democracy. And they really didn\u2019t take freedom, democracy and the modern world for granted. They knew the blood that had been spilt, the blood we sacrificed for having this. That\u2019s why the world stood with the people of Afghanistan through the Soviet invasion, the world stood with Afghanistan in the fight against terrorism. \n\nThe past 20 years, especially the new generations, I believe, and the new phases, brought a little change, especially in Europe.\u202f We took everything for granted: life, democracy, freedom. And we forgot the evil that we all, as humanity, sacrifice a lot to defeat. So that\u2019s one thing. And it\u2019s my personal experience, living in Europe for many, many years. \n\nThe second thing was the past 20 years of war in Afghanistan. The world put all their efforts in the past 20 years to do something, but they failed. And now they think there is no hope. However, Afghanistan is still saveable, but not for long. \n\nThe absence of international forces is an opportunity \n\n ANELISE BORGES: How does one save Afghanistan? What needs to happen to save your country? \n\nAHMAD MASSOUD: Well, I believe the world must stand firm against the Taliban and the Taliban demands. And the world as a collective group needs to, together, not individually engaging with the Taliban, collectively engage with Afghanistan - all sides of it, all parties of it, all types and sectors of it - to truly find a solution for Afghanistan: a political solution or a process to prepare the situation of Afghanistan for a legitimate government. \n\nWhy it will work now? Because of a few reasons. \n\nFirst, the Taliban, after one year of them being in power, they truly showed that they are not able to govern. \n\nSecondly, the people realize\u2026. At the beginning there were a lot of people hopeful - they even called them Taliban 2.0, moderate Taliban - but we saw it was all fake. They are the same. \n\nThirdly, there are some internal divisions within the Taliban, there are some groups that are not happy with the situation. But they are in the minority. \n\nAnd lastly the thing about it is, some of the other countries, which were against the presence of American international forces in Afghanistan, and for that reason supported the Taliban, are not doing so now. So, therefore, this is an opportunity that can lead to success. \n\nWhy did my father when he came to France in 2001, strongly suggest support for the Afghan government at that time and fighting against terrorism without the presence of international forces? Because he knew that the presence of international forces in Afghanistan would make Afghanistan a sort of battleground for other rivals. Because we all know that a lot of superpowers, they don\u2019t like each other, they have their own games and their agendas. So when they are present in one country, the other country will do anything in their power against their enemies... to do something against it. \n\nNow the international forces' presence in Afghanistan is zero, therefore the opportunity is there for an effort together and to create maximum pressure for it. And above all, the people, the new generation, and especially women, they don\u2019t want the situation to continue. So we will prevail, we will succeed, but we need the world's attention and support now, before it becomes too late. \n\nA people that is worth dying for \n\nANELISE BORGES: You mentioned your father, who remains an extraordinary symbol of a fight on behalf of values that - you said it yourself - your country shares with the West.\u202f Do you think that if he was alive today, things would be different? \n\nAHMAD MASSOUD: Absolutely. If he was alive... First and foremost, at his time with his capability, and his capacity and everything that he had, he was a legitimate government, and he was a military genius person. He knew at the very latest stage of his life and his struggle against the Taliban... In different meetings, especially with the press and also when he had a trip to Europe, he mentioned that the Taliban no longer had the capacity and capability to defeat us militarily. So in that last year of his life, he knew that militarily he would not be defeated. \n\nThat\u2019s why his visit to Europe was to open a new phase, for a new era, a new sort of process - just like as I am speaking, for all sides to come together to form a new government in Afghanistan. He did not want to go and capture Kabul and to establish his own government. He was not after that. He was resisting, basically, until all the diaspora of Afghanistan were ready to get together and be part of a process of establishing a government that all can accept and all can agree on. \n\nAnd this is what he was doing and he was able to sustain it. But the Taliban knew it, Al-Qaeda knew it, and others: that if he was alive, \"we will not be successful\". And Al-Qaeda knew that \"if he is alive, we won't even be able to harm the West or any other countries\". So they eliminated him and then they attacked the Twin Towers. If Ahmed Shah Massoud had not being eliminated and assassinated, the tragedy of 9\/11 would not have happened and we would not be in this situation at all. \n\nANELISE BORGES: What kind of father was Ahmad Shah Massoud? What do you remember of him? \n\nAHMAD MASSOUD: I remember his kindness. I remember him being a very strict teacher and teaching me art, teaching me poetry and teaching me literature. He loved Persian literature, he loved Sufism poetry\u2026 And he was a very strong man. And he had that sort of charisma in him\u2026 He had that atmosphere around him that when you were with him, you would feel calm, \"Oh nothing is going to happen, he is here\". \n\nI remember very hard times came and Panjshir was completely surrounded by the Taliban. They came and they wanted to capture and it was a very, very difficult time. But the people in Panjshir were happy, they were smiling. And I was like: \"Why?\" And they had an expression in Dari which means \"He\u2019s here!\". Like, \"Oh, he's here! He'll sort it out! If he managed to defeat the Russians, surely he can withstand all this pressure!.\" \n\nHe was like that. He was a beacon of hope. He was a beacon of love and he was very kind and he was very moderate. \n\n ANELISE BORGES: You were 12 when you lost your dad. Your family has suffered immensely, I imagine. Your life has nothing of an ordinary man of your age. Why do you still do this? Is this still worth fighting? \n\n AHMAD MASSOUD: Before our interview, you mentioned something about Afghanistan: that you fell in love with Afghanistan instantly. Well, I\u2019m from that land. And I have been blessed, some people they call it cursed, but I truly feel it blessed, to be born in that land, to be born with that people. And truly the people, they deserve dying for.","htmlText":"<p>The leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan Ahmad Massoud has called on the international community to help deliver a new future for his country, saying there is now a unique opportunity to bring about change.<\/p>\n<p>Massoud, the son of famed resistance fighter Ahmad Shah Massoud, says the Taliban movement is weakened by internal divisions and its inability to govern effectively. And he says the absence of foreign troops in the country has created a chance for Afghanistan to a new beginning.<\/p>\n<p>\"Countries, which were against the presence of American international forces in Afghanistan, and for that reason supported the Taliban, are not doing so now,\" he told Euronews correspondent Anelise Borges in the Global Conversation. \"So, therefore, this is an opportunity that can lead to success.\"<\/p>\n<p>He said in the interview in Vienna that the world \"must stand firm against the Taliban\" by engaging with all parties in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>\"Above all, the people, the new generation, and especially women, they don\u2019t want the situation to continue,\" he said. \"So we will prevail, we will succeed, but we need the world's attention and support now, before it becomes too late.\"<\/p>\n<h2>INTERVIEW IN FULL<\/h2><p><em>ANELISE BORGES, Euronews: As we speak today, your country has gone through seismic changes - after 20 years of foreign troops' presence, Afghanistan is now once again in the hands of the Taliban. Your life has been upended: your province, Panjshir, has officially been taken by the Taliban. Do you remember where you were on August 15, 2021? What were you doing that day?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>AHMAD MASSOUD, Leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan:<\/em> I was in Kabul. I stayed in Kabul until the very last moments. I stayed in Kabul and many people stayed in Kabul with one hope: despite everything, we were hoping for a peaceful transition. A peaceful transition from the Republic of Afghanistan: slowly, slowly to a peaceful transition to a situation for an interim government which would provide a situation for peace and dialogue and then, maybe another election or a new government - that the Taliban could be a part of - and so on. However, unfortunately, the collapse of the government, the miscalculation, and the intention of the Taliban not to solve the problem of Afghanistan through peace and dialogue, to waste time, and to take it through the barrel of a gun - ended in that catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p><em>ANELISE BORGES: I believe you tried to negotiate with the Taliban\u2026 much like your father did in the past. And I understand they offered you a position in their government. Can you tell us more about that?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>AHMAD MASSOUD:<\/em> When I went to Panjshir Valley, one thing was very clear. The Taliban was advertising and saying that \"Mr (Ashraf) Ghani did not want peace\". Even to the opposition of Mr Ghani of which we were part - and I was not happy with the way Mr Ghani was governing, and I knew his way of governing would result in the collapse, which we all saw it was true - I thought maybe it's Ghani's fault that the peace negotiations aren't working. So now that the opportunity came to us, that we could represent our own people, then I started the path for dialogue, negotiation and talk first. In this matter, we made a few efforts.<\/p>\n<p>First and foremost, I thought that maybe - because the Taliban speak of sharia, of Islam, they speak of religion\u2026 - that the scholars of Afghanistan could be good ambassadors and mediators. And I asked them - the scholars - to be ambassadors to be mediators. And they tried their hardest. But unfortunately, the Taliban didn't listen to them. Second, I thought maybe the scholars weren't very diplomatic, weren't very effective. A delegation, a political delegation was sent to them. No result, they refused. And then I thought maybe I should do it myself directly. I spoke with different people from the Taliban so that maybe I can find a way to stop the violence and start peace.<\/p>\n<p><em>ANELISE BORGES: Who did you speak to? Can you share that with us?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>AHMAD MASSOUD:<\/em> I spoke with Mr. Muttaqi (Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting Minister of Foreign Affairs), I spoke to Shahabuddin Delaware (acting Minister of Minerals and Petroleum), I spoke with Mr Khias, I spoke with Mr Anas Haqqani (senior Taliban leader), I spoke with Mr Khalil Haqqani (acting Minister of Refugees).<\/p>\n<p>Because one thing that I know is that there are divisions within the Taliban. So sometimes when I used to talk with one side they were saying: \"No it is not us, this is the other group.\" When I used to talk to the other group they would say: \"No it is not us fighting, it's the other group.\" But, unfortunately, this hypocrisy was always within it.<\/p>\n<h2>The need for collective action<\/h2><p><em>ANELISE BORGES: A couple of days after the fall of Kabul, from Panjshir, you penned an op-ed for the Washington Post and I quote: \u201cI am ready to follow in my father\u2019s footsteps. Mujahideen fighters are prepared to once again take on the Taliban, we have stores of ammunition and arms that we have collected since my father\u2019s time\u2026\u201d What happened to that pledge, to that fight? Today, where does the resistance stand as we speak today?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>AHMAD MASSOUD:<\/em> As we are speaking, the resistance is something that the Taliban has denied time after time. We see that we managed to capture them, we managed to even take down their helicopters, we managed to survive the harsh winters of Hindu Kush, we managed to survive with zero help from outside.\u202f\u202f<\/p>\n<p><em>ANELISE BORGES: is that a choice? Or is the international community simply not paying attention to your cause?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>AHMAD MASSOUD:<\/em> No sane mind would say: \"No, we don\u2019t need anything\". Of course, we need support. Of course, we need help. But the thing is that I still strongly believe that we need to come, all of us - as a collective team: the international community, alongside the Afghan elites who are not happy with the current situation - to truly find a path to the future Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p><em>ANELISE BORGES: So you\u2019re basically seeking an Afghan solution for Afghanistan\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>AHMAD MASSOUD: Absolutely, yes.<\/p>\n<p><em>ANELISE BORGES: The United States said they wanted to \u201cend its endless war\u201d, but that war, the war against terror, is far from over. We have seen what\u2019s happening in the region. You have warned about the dangers of the return of the Taliban with regards to that aspect, you have mentioned before that al-Qaeda is operating in your country and that perhaps other groups are being harboured in Afghanistan by the Taliban. Why do you think the world is simply not listening to that? Why is nobody doing anything?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>AHMAD MASSOUD:<\/em> Well, I think there are two reasons for it. We\u2019re not living in the same world as in 2001. We are living in a world where national interest right now is far more important than global interests, which used to be important in 2001. People used to think long term rather than short term. And I believe a few things truly changed.<\/p>\n<p>First, at that time the generation who was closer to the experience of or to the era of post-World War II, remembered and understood the importance of fighting for freedom and democracy. And they really didn\u2019t take freedom, democracy and the modern world for granted. They knew the blood that had been spilt, the blood we sacrificed for having this. That\u2019s why the world stood with the people of Afghanistan through the Soviet invasion, the world stood with Afghanistan in the fight against terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>The past 20 years, especially the new generations, I believe, and the new phases, brought a little change, especially in Europe.\u202f We took everything for granted: life, democracy, freedom. And we forgot the evil that we all, as humanity, sacrifice a lot to defeat. So that\u2019s one thing. And it\u2019s my personal experience, living in Europe for many, many years.<\/p>\n<p>The second thing was the past 20 years of war in Afghanistan. The world put all their efforts in the past 20 years to do something, but they failed. And now they think there is no hope. However, Afghanistan is still saveable, but not for long.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7016386,6947554,6922910,6927274,6948770\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//08//10//girls-the-biggest-losers-after-a-year-of-taliban-rule-in-afghanistan/">Girls the 'biggest losers' after a year of Taliban rule in Afghanistan<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//08//15//the-disappearing-daughters-of-afghanistan/">Taliban one year on: The disappearing daughters of Afghanistan<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//09//15//ahmas-massoud-afghanistans-last-resistance/">Ahmad Massoud: Afghanistan\u2019s last resistance<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//08//18//euronews-shortlisted-for-international-emmy-award-for-afghanistan-coverage/">Euronews shortlisted for International Emmy Award for Afghanistan coverage<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//08//17//afghanistan-fall-of-the-republic-a-collective-failure-says-ghanis-former-deputy-chief-of-s/">Afghanistan: \"Fall of the republic, a collective failure\" says Ghani's former deputy chief of staff<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>The absence of international forces is an opportunity<\/h2><p><em>ANELISE BORGES: How does one save Afghanistan? What needs to happen to save your country?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>AHMAD MASSOUD:<\/em> Well, I believe the world must stand firm against the Taliban and the Taliban demands. And the world as a collective group needs to, together, not individually engaging with the Taliban, collectively engage with Afghanistan - all sides of it, all parties of it, all types and sectors of it - to truly find a solution for Afghanistan: a political solution or a process to prepare the situation of Afghanistan for a legitimate government.<\/p>\n<p>Why it will work now? Because of a few reasons.<\/p>\n<p>First, the Taliban, after one year of them being in power, they truly showed that they are not able to govern.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, the people realize\u2026. At the beginning there were a lot of people hopeful - they even called them Taliban 2.0, moderate Taliban - but we saw it was all fake. They are the same.<\/p>\n<p>Thirdly, there are some internal divisions within the Taliban, there are some groups that are not happy with the situation. But they are in the minority.<\/p>\n<p>And lastly the thing about it is, some of the other countries, which were against the presence of American international forces in Afghanistan, and for that reason supported the Taliban, are not doing so now. So, therefore, this is an opportunity that can lead to success.<\/p>\n<p>Why did my father when he came to France in 2001, strongly suggest support for the Afghan government at that time and fighting against terrorism without the presence of international forces? Because he knew that the presence of international forces in Afghanistan would make Afghanistan a sort of battleground for other rivals. Because we all know that a lot of superpowers, they don\u2019t like each other, they have their own games and their agendas. So when they are present in one country, the other country will do anything in their power against their enemies... to do something against it.<\/p>\n<p>Now the international forces' presence in Afghanistan is zero, therefore the opportunity is there for an effort together and to create maximum pressure for it. And above all, the people, the new generation, and especially women, they don\u2019t want the situation to continue. So we will prevail, we will succeed, but we need the world's attention and support now, before it becomes too late.<\/p>\n<h2>A people that is worth dying for<\/h2><p><em>ANELISE BORGES: You mentioned your father, who remains an extraordinary symbol of a fight on behalf of values that - you said it yourself - your country shares with the West.\u202f Do you think that if he was alive today, things would be different?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>AHMAD MASSOUD:<\/em> Absolutely. If he was alive... First and foremost, at his time with his capability, and his capacity and everything that he had, he was a legitimate government, and he was a military genius person. He knew at the very latest stage of his life and his struggle against the Taliban... In different meetings, especially with the press and also when he had a trip to Europe, he mentioned that the Taliban no longer had the capacity and capability to defeat us militarily. So in that last year of his life, he knew that militarily he would not be defeated.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why his visit to Europe was to open a new phase, for a new era, a new sort of process - just like as I am speaking, for all sides to come together to form a new government in Afghanistan. He did not want to go and capture Kabul and to establish his own government. He was not after that. He was resisting, basically, until all the diaspora of Afghanistan were ready to get together and be part of a process of establishing a government that all can accept and all can agree on.<\/p>\n<p>And this is what he was doing and he was able to sustain it. But the Taliban knew it, Al-Qaeda knew it, and others: that if he was alive, \"we will not be successful\". And Al-Qaeda knew that \"if he is alive, we won't even be able to harm the West or any other countries\". So they eliminated him and then they attacked the Twin Towers. If Ahmed Shah Massoud had not being eliminated and assassinated, the tragedy of 9\/11 would not have happened and we would not be in this situation at all.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">He was a very strong man. And he had that sort of charisma in him\u2026 He had that atmosphere around him that when you were with him, you would feel calm, \"Oh nothing is going to happen, he is here\"<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Ahmad Massoud\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Son of famed resistance fighter Ahmad Shah Massoud\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>ANELISE BORGES: What kind of father was Ahmad Shah Massoud? What do you remember of him?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>AHMAD MASSOUD:<\/em> I remember his kindness. I remember him being a very strict teacher and teaching me art, teaching me poetry and teaching me literature. He loved Persian literature, he loved Sufism poetry\u2026 And he was a very strong man. And he had that sort of charisma in him\u2026 He had that atmosphere around him that when you were with him, you would feel calm, \"Oh nothing is going to happen, he is here\".<\/p>\n<p>I remember very hard times came and Panjshir was completely surrounded by the Taliban. They came and they wanted to capture and it was a very, very difficult time. But the people in Panjshir were happy, they were smiling. And I was like: \"Why?\" And they had an expression in Dari which means \"He\u2019s here!\". Like, \"Oh, he's here! He'll sort it out! If he managed to defeat the Russians, surely he can withstand all this pressure!.\"<\/p>\n<p>He was like that. He was a beacon of hope. He was a beacon of love and he was very kind and he was very moderate.<\/p>\n<p><em>ANELISE BORGES: You were 12 when you lost your dad. Your family has suffered immensely, I imagine. Your life has nothing of an ordinary man of your age. Why do you still do this? Is this still worth fighting?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>AHMAD MASSOUD:<\/em> Before our interview, you mentioned something about Afghanistan: that you fell in love with Afghanistan instantly. Well, I\u2019m from that land. And I have been blessed, some people they call it cursed, but I truly feel it blessed, to be born in that land, to be born with that people. 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They do not control much territory but remain active around the strategic Panjshir Valley. \n\nEuronews\u2019 International Correspondent Anelise Borges sat down with Massoud, who reflected on just over one year of Taliban domination in the country. \n\n\u201cI stayed in Kabul and many people stayed in Kabul with one hope: despite everything, we were hoping for a peaceful transition. \n\nHowever, unfortunately, the collapse of the government, the miscalculation and the intention of Taliban for not solving the problems of Afghanistan through peace and dialogue \u2013 [this all meant that it] ended in that catastrophe.\u201d \n\nYou can see Euronews\u2019 full report on the interview, above","htmlText":"<p>To many, Ahmad Massoud has become a symbol of Afghanistan\u2019s fight for freedom and sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s the heir of Ahmad Shah Massoud, a guerrilla commander who fought against the Soviet occupation of the 1980s and stood up to the Taliban when they first took over in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s now leading the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, which is militarily opposing the new Taliban regime. They do not control much territory but remain active around the strategic Panjshir Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Euronews\u2019 International Correspondent Anelise Borges sat down with Massoud, who reflected on just over one year of Taliban domination in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stayed in Kabul and many people stayed in Kabul with one hope: despite everything, we were hoping for a peaceful transition.<\/p>\n<p>However, unfortunately, the collapse of the government, the miscalculation and the intention of Taliban for not solving the problems of Afghanistan through peace and dialogue \u2013 [this all meant that it] ended in that catastrophe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can see Euronews\u2019 full report on the interview, above<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1663191475,"publishedAt":1663226143,"updatedAt":1663240827,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2022\/09\/15\/ahmas-massoud-afghanistans-last-resistance","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/99\/67\/44\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b2957192-3569-555f-a433-4e76ea83288b-5996744.jpg","altText":"Ahmad Massoud, son of late Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Massoud delivers a speech next to a portait of his father","caption":"Ahmad Massoud, son of late Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Massoud delivers a speech next to a portait of his father","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Christophe Archambault\/Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. 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Two Russian staff members have been confirmed dead with many more injured and the death toll is expected to rise. \n\nIt's the first attack on a foreign mission in Afghanistan since the Taliban took control. It's also the latest in a spate of attacks across Afghanistan, but no group has as yet claimed responsibility. \n\nFollowing the attack, Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, said \u201cA set of measures was immediately taken to strengthen the protection of the outer perimeter. Additional Taliban authority forces were commissioned, and the capabilities of Afghanistan\u2019s intelligence and counterintelligence were used.\u201d\u00a0 \n\nHe also expressed hope that the perpetrators of the attack would be found and punished as soon as possible. \n\nOfficials say that guards shot the attacker dead as he approached the entrance to the consular section of the building. It is unclear whether the attack was to undermine the Taliban or target Moscow's presence in the country. \n\nRussia is one of few countries to have kept a diplomatic presence in the country. However, Moscow has not formally recognised the Taliban. Despite Moscow designating them as a terrorist group and outlawing them on Russian soil, the group does have representation in Russia. A delegation was even at the recent Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum. \n\nIn June, Russian president, Vladimir Putin, said that he was trying to build relations with the group and that he wants to see all the ethnic groups in Afghanistan taking part in running the country.","htmlText":"<p>At least six people have been killed in a suicide bombing outside the Russian Embassy in Kabul. Two Russian staff members have been confirmed dead with many more injured and the death toll is expected to rise.<\/p>\n<p>It's the first attack on a foreign mission in Afghanistan since the Taliban took control. It's also the latest in a spate of attacks across Afghanistan, but no group has as yet claimed responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Following the attack, Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, said \u201cA set of measures was immediately taken to strengthen the protection of the outer perimeter. Additional Taliban authority forces were commissioned, and the capabilities of Afghanistan\u2019s intelligence and counterintelligence were used.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also expressed hope that the perpetrators of the attack would be found and punished as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say that guards shot the attacker dead as he approached the entrance to the consular section of the building. It is unclear whether the attack was to undermine the Taliban or target Moscow's presence in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Russia is one of few countries to have kept a diplomatic presence in the country. However, Moscow has not formally recognised the Taliban. Despite Moscow designating them as a terrorist group and outlawing them on Russian soil, the group does have representation in Russia. A delegation was even at the recent Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Russian president, Vladimir Putin, said that he was trying to build relations with the group and that he wants to see all the ethnic groups in Afghanistan taking part in running the country.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1662378953,"publishedAt":1662387676,"updatedAt":1662387678,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2022\/09\/05\/suicide-bombing-at-russian-embassy-in-kabul-kills-at-least-six","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/99\/49\/90\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_98918b7d-2e71-59ee-8e35-7713fd503bf7-6994990.jpg","altText":"Members of Taliban on car in Kabul","caption":"Members of Taliban on car in Kabul","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Ebrahim Noroozi\/Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. 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Millions of Afghans are facing severe food insecurity due to lost income and rising food costs, while advances made post-2001 towards women\u2019s rights and media freedom have been rolled back. \n\n\nThe Taliban of today are recreating their extremist and misogynist regime from the 1990s, with few, if any changes. Three sets of problems echo from the Taliban\u2019s first reign: links to al-Qaeda, a deteriorating economic situation, and the illicit drug trade. These issues not only cause devastation for the Afghan population but pose a real threat to European interests. \n\nPerhaps most worrying is the continuing symbiotic relationship between the Taliban and al-Qaeda, as Afghanistan provides a safe harbour to the terror group and a whole range of its affiliates. The Haqqani Network, one of the most influential power centres within the Taliban regime, has built this connection with al-Qaeda over two generations. Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of the network built a close personal relationship with Osama Bin Laden, protecting Bin Laden\u2019s early terror camps in the east of Afghanistan and facilitating Bin Laden\u2019s escape from the country in late 2001. \n\nThis intimate connection is maintained by Jalaluddin\u2019s son, Sirajuddin Haqqani. This was exemplified by the death of former al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri in a house in Kabul belonging to Sirajuddin, the current acting interior minister of Afghanistan. \n\nThe reciprocity between the Taliban and al-Qaeda is compounded by ISIS-K, an ISIS affiliate that views the Taliban as weak apostates. Not only is ISIS-K one of the most deadly and aggressive terrorist actors in the region, but they pose an ideological challenge to the Taliban. Going forward, the Taliban will likely struggle with countering ISIS-K while maintaining its grip on the government. To limit the number of defections from their own ranks to the even more extreme ISIS-K, the Taliban\u2019s more radical elements will undoubtedly continue to expand their influence. \n\nWhile the leaders of this extremist regime continue to restrict human rights in Afghanistan, in particular the rights of women and freedom of speech, Afghanistan is in a state of almost complete economic collapse, with 90% of the population suffering from food insecurity. Amid the staggering humanitarian catastrophe, the Taliban\u2019s leadership is being financed by an entrenched illicit drug trade in the country. Illicit drug production and sale remain the cash crop of the country and the primary income stream for the Taliban. Unfortunately, so far, they have neither diverted their profits from this illicit trade to ameliorate the plight of ordinary Afghans nor have they undertaken serious efforts to reduce drug production. \n\nAs Afghanistan\u2019s illicit drug trade flows globally, the international community needs to get serious about this threat not only as a matter of public health but also as counter-terrorism financing. Heroin and increasingly the more lucrative methamphetamine bleed through transport routes, making their way to Brussels, Berlin, and other European cities by way of Iran, Turkey and the Balkan states, via Central Asia as well as the Indian Ocean and East Africa. Meanwhile, the Taliban is funnelling these profits into a war chest it can put towards further violence and extremism. \n\nThe triumvirate of emerging issues is emblematic not only of the Taliban\u2019s inability to run a functioning government but the desperate lengths they will go to retain power and control cash flows. European governments must recognise this new reality and act urgently. \n\nAt the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022, the United Nations Security Council, the US government, as well as the European Union, decided to establish major and sweeping carveouts from the existing sanctions against the Taliban to enable humanitarian operations and the provision of basic human needs. Subsequently, aid began to flow back into Afghanistan. For example, the United Nations transports millions of US-Dollars in cash into Afghanistan every month, slowly transforming the Afghan economy away from the Afghani towards the US-Dollar as the main currency. This year, the EU gave \u20ac115 million on top of \u20ac222 million in 2021. \n\nHowever, these aid flows need better oversight. Aid oversight in Afghanistan has been largely outsourced to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). UNAMA\u2019s risk management unit, responsible for this, remains under-resourced and understaffed. The new sanctions provisions remain vague and key terms remain undefined, creating at best confusion within aid compliance mechanisms and at worst an under-monitored cash flow towards the Taliban. Better monitoring and documenting is needed, as is a higher standard of transparency on aid diversions under the Taliban. \n\nThe fall of Kabul did not mark the end of extremism in Afghanistan, but the beginning of a new chapter. Should the EU, international community, and European governments fail to confront these challenges immediately to stave off further humanitarian catastrophe and extremist violence, Afghanistan will go the way of the 1990s - back to the future. \n\nDr Hans-Jakob Schindler is the former coordinator of the UN Security Council\u2019s ISIL, Al-Qaeda and Taliban monitoring team, and a senior director for the Counter Extremism Project.","htmlText":"<p>In the year since the fall of Kabul, the situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated exponentially from an economic, humanitarian and human rights perspective. Millions of Afghans are facing severe food insecurity due to lost income and rising food costs, while advances made post-2001 towards women\u2019s rights and media freedom have been rolled back. <\/p>\n<p>The Taliban of today are recreating their extremist and misogynist regime from the 1990s, with few, if any changes. Three sets of problems echo from the Taliban\u2019s first reign: links to al-Qaeda, a deteriorating economic situation, and the illicit drug trade. These issues not only cause devastation for the Afghan population but pose a real threat to European interests.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most worrying is the continuing symbiotic relationship between the Taliban and al-Qaeda, as Afghanistan provides a safe harbour to the terror group and a whole range of its affiliates. The Haqqani Network, one of the most influential power centres within the Taliban regime, has built this connection with al-Qaeda over two generations. Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of the network built a close personal relationship with Osama Bin Laden, protecting Bin Laden\u2019s early terror camps in the east of Afghanistan and facilitating Bin Laden\u2019s escape from the country in late 2001.<\/p>\n<p>This intimate connection is maintained by Jalaluddin\u2019s son, Sirajuddin Haqqani. This was exemplified by the death of former al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri in a house in Kabul belonging to Sirajuddin, the current acting interior minister of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The reciprocity between the Taliban and al-Qaeda is compounded by ISIS-K, an ISIS affiliate that views the Taliban as weak apostates. Not only is ISIS-K one of the most deadly and aggressive terrorist actors in the region, but they pose an ideological challenge to the Taliban. Going forward, the Taliban will likely struggle with countering ISIS-K while maintaining its grip on the government. To limit the number of defections from their own ranks to the even more extreme ISIS-K, the Taliban\u2019s more radical elements will undoubtedly continue to expand their influence.<\/p>\n<p>While the leaders of this extremist regime continue to restrict human rights in Afghanistan, in particular the rights of women and freedom of speech, Afghanistan is in a state of almost complete economic collapse, with 90% of the population suffering from food insecurity. Amid the staggering humanitarian catastrophe, the Taliban\u2019s leadership is being financed by an entrenched illicit drug trade in the country. Illicit drug production and sale remain the cash crop of the country and the primary income stream for the Taliban. Unfortunately, so far, they have neither diverted their profits from this illicit trade to ameliorate the plight of ordinary Afghans nor have they undertaken serious efforts to reduce drug production.<\/p>\n<p>As Afghanistan\u2019s illicit drug trade flows globally, the international community needs to get serious about this threat not only as a matter of public health but also as counter-terrorism financing. Heroin and increasingly the more lucrative methamphetamine bleed through transport routes, making their way to Brussels, Berlin, and other European cities by way of Iran, Turkey and the Balkan states, via Central Asia as well as the Indian Ocean and East Africa. Meanwhile, the Taliban is funnelling these profits into a war chest it can put towards further violence and extremism.<\/p>\n<p>The triumvirate of emerging issues is emblematic not only of the Taliban\u2019s inability to run a functioning government but the desperate lengths they will go to retain power and control cash flows. European governments must recognise this new reality and act urgently.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022, the United Nations Security Council, the US government, as well as the European Union, decided to establish major and sweeping carveouts from the existing sanctions against the Taliban to enable humanitarian operations and the provision of basic human needs. Subsequently, aid began to flow back into Afghanistan. For example, the United Nations transports millions of US-Dollars in cash into Afghanistan every month, slowly transforming the Afghan economy away from the Afghani towards the US-Dollar as the main currency. This year, the EU gave \u20ac115 million on top of \u20ac222 million in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>However, these aid flows need better oversight. Aid oversight in Afghanistan has been largely outsourced to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). UNAMA\u2019s risk management unit, responsible for this, remains under-resourced and understaffed. The new sanctions provisions remain vague and key terms remain undefined, creating at best confusion within aid compliance mechanisms and at worst an under-monitored cash flow towards the Taliban. Better monitoring and documenting is needed, as is a higher standard of transparency on aid diversions under the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>The fall of Kabul did not mark the end of extremism in Afghanistan, but the beginning of a new chapter. 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Several children were reported to be among the wounded. \n\nThe Islamic State group's local affiliate has stepped up attacks targeting the Taliban and civilians since the former insurgents' takeover last August as US and NATO troops were in the final stages of their withdrawal from the country. Last week, the IS claimed responsibility for killing a prominent Taliban cleric at his religious center in Kabul. \n\nAccording to the eyewitness, a resident of the city's Kher Khanna neighborhood where the Siddiquiya Mosque was targeted, the explosion was carried out by a suicide bomber. The slain cleric was Mullah Amir Mohammad Kabuli, the eyewitness said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media. \n\nHe added that more than 30 other people were wounded. 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Several children were reported to be among the wounded.<\/p>\n<p>The Islamic State group's local affiliate has stepped up attacks targeting the Taliban and civilians since the former insurgents' takeover last August as US and NATO troops were in the final stages of their withdrawal from the country. Last week, the IS claimed responsibility for killing a prominent Taliban cleric at his religious center in Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>According to the eyewitness, a resident of the city's Kher Khanna neighborhood where the Siddiquiya Mosque was targeted, the explosion was carried out by a suicide bomber. The slain cleric was Mullah Amir Mohammad Kabuli, the eyewitness said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.<\/p>\n<p>He added that more than 30 other people were wounded. 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