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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Herat

An Afghan worker reconstructs part of the Yu Aw synagogue in Herat, Afghanistan. (AFP/Getty via JTA)
October 28, 2022, 10:23 am
Taliban approves conservation work on historic Afghan synagogue, mikveh
Yu Aw synagogue in Herat, formerly home to tens of thousands of Jewish residents, set for $500,000 renovation despite last Jew abandoning city after Taliban takeover
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Taliban fighters block a road after a blast during Friday prayers at the Gazargah mosque, in Afghanistan's western city of Herat on September 2, 2022. (AFP)
September 2, 2022, 2:59 pm
Senior cleric among 18 killed in mosque blast in Afghanistan’s Herat
No immediate claim of responsibility for attack at Friday prayers that killed Mujib-ul Rahman Ansari, who was considered close to the Taliban; 21 others wounded
By AP
Afghan women hold placards and don burkas as they take part in a protest in Herat on September 2, 2021. (AFP)
September 3, 2021, 6:58 am
Donning burqas as ‘compromise,’ Afghan women plead for daughters’ school rights
Mothers defy Taliban to press for daughters’ continued education, with new leadership in Kabul expected to roll back female access to public sphere
By AFP
Taliban fighters patrol inside the city of Kandahar province southwest, of Afghanistan, August 15, 2021. (Sidiqullah Khan/AP)
August 16, 2021, 8:59 am
While Taliban promise peace, Afghans fear return to brutal Islamic rule
Many fear extremists will roll back two decades of rights gains for woman and ethnic minorities while stifling freedoms and punishing those who worked with foreign powers
By Rahim Faiez, TAMEEM AKHGAR and Joseph Krauss
Illustrative: In this photograph taken on July 28, 2016, an Afghan girl stands in the Hari Rud river on the outskirts of Herat. (AFP/Aref Karim)
July 30, 2016, 4:47 am
Afghan cleric arrested for marrying six-year-old girl
Arrest comes just days after a 14-year-old pregnant girl was burned to death in Ghor, in a case that sparked shock waves in Afghanistan
By AFP
Afghan security personnel investigate the site of a suicide car bombing and a gunfight near the US Consulate in Herat Province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday (photo credit: AP/Hoshang Hashimi)
September 13, 2013, 6:32 am
Taliban attacks US Consulate in Afghanistan
Two confirmed dead, several injured, after car bomb explodes near diplomatic mission in western city of Herat
By Amir Shah and Nahal Toosi
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