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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

KATHY GANNON

Young boys light smoke bombs as they celebrate the eve of Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
May 2, 2022, 9:54 am
Muslims around world mark Eid al-Fitr holiday under shadow of surging food prices
Many still determined to enjoy rituals marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, after two years of subdued festivities due to pandemic restrictions
By MARIAM FAM, Niniek Karmini and KATHY GANNON
A student sits inside a classroom after private universities reopened in Kabul on September 6, 2021 (Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
March 24, 2022, 9:33 am
In reversal, Taliban breaks promise to allow reopening of high schools for girls
US envoy slams move, which comes ahead of Taliban leadership meeting, as ‘a betrayal of public commitments to the Afghan people and the international community’
By KATHY GANNON
The foreign minister in Afghanistan's new Taliban-run Cabinet, Amir Khan Muttaqi speaks during an interview to the Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 12, 2021. (Mohammed Shoaib Amin)
December 13, 2021, 11:29 am
Taliban urges against sanctions, seeks ‘good’ ties with US
Foreign minister for extremist group that seized power in Afghanistan says women’s rights will improve with gender segregation, pleads for Washington to give rulers a fair chance
By KATHY GANNON
Relatives and residents attend a funeral ceremony for victims of a suicide attack at the Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, October 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Abdullah Sahil)
October 10, 2021, 11:51 pm
Taliban says US will provide aid to Afghanistan, without recognizing new regime
Islamist group says Washington has agreed to help curb humanitarian disaster, but won’t provide political support or counterterrorism cooperation following military takeover
By KATHY GANNON
Taliban leader Mullah Nooruddin Turabi poses for a photo in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
September 24, 2021, 10:06 am
Taliban cofounder says dismemberments, executions to return
‘No one will tell us what our laws should be,’ says Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, insisting that Afghanistan’s revived legal code will again be guided by the Quran
By KATHY GANNON
Women march to demand their rights under the Taliban rule during a demonstration near the former Women's Affairs Ministry building in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 19, 2021. (AP Photo)
September 19, 2021, 2:39 pm
Taliban tells Kabul’s female municipal workers to stay home
Measure comes days after Taliban replaces the Women’s Affairs Ministry with a ministry for the ‘propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice’
By KATHY GANNON
A man rides his bike past an entrance gate with a sign of the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, which replaced the ministry of women's affairs, in Kabul on September 17, 2021 (Hoshang Hashimi / AFP)
September 18, 2021, 2:42 pm
Taliban replace women’s ministry with notorious vice department restricting them
Afghan rulers set up ministry for ‘propagation of virtue and prevention of vice’ in building that housed Women’s Affairs Ministry; 3 explosions target Taliban in Jalalabad, 3 dead
By KATHY GANNON
Veiled students hold Taliban flags as they listen a speaker before a pro-Taliban rally at the Shaheed Rabbani Education University in Kabul on September 11, 2021. (Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
September 12, 2021, 1:26 pm
Taliban says women can study only in gender-segregated universities
Islamist rulers of Afghanistan say hijabs will be mandatory, subjects being taught will be reviewed
By KATHY GANNON
A member of the Taliban Fateh, a "special forces" unit, stands guard outside the US embassy in Afghanistan displaying a Taliban flag in the outer concrete wall in Kabul on September 8, 2021. (Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
September 12, 2021, 5:01 am
As world remembers 9/11, Taliban raises flag over Afghan presidential palace
Ceremony marks the official start of the work of the new interim government, weeks after shock takeover
By KATHY GANNON
Illustrative: Taliban fighters stand guard inside the Hamid Karzai International Airport after the US withdrawal in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Kathy Gannon)
September 9, 2021, 4:45 pm
Under Taliban’s watch, dozens of foreigners board commercial flight from Kabul
First large-scale evacuation since US and NATO forces left Afghanistan marks significant breakthrough in coordination with country’s new rulers
By KATHY GANNON
Passengers disembark as they arrive from Kandahar, at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. Some domestic flights have resumed at Kabul's airport, with the state-run Ariana Afghan Airlines operating flights to three provinces. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon)
September 6, 2021, 2:47 am
Taliban stop planes of evacuees from leaving Afghanistan
At least 4 jets chartered to evacuate hundreds held up at Mazar-e-Sharif, with conflicting accounts over why the flights are being held up
By KATHY GANNON
Women gather to demand their rights under the Taliban rule during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 4, 2021. (AP/Kathy Gannon)
September 4, 2021, 9:06 pm
Taliban special forces violently break up women’s rights rally in Kabul
‘We are here to gain human rights in Afghanistan,’ protester says before insurgent group’s fighters run into crowd and shoot in the air, sending protesters fleeing
By KATHY GANNON
Women gather to demand their rights under the Taliban rule during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon)
September 3, 2021, 5:56 pm
‘Freedom is our motto’: Afghan women demand rights as Taliban seek recognition
Islamist group promising inclusive government and more moderate form of religious rule, but many Afghans are deeply skeptical, fear rollback of rights gained over last two decades
By KATHY GANNON
A Taliban fighter stands guard at the site of the August 26 twin suicide bombs, which killed scores of people including 13 US troops, at Kabul airport on August 27, 2021. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)
August 28, 2021, 5:39 am
US says drone strike kills alleged planner of Kabul airport bombing
No details given on identity of target; US presses ahead with evacuation as thousands continue effort to flee Taliban; France completes departure of citizens
By SAYED ZIARMAL HASHEMI, KATHY GANNON, Ellen Knickmeyer and Lolita C. Baldor
Smoke rises from a deadly explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021. (AP/Wali Sabawoon)
August 28, 2021, 3:01 am
How dangerous is ‘ISIS K,’ the Islamic State offshoot in Afghanistan?
Inspired by Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, the group of hundreds of disgruntled Pakistani Taliban fighters blamed for Kabul attack has grown into a potent global terror threat
By KATHY GANNON and Ellen Knickmeyer
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