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Afghan Province Reopens Girls’ Schools Without Taliban Permission

Mawlawi Khaliqyar Ahmadzai, head of the culture and information department for the government of Paktia province of Afghanistan, said on Tuesday that high schools for girls have been reopened, without permission from the Taliban, which has suppressed education for women ever since they seized power in August 2021.

TOPSHOT - Schoolgirls attend class in Herat on August 17, 2021, following the Taliban stun

CBS’ Green: Not Surprising We Had Problems with Afghan Vetting in Midst of ‘Chaos’

During a report from CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge on the CBS News Streaming Network on Wednesday, co-host Anne-Marie Green stated that the Inspector General’s report on the problems vetting evacuees from Afghanistan isn’t really a surprise, given how chaotic the exit from Afghanistan was and that the report’s findings that people who may be security risks were admitted into the U.S. while people who helped the U.S. haven’t been able to get out of Afghanistan highlights how “incredibly broken” the system is.

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Suicide Bomber Kills Two at Russian Embassy in Kabul

A suicide bomber attacked the Russian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. The Russian Foreign Ministry said the bomber was gunned down by Taliban guards before entering the premises, but still got close enough to kill two embassy staffers.

A Taliban fighter stands guard in front of the Russian embassy after a suicide attack in K

Taliban Conducting Door-to-Door Raids to Confiscate Guns

Members of Afghanistan’s Taliban conducted door-to-door raids of homes in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday in part to search for and confiscate weapons, including firearms, deemed “illegal” by the terror group, which seized control of Afghanistan’s government in August 2021, the Kabul-based Khaama Press News Agency reported.

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