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26.08.2021 - 02:13 / etcanada.com
It was nine years ago that a Taliban gunman shot Malala Yousafzai in the head for publicly declaring that girls had the right to an education.
In a new post the Pakistan-born Nobel Laureate wrote for Podium, she opens up about recently undergoing her sixth surgery after being shot in the temple in 2012, with the bullet grazing the then-15-year-old’s eye, skull and brain, “lacerating my facial nerve, shattering my eardrum and breaking my jaw joints.”
In her essay, she recalls her disorientation
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Jennifer Garner is volunteering her time to help Afghan child refugees.
Perth and Kinross charity has teamed up with over 20 local groups and politicians to offer support to the council in welcoming Afghan refugees. PKAVS has led a commitment by local groups to offer their support in providing a safe place for those fleeing the Taliban takeover.Perth and Kinross Council hopes to welcome Afghan families and/or individuals in the next few weeks.
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iOS - Android In response to the situation in Afghanistan, a spokesman for the council told Lanarkshire Live today: "South Lanarkshire Council and Community Planning Partners will welcome five Afghan families (approximately 25 people) and arrival arrangements are being put in place to receive and resettle families as a matter of priority." Since 2015, more than 170 Syrian refugees were re-homed in the region following the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in 2011.It is understood that COSLA
19 cities total in both red and blue states includes: Phoenix, Denver, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, St. Louis, Raleigh-Durham, Northern New Jersey (to include Elizabethland Highland Park), Las Vegas, Buffalo, Cleveland, Portland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Salt Lake City.Tucker looked at the list and said: “You may notice that these communities include an awful lot of swing districts in swing states all over the United States.
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The grueling nearly two-decade long U.S. intervention in Afghanistan officially ended yesterday, but Joe Biden today was still trying to justify how it came to a chaotic conclusion.
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Afghan refugee fleeing to the UK gave birth to a baby girl at 30,000 feet while on an evacuation flight destined for Birmingham.Soman Noori, 26, was travelling on an evacuation flight from Dubai to Birmingham, having previously left Kabul, when she went into labour in airspace over Kuwait, Turkish Airlines said.There was no doctor on board the flight, forcing the Turkish Airlines cabin crew to deliver the baby girl, who has been named Havva by her mother and father, 30-year-old husband Taj Moh
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Alexander Durie Javid Sina, an Afghan refugee based in Sweden, has had a life punctuated by borders. First in Iran, where he spent his childhood, and where as an Afghan he was abused, unable to go to school, and forced to educate himself through the books his family kept at home, from Dostoyevsky to Rumi.
Manori Ravindran International EditorMembers of an all-girl robotics team from Afghanistan, the majority of whom narrowly fled the country following the Taliban’s brutal takeover of power, are the subjects of a new feature documentary depicting the group’s rise to become national heroes, Variety can reveal.Directed by David Greenwald and produced by Beth Murphy, “Afghan Dreamers” — named after the original team of six girls — is in post-production, though currently on hold as the pair
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Get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterUS President Joe Biden has decided not to extend his August 31 deadline for the US-led evacuation from Kabul despite an appeal by Boris Johnson and other G7 leaders.The Prime Minister, who struggled to get a phone call with the President as the Afghan crisis unfolded, failed at an emergency meeting of the G7 to change Biden’s mind.Speaking after an emergency meeting of the G7, Johnson revealed the
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