university professor tasked with ensuring Afghan girls continue to go to school has demanded international aid is used to negotiate with the Taliban. Former prime minister Gordon Brown last week called for £5.7billion of support for education in the country to be overseen by Edinburgh University’s Liz Grant.
Moment BBC journalist stunned to get phone call from Taliban live on air
16.08.2021 - 12:49 / dailyrecord.co.uk
BBC journalist was stunned when she received a phone call directly to her mobile from the Taliban while she was live on air. Newsreader Yalda Hakim, who was born in Afghanistan and has worked for the BBC for nine years, looked flustered as she picked up the call.
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04.09.2021 / 17:25
‘Taliban are as Cruel as Before but They are More Smart Now’: Afghanistan Filmmakers Make Emotional Plea for Support at Venice
Naman Ramachandran Women filmmakers from Afghanistan made a powerful and emotional plea for international intellectual support at a panel at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.Fighting back tears, Sahraa Karimi, who wrote a hard-hitting open letter about the impact of her country being taken over again by the Taliban, did not mince her words about the current situation in the country.
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01.09.2021 / 22:19
Ted Cruz, NY Post Pass Off Black Hawk Helicopter Video as a Taliban Hanging
wrote in its story on the man suspended from the helicopter that it was “not immediately clear exactly how he is attached or if he is alive.”In fact, he was alive. The video was posted from a now-suspended account, but another video of the same flight shows the man waving.
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01.09.2021 / 19:09
BBC Evacuates a Third of Its Staff and Their Families From Afghanistan
BBC has evacuated a third of its staff and their families from Afghanistan with the help of U.K. government and military.The hundreds of evacuees are now being supported by the corporation and government in the U.K., where they are being processed as refugees.A senior BBC source told Variety last week that the corporation’s focus is on the urgent evacuation of its Afghan reporters.
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30.08.2021 / 05:01
Afghan TV Anchor Interviews Taliban Member While Surrounded by Armed Fighters (Video)
In the video, the host of “Pardaz” said that the Islamic Emirate — the name by which the Taliban refers to itself by — wants the public to “cooperate with it and should not be afraid.” BBC reporter Kian Sharifi says that the host then interviewed one of the Taliban fighters in the studio, though he was unable to translate the interview. The programme is called Pardaz.
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26.08.2021 / 20:15
Right-wing pundits blame “woke,” pro-LGBTQ ideology for Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
debunked claim that the U.S.
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20.08.2021 / 18:51
Taliban Kill Relative Of Journalist From German Broadcaster In Apparent Targeted Attack
A relative of an editor from German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle was shot dead by the Taliban in Afghanistan in what the network is calling a targeted attack.
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20.08.2021 / 18:35
Taliban Fighters Kill Relative of Journalist for German Broadcaster Deutsche Welle
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentTaliban fighters looking to exact revenge against journalists affiliated with Western media on Thursday shot dead the relative of an Afghan journalist for German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) who had left the country.