Taliban say evacuations from Afghanistan must be complete by August 31 with “no extensions”

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.

Editors Note: Over the horrendous last couple of weeks as America began its final withdrawal from Afghanistan and Taliban zealots took control again after two decades, veteran foreign affairs correspondent and Only Cry for the Living: Memos from Inside the ISIS Battlefield author Hollie McKay has been back in the South Asian nation to see history sadly repeat itself.

Editors Note: Over the horrendous last couple of weeks as America began its final withdrawal from Afghanistan and Taliban zealots took control again after two decades, veteran foreign affairs correspondent and Only Cry for the Living: Memos from Inside the ISIS Battlefield author Hollie McKay has been back in the South Asian nation to see history sadly repeat itself.

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Claudia Eller Co-Editor-in-ChiefI know there’s a lot going on in Hollywood right now, but to me the most vital and urgent news is unfolding in Afghanistan, where women and journalists are under siege, fighting for their rights and their lives with the Taliban again ruling the nation.In the immediate aftermath of the extremists reclaiming the capital of Kabul on Aug.

Peabody and Emmy Award-winning documentary series Vice will premiere Return of the Taliban: A Vice Special Report on Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, a one-hour Showtime special following the current Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.

Jim Acosta argues that there’s plenty of blame to go around in how the media has covered Afghanistan’s fall to the Taliban, but he singles out Tucker Carlson, in particular, calling him Fox News’ “Ayatollah of Paranoia” for attempting to incite fear of being “invaded” by Afghan refugees. On Acosta’s Saturday show, the CNN host took aim at conservative media personalities for what he feels are inappropriate responses to the crisis in Afghanistan.“The pictures of Afghans clinging to military

Editor’s note: Seasoned foreign affairs correspondent and Only Cry for the Living: Memos from Inside the ISIS Battlefield author Hollie McKay recently returned to Afghanistan to cover the planned U.S. troop withdrawal.

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Ward has continued to report from on the ground in Kabul, Afghanistan this week following the Taliban’s takeover, and according to the correspondent, violence is increasing. During an on-air report Wednesday, Ward said member of her own team was nearly pistol whipped by Taliban fighters.Watch below, via CNN.

plead for their livelihoods under strict Taliban rule, the nation’s biggest pop star, Aryana Sayeed, has confirmed her escape from war torn Afghanistan.Sayeed, 36, who had recently starred as a judge on a singing competition show on Afghan television, told reporters she left via US cargo jet on Wednesday.

CNN’s chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward was confronted today by Taliban fighters as she reported from the Kabul streets.

In a mini-publicity blitz amid dramatic news coverage and skeptical questions about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden’s White House turned to ABC News and George Stephanopoulos for his first exclusive media interview on the topic.

Clarissa Ward has continued to report from on the ground in Kabul, Afghanistan this week following the Taliban’s takeover, and according to the correspondent, violence is increasing. During an on-air report Wednesday, Ward said member of her own team was nearly pistol whipped by Taliban fighters.Ward was reporting on the number of people trying to flee Afghanistan right now, noting that many “accosted” her and her team seeking help.