Afghan MP Fawzia Koofi explained the Taliban have seen the UK andUSwithdrawal as" a victory" as

Ghani condemned the attack against Koofi and said “ cowardly attacks on Afghan women activists will not

Afghanistan with her family. Marwa Koofi, 20, was captured at Kabul airport as the country's

When the Taliban returned to power over Afghanistan last month, Kahkashan Koofi lost her job as a

was attended by Senators Prof Dr Mehr Taj Roghani, Fawzia Arshad, Sana Jamali, Dilawar Khan, Rubina

speaker of the upper and lower houses. WHO IS LIKELY TO WIN?... Former foreign minister Fawzia Yusuf

Image source, Getty Images A senior Tory has expressed regret for posting a video in which he said Afghanistan had been" transformed" under the Taliban.... But the motion, signed by four committee members-Conservatives Mark Francois and Richard Drax, and Labour's Kevan Jones and Derek Twigg, can not be voted on until the Commons returns from its summer break in September.... Sign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox....

In this May 8, 2021 file photo, Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road near Agula, north of Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia.... Thabo Mbeki also cited" the centrality of failure properly to manage diversity" in the conflicts in Congo, Burundi, Ivory Coast and Sudan.... And ethnic and religious violence is also prevalent in the Middle East including Iraq, Yemen and Syria....

As the Taliban rapidly advance across Afghanistan, designer Marzia Hafizi is worried about the survival of her fashion business and of the gains women have made in the last 20 years. Hafizi, 29, opened her clothing store Lora in the capital Kabul in 2018, fulfilling a long-held dream of becoming a businesswoman in her conservative, male-dominated country-an unthinkable feat during Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001.“ If the Taliban come back to power and impose their old, dark mentality, I might be

close Video Joni Ernst: Biden' absent' from Taliban takeover discussion Sen.... " Afghan women and girls who were just starting to enjoy their freedoms are again faced with oppression and subjugation by a ruthless Taliban regime." SEN.... But reports from the ground paint a different picture....