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Taliban · Afghanistan

Taliban Conducts 6th Public Execution Since Return To Power In 2021

46% Center coverage: 11 sources

Taliban authorities in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday executed a convicted murderer by gunfire at a sports stadium, in the sixth public execution since their return to power.See the Story

Taliban · Kabul

‘My whole body was praying for my death’: LGBTQ Afghans say they face abuse in detention as Taliban crackdown intensifies

78% Center coverage: 9 sources

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — It was the early hours of the morning when a guard entered Sohrab’s cell – a small, dark room with a barred window and a blanket on the floor – in Kabul’s sprawling Pul-e-Charkhi prison last August. The 19-year-old was escorted to another room in the complex, where he heard a Taliban member order the prison guards to leave and stop anyone else from entering. Panic set in, for Sohrab knew what these words often pre…See the Story

Climate Change · Afghanistan

Exclusive-UN moves to unlock stuck climate financing for Afghanistan, agencies say

50% Right coverage: 4 sources

By Charlotte Greenfield and Gloria Dickie KABUL/BAKU (Reuters) – United Nations agencies are trying to unlock key climate financing for Afghanistan, one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change which has not received approval for any fresh such funds since the 2021 Taliban takeover, two U.N. officials told Reuters. Plagued by drought and deadly floods, Afghanistan has been unable to access U.N. climate funds due to politica…See the Story

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