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'Teach everyone or no one': Afghan men join protests against Taliban ban on women's education

‘Teach everyone or no one’: Afghan men join protests against Taliban ban on women’s education

Lost status and a desperate existence in Iran is pushing thousands of former Afghan soldiers – many of them elite US-trained commandos – to consider fighting as mercenaries in Ukraine and other battlefields . Many ex-Afghan security officers blame the United States for abandoning them after the Taliban regained power last year. They also say …

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Senior UN, NGO officials to meet over Taliban ban on female staff

Senior UN, NGO officials to meet over Taliban ban on female staff

Taliban security forces used violence and arrested several people as they dispersed a demonstration of Afghan women against a decision prohibiting female students from entering universities. The Afghan Taliban announced the decision to ban women from universities on December 20 in a letter from the Islamist group’s education ministry to higher education institutions, drawing immediate …

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UN diplomat: Western states should reopen embassies in Kabul

UN diplomat: Western states should reopen embassies in Kabul

Taliban security forces used violence and arrested several people as they dispersed a demonstration of Afghan women against a decision prohibiting female students from entering universities. The Afghan Taliban announced the decision to ban women from universities on December 20 in a letter from the Islamist group’s education ministry to higher education institutions, drawing immediate …

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Afghanistan's Taliban leaders order NGOs to stop women working at their jobs as protests spread

Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders order NGOs to stop women working at their jobs as protests spread

Taliban security forces used violence and arrested several people as they dispersed a demonstration of Afghan women against a decision prohibiting female students from entering universities. The Afghan Taliban announced the decision to ban women from universities on December 20 in a letter from the Islamist group’s education ministry to higher education institutions, drawing immediate …

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Declining life expectancy in the United States;  The nation's choice |  Forefront of healthcare business

Declining life expectancy in the United States; The nation’s choice | Forefront of healthcare business

Nearly 10 years have passed since a 2013 Institute of Medicine report drew attention to America’s health disadvantage. For decades, the report explains, Americans have experienced poorer health, higher death rates and shorter life expectancies than people in other countries. The report warns that “other countries have gained years of life even faster, and our …

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Declining life expectancy in the United States;  The nation's choice |  Forefront of healthcare business

Declining life expectancy in the United States; The nation’s choice | Forefront of healthcare business

Nearly 10 years have passed since a 2013 Institute of Medicine report drew attention to America’s health disadvantage. For decades, the report explains, Americans have experienced poorer health, higher death rates and shorter life expectancies than people in other countries. The report warns that “other countries have gained years of life even faster, and our …

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How To Prepare For A Bushfire Home Insurance Claim | CHOICE

With a third consecutive La Niña underway and many Australians affected by devastating floods for much of 2022, the risk of bushfires this summer appears low. Unfortunately, this is not the case, as flooding and wet ground in many areas have encouraged increased vegetation growth. This means there is a higher risk of fires later …

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Renewing Covid status as a public health emergency was the right choice.  here's why

Renewing Covid status as a public health emergency was the right choice. here’s why

CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Public health law experts Lawrence Gostin and James Hodge explain the importance of declaring a public health emergency as Covid cases and hospitalizations begin to rise. This past Friday, on November 11, the federal government indicated that it would renew its declaration of Covid-19 as a national public health …

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