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I walked streets of Washington and saw scenes straight from disaster movie after terrifying breakdown in law and order

The Scottish Sun · August 15, 2025

THE armoured vehicles were stationed in position, troops in combat fatigues buzzed around and temperatures headed towards 33C. But this wasn’t a scene from Iraq or Afghanistan. We were standing in Washington DC, the birthplace of American...

Taliban Puts Boys, Flowers Front and Center for 4th Anniversary of Afghanistan Conquest

Breitbart · August 15, 2025

The Taliban jihadist terror organization held celebrations throughout Afghanistan on Friday to mark the four-year anniversary of its conquest of the country, flooding state propaganda outlets with images of young boys in Islamic garb celebrating,...

Taliban Leader Says Afghans Face ‘Severe Punishment of Allah’ for Resisting Jihadis

Breitbart · August 15, 2025

Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada issued a statement on Friday to commemorate four years since his band of Islamist extremists recaptured Afghanistan. In his statement, Akhundzada warned that Afghans who resisted the religious authority...

Letter to the Editor: Western media is manufacturing consent for Israel's genocide in Gaza

The Daily Collegian - Pennsylvania ·

This letter was written by Students for Justice in Palestine, an organization at Penn State dedicated to fighting for the liberation of Palestine and the freedom and self-determination of the Palestinian people. Israel deliberately bombed a media...

Today in History: 1969, Woodstock music festival begins

The Mining Journal - Michigan ·

Concert-goers sit on the roof of a Volkswagen bus at the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair at Bethel, N.Y., in mid-August, 1969. The three-day concert attracted hundreds of thousands of people, and became a landmark cultural event of the late '60s....

Globally isolated: Taliban mark fourth year in power in Afghanistan

RTL Today · August 15, 2025

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities marked the fourth anniversary of their takeover on Friday buoyed by Russia's first official recognition of their government, a step they hope other countries will follow. Helicopters circled above Kabul, dropping...

Afghan radio station shuts down under Taliban pressure

Rukhshana Media · August 13, 2025

Daikundi – An independent radio station serving central Afghanistan has announced it will stop broadcasting, days after its editor-in-chief and two reporters were detained and questioned by the Taliban, who also seized broadcast equipment. Radio...

Taliban mark 4th year in power in Afghanistan, now officially recognised

New Age Bangladesh ·

Agence France-Presse . Kabul 15 August, 2025, 22:48 Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities marked the fourth anniversary of their takeover on Friday, buoyed by Russia’s first official recognition of their government, a step they hope other countries...

Marked for death

The News International · August 19, 2025

In one night, Israel murdered Al Jazeera’s entire media crew in Gaza City. The Israeli military admitted to assassinating the journalists in an August 10 airstrike on a media tent outside Al-Shifa hospital. The strike killed Al Jazeera Arabic...

The Dangerous Work of Reporting the Truth in Afghanistan

The Walrus · August 15, 2025

این مقاله به زبان دری در دسترس است. O ne morning in late March, I received a message from a former colleague. It included pictures of a media worker in Afghanistan who had been tortured by the Taliban, his ears sliced through and his body covered...

Taliban rule in Afghanistan: Key moments and turning points

Firstpost · August 15, 2025

Here is a look at key dates since the Taliban returned to power four years ago, as United States and NATO forces withdrew from the country: 2021 Aug. 15: The Taliban march into Kabul, returning to power after two decades as internationally backed...

A young Afghan and her family were about to be deported back to the Taliban. One text changed everything

The Globe and Mail · August 15, 2025

Wazhma Hamidi is an Afghan refugee and former globe and mail contributor from Pakistan. Doug Saunders is The Globe and Mail’s international affairs columnist. The knock came at 11:00 on a Tuesday morning. I had prepared my little brothers and...

3-day exhibition showcasing Afghan products opens in Paktia province

Xinhua News Agency ·

KABUL, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- A three-day exhibition aimed at promoting domestic products and empowering local entrepreneurs has opened in Gardiz, the capital of Afghanistan's eastern Paktia province, local media reported Friday. The event featured...

Today in History: Aug. 15, Woodstock music festival begins

The Bulletin - Oregon · August 15, 2025

Published 10:00 pm Thursday, August 14, 2025 Today is Friday, Aug. 15, the 227th day of 2025. There are 138 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 15, 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York; more than 460,000...

Ministers spent £2.4m fighting to keep huge Afghan data breach a secret

The Independent · August 15, 2025

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

August 15, Woodstock music festival begins

Sentinel Tribune - Ohio · August 15, 2025

Today is Friday, Aug. 15, the 227th day of 2025. There are 138 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 15, 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York; more than 460,000 people attended the three-day festival, which...

Tánaiste highlights human rights abuses as Taliban mark fourth year in power in Afghanistan

The Journal · August 15, 2025

AFGHANISTAN’S TALIBAN AUHTORITIES mark the fourth anniversary of their takeover today, buoyed by Russia’s first official recognition of their government, a step they hope other countries will follow. Parades were planned in several cities,...

Afghan women barred from Taliban takeover anniversary celebrations in Kabul

Yahoo News ·

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan women were barred from attending celebrations marking the fourth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power on Friday. Some 10,000 men gathered across the capital, Kabul, to watch Defense Ministry helicopters scatter...

Taliban mark fourth year in power in Afghanistan, now officially recognised

Global Village Space · August 15, 2025

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities marked the fourth anniversary of their takeover on Friday, buoyed by Russia’s first official recognition of their government, a step they hope other countries will follow. Parades were planned in several cities,...

Taliban lures young travel influencers four years after Afghanistan takeover

Fox News ·

Aedis Laveau, daughter of George Glezmann, joins ‘America Reports’ to discuss her father’s release from Taliban captivity and return to the U.S. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Four years after Afghanistan fell to Taliban control, the...