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Around two dozen women activists protested outside Afghanistan's Women's Ministry against Taliban militants in Kabul on September 19. The said ministry is now replaced by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice. Since the Taliban return, female workers have been trying to return to work but are instructed to go home. "Today's, Afghan women are not the same as 26 years ago", said protestors. 

China respects the sovereignty of Afghanistan and won't interfere in its internal affairs, Chinese Ambassador Wang Yi assured the Taliban's acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi during a meeting on September 14. Besides, he urged the Afghan people to independently choose a development path that suits their national conditions. Moreover, Beijing will provide an aide of $31 million including three million jabs of COVID-19 vaccines.

According to the US State Department, the US will hold a virtual meeting on Afghanistan, where Secretary of State, Antony Blinken will give a public speech later on August 30. Meeting with “key partners on Afghanistan, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Qatar, the European, and NATO,” will be held. Blinken discussed Afghanistan and the Afghans and foreign nationals with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang… read-more

Following France, the UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed the completion of its evacuation mission in Afghanistan from the Kabul airport on August 29. According to the UK Ambassador to Afghanistan Laurie Bristow, they have evacuated 15,000 nationals and Afghans since August 15 with the help of almost 1,000 personnel, including military, diplomatic and civilian. PM Boris Johnson also decided to provide humanitarian assistance to refugees from… read-more

With the Taliban taking over Afghanistan, several people tried fleeing on the US plane from the war-torn country. Amidst the shortage of space, several citizens cling to the aircraft, resulting in the death of two. Mocking the incident, an Etsy shop called "conaneShop" has put on sale t-shirts with silhouettes of those two who free-fell from the airplane, naming it as "Kabul Skydiving Club". Netizens have shown anger against it.