Codifying apartheid could offer significant relief to many victims and survivors who otherwise would not be entitled to adequate recourse from the international community.
Afghan girl, Herat, Afghanistan, October 2023.
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Enayat Nasir, University at Albany, State University of New York
If the ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan persists, consequences could include higher rates of abuse, the spread of extremism and billions of dollars in economic loss.
More than 140 people died in the Crocus City Hall assualt in Moscow on March 22, 2023.
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Some 189,000 Afghans have applied for visas to Australia, but the government has only approved 31,500 refugee spots for the next four years. Women face the biggest hurdles to resettlement.
Taliban leaders were invited to a symbolic meeting in Beijing. Here they gather to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of the Taliban leader Mohammad Omar.
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Beijing is happy to partner up with religious-led nations if it is in its strategic interests.
A Palestinian boy sits in a World Health Organization truck near a hospital in the southern area of the Gaza Strip.
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Government sanctions against Hamas, which the US and the European Union consider a terrorist group, mean that aid groups are not able to directly work with Hamas.
Israeli tanks gather near the border with the Gaza Strip on Oct. 13, 2023.
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The US response to 9/11 included a declaration that America would destroy its enemies. The effort took decades, and thousands of lives on both sides, and never really succeeded.
People affected wait for relief in the earthquake-hit Enjil district of Herat, Afghanistan, in October 2023.
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The Biden administration has not ruled out diplomatic recognition of the Taliban. Doing so risks legitimizing the group’s rule without holding it accountable.