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Taliban divisions deepen as Afghan women defy veil edict

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Arooza was livid and afraid, preserving her eyes open for Taliban on patrol as she and a pal shopped Sunday in Kabul’s Macroyan neighborhood.

The maths trainer was fearful her massive scarf, wrapped tight round her head, and sweeping pale brown coat wouldn’t fulfill the newest decree by the nation’s religiously pushed Taliban authorities. In spite of everything, extra than simply her eyes had been displaying. Her face was seen.

Arooza, who requested to be recognized by only one title to keep away from attracting consideration, wasn’t sporting the all-encompassing burqa most well-liked by the Taliban, which on Saturday issued a brand new costume code for ladies showing in public. The edict stated solely a girl’s eyes ought to be seen.

AFGHANISTAN WOMEN ORDERED BY TALIBAN TO COVER UP HEAD-TO-TOE IN PUBLIC

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The decree by the Taliban’s hardline chief Hibaitullah Akhunzada even steered girls shouldn’t depart their properties until obligatory and descriptions a sequence of punishments for male family of ladies violating the code.

It was a serious blow to the rights of ladies in Afghanistan, who for 20 years had been dwelling with relative freedom earlier than the Taliban takeover final August – when U.S. and different overseas forces withdrew within the chaotic finish to a 20-year battle.

A girl sporting a burqa walks in entrance of her home in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Might 8, 2022.
(AP Photograph/Ebrahim Noroozi)

A reclusive chief, Akhunzada hardly ever travels outdoors southern Kandahar, the standard Taliban heartland. He favors the tough parts of the group’s earlier time in energy, within the Nineties, when women and girls had been largely barred from college, work and public life.

Like Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, Akhunzada imposes a strict model of Islam that marries faith with historical tribal traditions, usually blurring the 2.

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Akhunzada has taken tribal village traditions the place ladies usually marry at puberty, and barely depart their properties, and referred to as it a non secular demand, analysts say.

TALIBAN CANCELS GIRLS’ HIGHER EDUCATION DESPITE PLEDGES

The Taliban have been divided between pragmatists and hardliners, as they wrestle to transition from an insurgency to a governing physique. In the meantime, their authorities has been coping with a worsening financial disaster. And Taliban efforts to win recognition and help from Western nations have floundered, largely as a result of they haven’t fashioned a extra consultant authorities, and restricted the rights of women and girls.

Till now, hardliners and pragmatists within the motion have averted open confrontation.

A woman wearing a burqa and her children in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 8, 2022.

A girl sporting a burqa and her youngsters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Might 8, 2022.
(AP Photograph/Ebrahim Noroozi)

But divisions had been deepened in March, on the eve of the brand new college yr, when Akhunzada issued a last-minute determination that ladies shouldn’t be allowed to go to highschool after finishing the sixth grade. Within the weeks forward of the beginning of the college yr, senior Taliban officers had instructed journalists all ladies could be allowed again at school. Akhunzada asserted that permitting the older ladies again to highschool violated Islamic ideas.

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A distinguished Afghan who meets the management and is accustomed to their inner squabbles stated a senior Cupboard minister expressed his outrage over Akhunzada’s views at a current management assembly. He spoke on situation of anonymity to talk freely.

OFFICIALS: TALIBAN BLOCKED UNACCOMPANIED WOMEN FROM FLIGHTS

Torek Farhadi, a former authorities adviser, stated he believes Taliban leaders have opted to not spar in public as a result of they concern any notion of divisions may undermine their rule.

“The management doesn’t see eye to eye on a variety of issues, however all of them know that in the event that they don’t maintain it collectively, all the things may crumble,” Farhadi stated. “In that case, they may begin clashes with one another.”

“For that motive, the elders have determined to place up with one another, together with in terms of non-agreeable choices that are costing them a number of uproar inside Afghanistan and internationally,” Farhadi added.

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A woman wearing a burqa walks through a bird market as she holds her child, in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 8, 2022.

A girl sporting a burqa walks via a chicken market as she holds her little one, in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Might 8, 2022.
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Among the extra pragmatic leaders seem like on the lookout for quiet workarounds that may soften the hard-line decrees. Since March, there was a rising refrain, even among the many strongest Taliban leaders, to return older ladies to highschool whereas quietly ignoring different repressive edicts.

Earlier this month, Anas Haqqani, the youthful brother of Sirajuddin, who heads the highly effective Haqqani community, instructed a convention within the jap metropolis of Khost that ladies are entitled to schooling and that they’d quickly return to highschool – although he didn’t say when. He additionally stated girls had a job in constructing the nation.

“You’ll obtain superb information that may make everybody very completely satisfied… this downside will probably be resolved within the following days,” Haqqani stated on the time.

AFGHAN WOMEN REACT TO TALIBAN ALLOWING GIRLS BACK IN SCHOOL AS FEARS PERSIST FOR THEIR SAFETY

Within the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday, girls wore the customary conservative Muslim costume. Most wore a conventional hijab, consisting of a scarf and lengthy gown or coat, however few coated their faces, as directed by the Taliban chief a day earlier. These sporting a burqa, a head-to-toe garment that covers the face and hides the eyes behind netting had been within the minority.

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“Girls in Afghanistan put on the hijab, and lots of put on the burqa, however this isn’t about hijab, that is concerning the Taliban desirous to make all girls disappear,” stated Shabana, who wore vibrant gold bangles beneath her flowing black coat, her hair hidden behind a black head scarf with sequins. “That is concerning the Taliban desirous to make us invisible.”

A woman wearing a burqa walks through the old market as a Taliban fighter stands guard, in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 8, 2022.

A girl sporting a burqa walks via the previous market as a Taliban fighter stands guard, in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Might 8, 2022.
(AP Photograph/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Arooza stated the Taliban rulers are driving Afghans to depart their nation. “Why ought to I keep right here in the event that they don’t wish to give us our human rights? We’re human,” she stated.

A number of girls stopped to speak. All of them challenged the newest edict.

“We don’t wish to stay in a jail,” stated Parveen, who like the opposite girls wished solely to present one title.

“These edicts try to erase a complete gender and era of Afghans who grew up dreaming of a greater world,” stated Obaidullah Baheer, a visiting scholar at New York’s New College and former lecturer on the American College in Afghanistan.

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“It pushes households to depart the nation by any means obligatory. It additionally fuels grievances that may finally spill over into large-scale mobilization towards the Taliban,” he stated.

After a long time of battle, Baheer stated it wouldn’t have taken a lot on the Taliban’s half to make Afghans content material with their rule “a possibility that the Taliban are losing quick.”

 

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There is no safe zone in Gaza, warns UNRWA

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UNRWA’s Scott Anderson described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as critical and called on all sides to respect civilian safe zones.

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The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip remains critical and could deteriorate further, warns the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA).

Speaking to Euronews in Brussels, UNRWA Director in Gaza, Scott Anderson, called on all parties to the conflict to respect the sanctity of safe places for civilians.

“There’s nowhere safe in Gaza. Including the safe zones. And unfortunately, all parties to the conflict are not respecting the sanctity of sites that should be safe for civilians, including hospitals and schools.” said Anderson.

He stressed that both UNRWA facilities and Palestinian schools have been targeted, appealing to all sides to uphold the protection of these locations so civilians can find safety for themselves and their families.

Too cosy with Hamas?

Anderson also responded to past allegations that his agency was too lenient with Hamas, which the EU designates as a terrorist organisation.

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He underlined that UNRWA took swift action after discovering that some of its employees were linked to the group.

When asked if he could confidently say that UNRWA had removed all Hamas operatives, Anderson was frank in his reply:

“No, I don’t think anybody can say anything with certainty about their workforce anywhere. We have over 13,000 people. We do take ‘neutrality’ very seriously, as shown by the commissioner general’s very swift action. But no, I can’t with certainty say that’s done,” he said.

Anderson also reiterated that they don’t have any evidence of employing Hamas members, and if they did, the necessary actions would have already been taken.

You can watch the full interview on the situation in Gaza on Thursday and online at euronews.com.

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Chloe Fineman Claims Elon Musk Made Her ‘Burst Into Tears’ When He Hosted ‘SNL’: ‘You Stared at Me Like You Were Firing Me From Tesla’

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Chloe Fineman Claims Elon Musk Made Her ‘Burst Into Tears’ When He Hosted ‘SNL’: ‘You Stared at Me Like You Were Firing Me From Tesla’

Chloe Fineman claimed in a now-deleted TikTok post that Elon Musk made her cry when he hosted “Saturday Night Live.”

Back in August, Fineman’s “SNL” co-star Bowen Yang revealed on “Watch What Happens Live” that a male host once made “multiple cast members cry” during a table-read for the sketch comedy series.

“This man who…this person, this host made multiple cast members cry on Wednesday during the, before the table-read, because he hated the ideas,” Yang said when asked on the late-night talk show about the worst “SNL” host behavior he’s ever witnessed. He later called the experience “terrible.”

In a video posted (and deleted) on TikTok on Monday, Fineman named Musk — who hosted in May 2021 — as said “SNL” host after he criticized Dana Carvey’s impression of him over the weekend and said the show has been “dying slowly for years, as they become increasingly out of touch with reality.”

“OK, I just saw some news article about Elon Musk being like butt-hurt about ‘SNL’ and his impression, but I’m, like, you’re clearly watching the show. Like, what are you talking about?” Fineman said at the beginning of the video. “And I’m like, you know what? I’m gonna come out and say at long last that I’m the cast member that he made cry. And he’s the host that made someone cry. Maybe there’s others.”

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Fineman seemingly referred to the coverage of Yang’s appearance on “Watch What Happens Live,” saying that she “saw some articles and stuff” about the situation at “SNL.” “I was like, I’m not gonna say anything. But I’m like, no, if you’re gonna go on your platform and be rude, like, guess what? You made I, Chloe Fineman, burst into tears because I stayed up all night writing the sketch,” she said of Musk. “I was so excited, I came in, I asked if you had any questions and you stared at me like you were firing me from Tesla and were like, ‘It’s not funny.’”

Fineman continued: “I waited for you to be like, ‘Ha ha, jk.’ No. Then you started pawing through my script, like flipping each page, being, like, ‘I didn’t laugh once, not one time.’” The unidentified sketch did make it onto the show, according to Fineman, who said “it was fine” and she “actually had a really good time.”

“I thought you were really funny in it,” Fineman added. “But, you know, have a little manners here, sir.”

Variety has reached out to Fineman’s reps for additional comment.

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US forces strike 9 Iran-linked militia targets in Syria: 'Our message is clear'

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The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) recently announced that U.S. forces conducted retaliatory strikes against Iran-associated targets on Monday.

In a statement obtained by Fox News, CENTCOM said that the strikes were in response to “several attacks” against U.S. forces.

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“Today, U.S. CENTCOM forces conducted strikes against nine targets in two locations
associated with Iranian groups in Syria in response to several attacks on U.S. personnel in Syria over the last 24 hours,” the statement read.

“These strikes will degrade the Iranian-backed groups’ ability to plan and launch future attacks on U.S. and Coalition forces who are in the region to conduct D-ISIS operations,” CENTCOM added.

ISRAEL KILLS ANOTHER HEZBOLLAH COMMANDER IN RETALIATORY STRIKES: IDF

Soldiers with Alpha Troop, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, make their way to an oil production facility to meet with its management team, in Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility, Oct. 27, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jensen Guillory)

In the press release, CENTCOM commander Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla said that the attacks sent a “clear” message.

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“Attacks against U.S. and coalition partners in the region will not be tolerated,” the military official said. “We will continue to take every step necessary to protect our personnel and coalition partners and respond to reckless attacks.”

IRAN CLAIMS IT IS CAPABLE OF BUILDING NUCLEAR WEAPONS AS AYATOLLAH VOWS ‘TOOTH-BREAKING’ RESPONSE TO ISRAEL, US

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CENTCOM shared a photo of a B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber in a post on social media confirming that the bombers have arrived in the Middle East region early Sunday. (U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM))

The strikes came as the tensions between Israel and Iran continue to escalate. On Nov. 3, U.S. bombers arrived in the Middle East in support of Israel.

CENTCOM said last week that B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers from Minot Air Force Base’s 5th Bomb Wing had arrived in the region, but did not specify exactly where the weapons were sent.

Last week, an Iranian asset was charged with attempting to assassinate President-elect Trump. The Iranian Foreign Ministry has denied the allegations.

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IRAN CLAIMS IT IS CAPABLE OF BUILDING NUCLEAR WEAPONS AS AYATOLLAH VOWS ‘TOOTH-BREAKING’ RESPONSE TO ISRAEL, US

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This photo shows the headquarters of the US Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida.  (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

“There are few actors in the world that pose as grave a threat to the national security of the United States as does Iran,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. “The Justice Department has charged an asset of the Iranian regime who was tasked by the regime to direct a network of criminal associates to further Iran’s assassination plots against its targets, including President-elect Donald Trump.”

Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman and Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.

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