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For protection. due to the dangerous situation, my family has stopped me coming on the media. i think we will be left here in this hell under the dark shadow of this tyranny. testimonies from women inside afghanistan. all across the country, they are dreading the talibans return to power. wondering what it will mean for them. many are desperately trying to escape. entire lives, dreams shattered. their fears are not unfounded. under taliban rule in the 90s and early 2000s, the group denied women ...

When it comes to the talibans lightning fast return to power in afghanistan. i mean, theyre facing uncertain futures and possibilities that the gains theyve made over the last 20 years, that all of it will be erased. >> yeah. and the remarkable thing? some activists have chosen to risk everything and stay in the country to continue their work. cnns anna koran talks about their stake. >> reporter: im in my house waiting for help and support from the protection. due to the dangerous situation, my ...

Michael. >> the clock is ticking. ivan watson in hong kong. jasmine wright in washington. appreciate it. thanks for being with us much. as many afghans hope to catch a flight out while they still can, fear is growing among some of those who will stay, including many women terrified of the talibans return to power. but as anna coren reports for us, some female activists are choosing to stay, to keep fighting for womens rights. >> reporter: im in my house waiting for any help and support for pro...

Including many women terrified of the talibans return to power. but as we report, some female activists are choosing to stay to keep fighting for womens rights. >> reporter: im in my house waiting for hope and support and protection. due to the dangerous situation my family stopped me comes on the media. i think we will be left here in this hell under the dark shadow of this tyranny. testimonies from women inside afghanistan. all across the country, they are dreading the talibans return to power...

Restrictions. im curious what impact do you think that has on the trial? were relying on the reporters. were not hearing from these victims, alleged victims directly. >> yeah. its an interesting question because we just went through a kind of a national experience with another trial in terms of derek chauvin and having access to the witnesses and testimony. so i think youre right that it does, in fact, you know, maybe the level of empathy that we would normally have toward survivors when theyre ...

Both through the civilian and military tracks — and whenever we identify perpetrators, to the extent we find these kinds of reports credible, we take measures to ensure accountability. amnesty international have released a report this month, again using more than 60 testimonies from eyewitnesses, which they say provides overwhelming evidence of systematic sexual abuse, rape and other terrible forms of sexual abuse carried out by ethiopian army forces in tigray since the beginning of this confl...

But what you mentioned about the suicide attacker there is very interesting. it shows frankly how enormously complex investigating this is and fraught for the pentagon at this stage. of course, they have to be sure that nothing they say about this situation confer the compromised security particularly their relationship with the taliban. so gone from a place where we were talking about gunmen yesterday in the cent com and two blasts to the possibility of one gunman who was also the suicide bombe...

0 much but if it is significantly pushed back and what are you seeing in terms of flow to abbey gate. is it less people being allowed in or still a rush of people? which could lead to some -- what are you seeing today? >> so, what i can report as my discussion with the commanders there on the the ground is that multiple activities have taken place to increase the force protection specifically in communication with the taliban of how they are executing their check point operations and communicati...

Started from jalalabad and made it all the way to northern afghanistan and the taliban cannot be trusted. you can not make a deal with the taliban and think that they are going to cut ties with al qaeda so back in 1990s we forgot about afghanistan when the russians left and look what happened. the tragic incident of 9/11 happened so i think every american has a responsibility, call their congressman and senators and they need to have testimonies and congressional. this is an urgent and humanitar...

Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are natalie fahy, editor of the nottingham post, and john stevens, the daily mails deputy political editor. tomorrows front pages, starting with... �*the sea was closed, the metro quotes foreign secretary dominic raab�*s defence at being on holiday as afghanistan fell to the taliban, saying in hindsight he should have come home earlier. the times also leads on afghanistan, quoting uk defence secr...