{
  "id": 1005204,
  "title": "Five years of Taliban rule: Afghan women face deepening repression",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/five-years-of-taliban-rule-afghan-women-face-deepening-repression",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T08:49:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/five-years-of-taliban-rule-afghan-women-face-deepening-repression"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Five years after the Taliban returned to power, Afghan women face sweeping restrictions on education, work, movement and public life, with the UN describing Afghanistan as the world’s worst country for women’s rights. As international aid funding falls, the UN is urging donors not to abandon programmes supporting Afghan women, warning that many organisations could be forced to close.",
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        "outlet": "Egypt Independent",
        "title": "Five years after the Taliban won, Afghanistan is still losing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/five-years-after-the-taliban-won-afghanistan-is-still-losing",
        "published": "2026-08-15T07:04:50.000Z"
      },
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        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Five years of Taliban rule: A state has survived, but at what cost?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/five-years-of-taliban-rule-a-state-has-survived-but-at-what-cost",
        "published": "2026-08-15T08:34:35.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Taliban celebrates five years in power with military parades, celebrations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/taliban-celebrates-five-years-in-power-with-military-parades",
        "published": "2026-08-15T08:34:59.000Z"
      },
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        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "They fought for the U.S. in Afghanistan. Now they worry about losing their green cards",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/they-fought-for-the-u-s-in-afghanistan-now-they-worry-about-losing",
        "published": "2026-08-15T09:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Afghans rebuild their lives in France five years after Taliban takeover",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/afghans-rebuild-their-lives-in-france-five-years-after-taliban",
        "published": "2026-08-15T09:13:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Taliban mark five years in power as aid groups warn of crisis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/taliban-mark-five-years-in-power-as-aid-groups-warn-of-crisis",
        "published": "2026-08-15T09:46:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "Afghan advocates urge action for women as Taliban marks five years since takeover",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/afghan-advocates-urge-action-for-women-as-taliban-marks-five-years-1026088",
        "published": "2026-08-15T10:00:33.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Afghan advocates urge action for women as Taliban marks five years since takeover",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/afghan-advocates-urge-action-for-women-as-taliban-marks-five-years",
        "published": "2026-08-15T10:00:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "What the Taliban achieved and failed to achieve in five years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/what-the-taliban-achieved-and-failed-to-achieve-in-five-years",
        "published": "2026-08-15T11:07:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Taliban celebrate ‘victory day’ five years after seizing power in Afghanistan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/taliban-celebrate-victory-day-five-years-after-seizing-power-in",
        "published": "2026-08-15T11:26:59.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}