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BYBLOS, Lebanon — The anguish in Lebanese archaeologist Nader Siklaoui’s voice is clear as he films Israeli missiles slamming down near ancient Roman columns he has spent much of his life protecting. But the conflict is also taking a devastating toll on Lebanon’s unique and ancient heritage, with airstrikes wiping out centuries-old villages and endangering fragile, millenia-old archaeological sites, like the celebrated Roman ruins of Baalbek, a United Nations world heritage site. First responders evacuate an injured person following an Israeli airstrike near Tyre, Lebanon, on Oct. 30. What can we do?” said Siklaoui, who oversees heritage sites in southern Lebanon, speaking to NBC News at the national museum in the capital Beirut. Israel’s military says it only targets Hezbollah, but accuses the group of embedding itself in and near civilian infrastructure, including heritage sites.

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☆ Afghan women once worked in this popular national park. Now they’re not even allowed to visit
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Tara Subramaniam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Afghanistan’s Band-e-Amir National Park was known for having employed the country’s first-ever female park rangers. Now, women won’t even be allowed to visit, let alone work there, as the Taliban deepens its repressive rule over the country. Heather Barr, associate director of the women’s rights at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement Monday that the ban shows how “the walls are closing in on women” within Afghanistan. Since re-taking control of the country in August 2021, amid the United States’ chaotic, controversial withdrawal, the Taliban has rolled back decades of progress on human rights. In Afghanistan, “there is no such thing as women’s freedom anymore,” Mahbouba Seraj, an Afghan women’s rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, said earlier this month.

Persons: CNN —, won’t, Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, Heather Barr, ”, Mahbouba, they’re, Richard Bennett, Dorothy Estrada, Tanck Organizations: CNN, Amir, USAID, United Nations Development, Human Rights, UN Locations: Bamiyan, ”, Afghanistan, States, “, Afghan

☆ Afghanistan's Taliban needs money so badly they are selling tickets to monuments their own fighters smashed to pieces: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Afghanistan is selling tickets to the ruins of recently-destroyed monuments, the Washington Post reported. Tickets to see the cavernous remains of the Bamiyan Buddhas, in the Hazarajat region, are sold to locals for 57 cents and $3.45 to foreigners, the paper reported. L: One of the Bamiyan Buddhas in 1997. But some Afghan officials believe that sites like Bamiyan still have potential to bring in significant tourist money, despite the loss of the Buddhas. Mohammedi is planning a souvenir market nearby, The Washington Post reported.

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☆ Pictures of the month: March
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Jeremy Schultz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

A woman dresses up her child at a hospital in Bamiyan, Afghanistan,. Since taking over in 2021, Taliban authorities have barred women from universities and most charity jobs, but they have made exemptions in the healthcare sector, such as the trainee...moreA woman dresses up her child at a hospital in Bamiyan, Afghanistan,. Since taking over in 2021, Taliban authorities have barred women from universities and most charity jobs, but they have made exemptions in the healthcare sector, such as the trainee midwife program that has been spearheaded by the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) with a local NGO, where young women train for two years in the provincial capital hospital as midwives, after which they will return home to help the women in the community. Picture taken March 2. REUTERS/Ali KharaClose

Life has become solitary confinement.” Some women went into hiding, fearing retribution after the Taliban seized power. When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, women were among the most profoundly affected. A Wrenching Change Afifa, 47, wishes more Afghan men would fight for women’s rights KABUL, Afghanistan — Walk around the capital, Kabul, and it often feels as if women have been airbrushed out of the city. When the Taliban seized power, girls’ schools remained open in a kind of limbo — neither officially sanctioned nor forbidden — for months. Zubaida, 20, teaches high school girls in secret “Regimes come and go all the time in Afghanistan.

☆ Young Afghan women train as midwives for out-of-reach villages
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Jeremy Schultz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

A mother holds her child as she rests in her arms, while women line up outside of a doctor's room, at a hospital in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. "When the roads are blocked of course there are no means of transportation, people even use donkeys to move the...moreA mother holds her child as she rests in her arms, while women line up outside of a doctor's room, at a hospital in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. "These students can help in each village, in each district with deliveries." Picture taken March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Ali KharaClose

A Culture in theCross Hairs Russia’s invasion has systematically destroyed Ukrainian cultural sites. It has also dealt a grievous blow to Ukrainian culture: to its museums and monuments, its grand universities and rural libraries, its historic churches and contemporary mosaics. This is how empires always work.” The war in Ukraine is a culture war, and the extent of the destruction is becoming clearer. Kyiv Sviatohirsk UKRAINE Damaged or destroyed religious sites Areas controlled by Russia at any time since invasion. Kyiv Sviatohirsk UKRAINE Damaged or destroyed religious sites Areas controlled by Russia at any time since invasion.

☆ Atentat cu 14 morţi şi zeci de răniţi în Afganistan. Teroriştii au atacat o piaţă şi un spital
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-24 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Atacul a avut loc într-o zonă relativ liniştită din Afganistan. Două bombe au explodat într-o zonă extrem de aglomerată iar bilanţul este tragic: 14 morţi şi cel puţin 45 de răniţi. Bombele au fost plasate în două locaţii separate, pentru a face cât mai multe victime, spun oficialii afgani. Până acum, atentatul nu a fost revendicat de nicio grupare. Exploziile au avut loc într-o piaţă şi lângă un spital, au declarat martori citaţi de AFP.

Persons: afgani, talibanii Organizations: Interne Locations: Afganistan, Bamyian, izolata, Interne afgan

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