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Thousands of Afghans are stranded at the border with Pakistan, after a Pakistani government deadline for them to leave sparked a mass exodus. Islamabad has given 1.7 million Afghans it says are living illegally in the country until November 1 to leave voluntarily or be forcibly removed. IMAGES
Kandahar (Afghanistan), Sep 19 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Stringer) Dozens of Afghan singers and musicians have fled the country to neighbouring Pakistan in fear of retaliation by the Taliban, which considers music 'unIslamic'. The Taliban banned music when they ruled the country between 1996 and 2001 and decreed women to stay home based on their strict interpretation of Islamic law.FOOTAGE OF MUSICIANS IN KANDAHAR.
Deborah Lyons, the UN secretary-general's special representative on Afghanistan, urges the world to keep money flowing into Afghanistan despite concerns over the Taliban government, warning the country could otherwise suffer a historic breakdown and be set "back for generations." SOUNDBITE
Paris (France), Sep 5 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Christophe Petit-Tesson) A group of feminists met on Sunday in Paris in a rally in support of Afghan women facing the arrival of the Taliban to government and the imposition of sharia, Islamic law.FOOTAGE OF THE FEMINIST CONCENTRATION IN PARIS.
Moscow, Sep 2 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Yuri Kochetkov) The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), Vladimir Zhirinovsky, participated on Thursday in an action organized by his party in support of Afghanistan after the United States (US) departure from the country.FOOTAGE OF THE CONCENTRATION IN SUPPORT OF AFGHANISTAN.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says any legitimacy or support from the international community for a Taliban-led government "will have to be earned." SOUNDBITE
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