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"Yes I’m hopeful, I’m hoping for some kind of an understanding of each other," says Afghan women's right activist Mahbouba Seraj after taking part in talks with a Taliban delegation in Norway. The Taliban have promised a softer rule than their last stint in power between 1996 and 2001 when women were banned from leaving the house without a male chaperone and forced to wear the all-covering burqa.
Women activists visit injured Afghan security forces in a Herat hospital. The Taliban control large swathes of the countryside and are now challenging Afghan government forces in several large cities, including Herat, near the western border with Iran, and Kandahar in the south.
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Chanting 'bread, work and freedom', around 40 women marched in front of the education ministry on Saturday
Two Afghan women, living in exile in Paris since the Taliban took back control of their home country one year ago, share the difficulties they have faced and their concerns for the future of women's rights in Afghanistan.
U.S.-led air strikes hit 10 units of Islamic State fighters in Syria in recent days as well as militants with the al Qaeda-linked Khorasan Group. Jillian Kitchener reports.
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