[Link] Police investigate people taking partially nude photos near Russian landmarks

Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Police have launched a wave of investigations against young people, mainly women, in recent weeks for taking partially nude or sexually suggestive photographs next to Russian landmarks.

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[Link] Afghanistan’s neighbours gather in Tehran to discuss its future

Read: 4/11/2021 www.aljazeera.com

Iran says the main goal of the event is to emphasise the call for the formation of an ‘inclusive’ government in Afghanistan.

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[Link] The Taliban Have a Growing ISIS-K Problem

Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com

The Taliban face a growing insurgency from ISIS-K, a jihadist group inspired by Islamic State and founded by former Taliban fighters in early 2015.

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[Link] Afghanistan Fears Literal Darkness As Taliban Fails to Pay Electric Bills

Read: 5/10/2021 www.vice.com

There are fears Kabul could face a mass blackout, and a subsequent humanitarian crisis, if the Taliban don’t start collecting money for utility bills and paying the city’s electricity suppliers.

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[Link] With No U.S. Support, Leaders of Afghan Resistance Flee the Country

Read: 22/9/2021 theintercept.com

Ahmad Massoud, son of the late Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud, fled to Tajikistan shortly after the Taliban seized control of the Panjshir Valley on September 6, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official, a Pentagon consultant, and two former senior Afghan government officials.

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