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1/ What started as a personal journey in 2019 looking into the deaths of my family, turned into a deep dive into the Zero Units—secretive, CIA-backed Afghan special forces that left a trail of loss and destruction across eastern Afghanistan. propublica.org/article/afghan… ProPublica

Former US envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, said in a statement: "The announcement regarding women’s banishment from higher education by a faction within the Taliban is shocking and incomprehensible. 1/6

A doctor, a rapper, a karate champion, a barber and an actor are among the 13 people Iran has sentenced to death in its campaign to quash an uprising demanding the end of the Islamic Republic. Here are their stories: nytimes.com/article/iran-p…

Russians across the country have dared to lay bouquets at a statue of a Ukrainian poet in protest against the recent Russian strike on Dnipro. One woman stood in front of the statue with a poster and will now spend 15 days in jail and pay 50,000 RUB fine. nytimes.com/2023/01/23/wor…

Take a listen- Arrests, Executions and the Iranian Protesters Who Refuse to Give Up cora engelbrecht nytimes.com/2023/01/27/pod…

A drone attack on an Iranian military facility in Isfahan was the work of the Mossad. U.S. officials also said the strike was prompted by Israel’s concerns about own security, not the potential Iranian missile exports to Russia. David Sanger Farnaz Fassihi nytimes.com/2023/01/29/wor…

What does it feel to be exiled? To live a life without a stable centre? I wrote about my city, Homs, Syria & the pain of forced displacement. I’m one of the millions of people who long & yearn for a lost home - The New York Times ⁦New York Times Opinion⁩ nytimes.com/2023/02/02/opi…

Four months into Iran’s uprising, protesters are still in the streets while authorities respond with violence & mass arrests. Atthar Mirza and I looked into one of the biggest centers of protests in the country—Sistan-Baluchestan province in the southeast wapo.st/3DA8nvH

A powerful earthquake wiped out apartments, shops, even entire neighborhoods across northwestern Syria on Monday in scenes that were all too familiar to a region devastated by years of civil war. nyti.ms/3wXo2BN

A powerful earthquake struck Turkey and Syria before dawn on Monday, killing more than 3,800 people, destroying thousands of buildings and shattering lives in a region already rocked by war, a refugee crisis and economic distress. nyti.ms/40LFCGH

Two days after the US published a report claiming Russia has abducted at least 6,000 Ukrainian children, children's rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova tells Putin she "adopted" a 15-year-old from Mariupol herself. "All thanks to you, Vladimir Vladimirovich!"

Women in Iran are defying mandatory hijab in public. Hair is suddenly everywhere: left long and flowing in the malls; tied in a bun on the streets; styled into bobs on public transportation; and pulled into ponytails at schools and on university campuses nytimes.com/2023/02/25/wor…

More than 800 schoolgirls fall sick in Iran, officials suspect deliberate poisoning. Girls have been hospitalized in over 10 cities with respiratory, cardiac and neurological symptoms. nytimes.com/2023/03/01/wor…

The exiled Afghans of Amu TV are holding the Taliban to account—from 7,000 miles away. cora engelbrecht reports: theatlantic.com/international/…

What an outstanding profile, such insightful answers, and beautiful photos from Amu Television. I wish my colleagues even more success, as they are undoubtedly a beacon of hope for a democratic Afghanistan.Amu TV cora engelbrecht

Thank you The Atlantic and cora engelbrecht for shining a light on the important work of our colleagues. I look forward to the day when we can honor these brave journalists by proudly using their real names instead of pen names.

Thank you to cora engelbrecht of The Atlantic for this important article on 🇨🇳 transnational repression against #HongKong activists in the 🇬🇧, including Hong Kong Watch Advisor Finn Lau 劉祖廸. theatlantic.com/international/…

During this difficult time, we finally see another sanction targeting human rights perpetrators who put $1 mil bounties on me and 18 other Hong Kongers who trying hard to make our voice heard. Looking forward to seeing other allies taking action too. state.gov/u-s-sanctions-…

The U.S. sanctioned six Chinese and Hong Kong officials for targeting pro-democracy activists overseas. cora engelbrecht spoke with more than 30 Hong Kong activists who fled to the U.K. The harassment and violence they tried to escape have followed them: theatlantic.com/international/…