The Latest: Jolie worried about women, girls in Afghanistan

BERLIN — Angelina Jolie has expressed interest astir the concern of women and girls successful Afghanistan.

The actress, who is besides a peculiar envoy to the U.N.’s precocious commissioner for refugees, told a German paper Sunday she doesn’t deliberation the incoming authorities successful Afghanistan could simply crook backmost the timepiece truthful that everything would beryllium similar 20 years ago. But she inactive has large worries astir the concern for women there.

Jolie told the play Welt americium Sonntag: “I’m reasoning of each the women and girls who don’t cognize present if they tin spell backmost to enactment oregon school. And I’m reasoning of the young Afghans who are disquieted that they volition suffer their freedom.”

Taliban fighters captured astir of Afghanistan past period and celebrated the departure of the past U.S. forces aft 20 years of war. The insurgent radical indispensable present govern a war-ravaged state that is heavy reliant connected planetary aid.

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— Find much AP sum astatine https://apnews.com/hub/afghanistan

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HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:

BERLIN — A Taliban spokesperson has told a German paper that his radical wants to found diplomatic relations with Germany.

Zabihullah Mujahid tells the play Welt americium Sonntag that “we privation beardown and authoritative diplomatic relations to Germany.”

The paper reported Sunday that the Taliban besides anticipation for fiscal enactment from Germany arsenic good arsenic humanitarian assistance and practice regarding Afghanistan’s wellness attraction system, acquisition and agriculture.

The German authorities has been reserved astir establishing authoritative ties with the Taliban. Officials accidental talks are needed to get the remaining erstwhile Afghan staffers who worked for the Germans retired of the country.

According to the newspaper, Mujahid said it was unfortunate Germany had cooperated with the Americans during the warfare “but that has present been forgiven.”

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Some home flights person resumed astatine Afghanistan’s planetary airdrome successful Kabul, with the state-run Ariana Afghan Airline operating flights to 3 provinces.

Shershah Stor, the airline’s presumption manager astatine the airport, told The Associated Press connected Sunday that the flights took spot Saturday to occidental Herat, confederate Kandahar and bluish Balkh provinces. He said the flights were conducted without a functioning radar strategy astatine the airport.

Stor said 3 much flights are scheduled Sunday to the aforesaid provinces.

A squad of Qatari and Turkish technicians arrived successful Kabul past week to assistance restart operations astatine the airport, which the U.N. says is important to providing the state with humanitarian assistance. It remains to beryllium seen, however, whether immoderate commercialized airlines volition beryllium consenting to connection service.

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WASHINGTON — The apical U.S. subject wide has thanked members of the 10th Mountain Division for their work successful Afghanistan during the evacuation of Americans, Afghans and others implicit the past respective weeks.

Army Gen. Mark Milley, president of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with subject constabulary soldiers astatine the Rhine Ordnance Barracks successful Germany connected Saturday.

Standing extracurricular talking to a group, helium asked them, “You were determination for the bombing?” Heads nodded and a chorus of voices answered, “yes, sir.”

A termination bombing by the Islamic State radical adjacent a gross astatine the Kabul airdrome much than a week agone killed 13 U.S. work members arsenic good arsenic 169 Afghans who were crowded astir the entry, hopeless to get connected flights retired of Afghanistan.

“You guys did an unthinkable job, each of you — Army, Navy, Marines, the Air Force — flying retired 124,000 people. That’s what you saved,” Milley told the soldiers. He said they “showed tremendous courageousness subject and capability, moving together. It’s thing you should ever beryllium arrogant of… This volition beryllium a infinitesimal that you’ll ever remember.”