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‘They left us so helpless’: Afghans seeking refuge in Pakistan
As thousands of Afghans cross into Pakistan, fleeing the Taliban, we tell some of their stories.
‘New wave of repression’ emerging in South Sudan, Amnesty warns
Rights group says peaceful protests ‘must be facilitated rather than cracked down upon’, following recent arrests.
![Afghan women's rights defenders and civil activists protest to call on the Taliban for the preservation of their achievements and education under the new government, which is expected to be announced soon [Stringer/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-09-03T120034Z_144892261_RC2AIP9D31TB_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-WOMEN.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![The collapse of talks comes at a critical time when the world's two largest economies are grappling with the deadly consequences of climate change, including the recent deadly flooding in New York, and the torrential rain that hit several Chinese cities in July and August and killed hundreds of people [Branden Eastwood/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/000_9M72GD.jpg?resize=270%2C180)

![Facial recognition software has been blasted by civil rights advocates who point out problems with accuracy, particularly it comes to people who are not white [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/240405150_376709297403909_1740019870862410415_n.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![A menu is seen on display outside a Nando’s restaurant in London, UK, August 18, 2021 [File: Hannah McKay/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-08-18T154008Z_651000036_RC2R7P9ZUOO4_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-FASTFOOD-NANDO-S.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Mexico's proposal to legalise cannabis - shown growing here at a Cannativa AC research lab in Mexico City - has hit a snag in the country's senate, where a revised version of the bill is under consideration [File: Maurio Palos/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/370849393.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Victims' families pressured President Joe Biden to declassify documents related to the investigation of the September 11, 2001 attacks [File: Andrew Kelly/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2020-09-11T135103Z_1586647880_RC2DWI9V8L5E_RTRMADP_3_USA-SEPT11-NEW-YORK.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Born in Najaf in 1936, al-Hakeem was considered to be among the highest Shia religious authorities in Iraq [File: Haidar Hamdani/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/000_9M77VW.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control said in a press statement on Friday that senior Iran-based intelligence official Alireza Shahvaroghi Farahani led a group of Iranian intelligence officers in an apparent plot to kidnap a Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American journalist and human rights activist [File: Andrew Kelly/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/treasury.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![The police did not say when the items may have arrived in Norway, or how they ended up there [Okokrim/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/000_9M68AJ.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![The collapse of talks comes at a critical time when the world's two largest economies are grappling with the deadly consequences of climate change, including the recent deadly flooding in New York, and the torrential rain that hit several Chinese cities in July and August and killed hundreds of people [Branden Eastwood/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/000_9M72GD.jpg?resize=120%2C80)

![South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 [File: Akuot Chol/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/000_1AX4SG.jpg?resize=570%2C380)