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The teenager who took on the Taliban
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:24:14
Publish Date: 2020-08-07 08:14:00
Description: A teenage Afghan girl was recently celebrated as a hero, and photos of her holding an AK47 widely circulated, after she killed two Taliban fighters who attacked her home. But Firuz Rahimi of BBC Uzbek – himself from Afghanistan – shares the story behind the story, revealing the complexity of Afghan life and loyalties. Unmasking the masks Nasobuco, barbijo, tapabocas and mascarilla – the proliferation of words for facemasks in Latin America, with BBC Monitoring journalist Rafael Rojas in Miami. When monuments say more than ministries Olga Ivshina was part of the BBC Russian team investigating what the new names being added to war memorials can reveal about military operations in the absence of government information. Image: Qamar Gul, Afghan girl holding AK47 Credit: Social media
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