afghanistan / http://backend.userland.com/rss ºÚÁÏÍø WebTeam Afghan women's satisfaction with the freedom they have to choose what they do with their lives dropped to an unprecedented low of 11% in 2023. /poll/514232/freedom-fades-suffering-remains-women-afghanistan.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/514232/freedom-fades-suffering-remains-women-afghanistan.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 10 Nov 2023 07:30:00 GMT As thousands of Afghans are forced to cross the border from Pakistan, they enter an economy where millions are unable to afford food and shelter. /poll/514235/economic-uncertainty-awaits-returning-afghans.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/514235/economic-uncertainty-awaits-returning-afghans.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 10 Nov 2023 07:00:00 GMT While developing democracy was a U.S. goal in Iraq, 20 years after the U.S.-led invasion, adults in Iraq and 12 other Muslim-majority countries doubt the U.S. is serious about it. /poll/473546/muslim-majority-countries-doubt-motives.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/473546/muslim-majority-countries-doubt-motives.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 07 Apr 2023 06:00:00 GMT Canada and Great Britain are again the countries Americans view most favorably, while Russia has slipped to join North Korea as the least favorably rated of 21 countries. /poll/472421/canada-britain-favored-russia-korea-least.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/472421/canada-britain-favored-russia-korea-least.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 21 Mar 2023 08:00:00 GMT Online courses could offer a lifeline for Afghan women and girls seeking to continue their education after the Taliban's return to power, but internet access remains low in Afghanistan, particularly for women. /opinion/gallup/471209/digital-freedom-reach-afghan-women.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/gallup/471209/digital-freedom-reach-afghan-women.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 08 Mar 2023 05:00:00 GMT ºÚÁÏÍø editors offer their picks for some of the most important world discoveries -- and most highly read international stories -- in 2022. /opinion/gallup/467402/gallup-top-world-stories-2022.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/gallup/467402/gallup-top-world-stories-2022.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:00:00 GMT Afghans see women in their country treated with even less respect and dignity now than when the Taliban first took control over a year ago. /poll/405791/afghans-women-treated-worse-year-taliban.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/405791/afghans-women-treated-worse-year-taliban.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 01 Dec 2022 09:00:00 GMT Afghans' lives are more miserable now than they were when the Taliban took over last year, and they've lost hope that their future will be any better. /poll/405572/afghans-lose-hope-taliban.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/405572/afghans-lose-hope-taliban.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 01 Dec 2022 09:00:00 GMT ºÚÁÏÍø surveys in Afghanistan conducted in 2022 around the one-year anniversary of the Taliban's takeover offer a bleak look inside what Afghan life is like now. /opinion/gallup/406121/afghans-sink-deeper-despair-taliban-control.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/gallup/406121/afghans-sink-deeper-despair-taliban-control.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 01 Dec 2022 09:00:00 GMT Approval of U.S. leadership remains low in Afghanistan one year after the withdrawal of U.S. military forces. /poll/406094/afghans-view-leadership-poorly-year-withdrawal.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/406094/afghans-view-leadership-poorly-year-withdrawal.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 01 Dec 2022 09:00:00 GMT