afghanistan

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Afghanistan flags wave over an anti-Taliban rally in Rotterdam. August 21, 2021
Politics
Netherlands to grant asylum to most Afghan women and girls under new policy
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Three Afghan women and a young boy standing outside a shoe store in Kabul, Afghanistan. The women are wearing blue burqas (burkas).
Politics
Women and girls bear brunt of wealthy countries' humanitarian aid cuts: CARE Nederland
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Afghanistan flags wave over an anti-Taliban rally in Rotterdam. August 21, 2021
Politics
Four Afghan women granted asylum in the Netherlands after earlier rejections
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Three Afghan women and a young boy standing outside a shoe store in Kabul, Afghanistan. The women are wearing blue burqas (burkas).
Politics
Asylum service grants Afghan woman protection after report details Taliban restrictions
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A Dutch soldier speaking to a man in the Uruzgan province of Afghanistan with the help of an interpreter, June 2010
Politics
Veterans, families condemn Trump’s claim NATO stayed ‘behind frontlines’ in Afghanistan
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Three Afghan women and a young boy standing outside a shoe store in Kabul, Afghanistan. The women are wearing blue burqas (burkas).
Politics
Minister justifies Netherlands’ case-by-case approach to Afghan women’s asylum requests
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Dutch embassy
Politics
Court rules Netherlands not obliged to evacuate 42 Afghan embassy guards
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Dutch embassy
1-1-2Politics
Court orders Dutch state to bring 42 Afghan embassy guards to Netherlands
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King's Day in Amsterdam Oost, 27 April 2023
Health
Netherlands the fifth happiest country in the world; Finland still in 1st place
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Members of the emergency services work at the scene where a car drove into a crowd in the southern German city of Munich on February 13, 2025 leaving several people injured, police said.
CrimePolitics
Prime Minister Dick Schoof expresses condolences for victims of Munich terrorist attack
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Anton Nootenboom, the Barefoot Dutchman
HealthCulture
Dutch veteran Nootenboom finishes barefoot walk in New York
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Dutch soldiers patrol the area around Camp Marmal in Afghanistan, March 2021
Politics
Dutch gov't cannot go back on promise to help Afghan security guards, Ombudsman says
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A Dutch soldier speaking to a man in the Uruzgan province of Afghanistan with the help of an interpreter, June 2010
Politics
"Death sentence", "broken promise": Opposition fierce about abandomnent of Afghan guards
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Several KLM aircraft at Schiphol Airport. 21 May 2021
Business
KLM avoids Iran, Iraq, Jordan airspace as Middle East violence escalates
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Three Afghan women and a young boy standing outside a shoe store in Kabul, Afghanistan. The women are wearing blue burqas (burkas).
Politics
Netherlands wants Taliban prosecuted for violating women's rights in Afghanistan
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Crime scene tape and a police car, with police officers in the background
Crime
More incidents of honor violence in Netherlands; Victims almost always women
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The offices of Dutch public broadcaster, NOS, at the Media Park in Hilversum. 24 April 2024
CrimePolitics
Netherlands rises two places in press freedom index; Some politicians cause concern
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King's Day in Amsterdam, 27 April 2017
CultureLifestyle
Netherlands the sixth happiest country in the world; Down one spot
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The souvenir shop at Damstraat 2A, a pharmacy, and another souvenir shop at the intersection with Nes in September 2021
Crime
Investigators link many Amsterdam tourist shops to money laundering, drug trafficking
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Schengen visa
Politics
Romania and Bulgaria close to Schengen status 
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Evacuees boarding a plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, 18 August 2021
Politics
Dutch government unprepared for Afghanistan's fall, despite warnings to ready evacuation
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Flag of Netherlands against the backdrop of the river in Haarlem
Politics
Immigration to the Netherlands jumped 60% in 2022; Now above pre-pandemic levels
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European union flag in front of building
PoliticsBusiness
EU starts sanctioning perpetrators of sexual violence against woman at NL's insistence
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A Dutch soldier speaking to a man in the Uruzgan province of Afghanistan with the help of an interpreter, June 2010
CrimePolitics
Australian soldiers killed an Afghan in 2010 based on a Dutch tip