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Afghan women footballers who fled Taliban want to be a voice for the voiceless
CNN
Even though she says the images play out like a movie in her mind, it's a scene she couldn't possibly ever have imagined: The end of her world as she knew it, and quite possibly her own imminent demise.
"They were beating our parents, our family members, our teammates," Fatima, who is spokesperson for the Afghanistan Women's National Football team, told CNN Sport. "You didn't know if you'll be alive, or dead soon."
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An Arizona man was indicted by a federal grand jury this week on several firearms charges, having been accused by the US Justice Department of planning a mass shooting targeting Black people and other minorities at a May Atlanta concert in hopes of inciting a race war before the upcoming presidential election.
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House Republicans voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over the audio recordings of President Joe Biden’s interviews with former special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated Biden’s handling of classified material and declined to bring charges.
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