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since 2025 › Jan › 21 (Tue) @ 17:58 UTC

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30 days ago

Afghan rights defender told she faces ‘no risk’ from Taliban as Home Office denies asylum

found 2025 › Apr › 05 (Sat) @ 08:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Woman who worked with western governments in her home country before fleeing the Taliban told to return

An Afghan woman who risked her life to defend human rights in her home country before fleeing to…

31 days ago

Afghan's claim he is 140 years old - making him the oldest person EVER to have lived - is investigated by the Taliban

found 2025 › Apr › 04 (Fri) @ 15:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Aqel Nazir, who lives in the country's eastern Khost province, says he was born in the 1880s.

36 days ago

‘It means death’: Afghan women’s rights activists face deportation from Pakistan

found 2025 › Mar › 30 (Sun) @ 08:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Police go door-to-door arresting Afghans as government pledges to send millions back home to Taliban rule

More than 50 prominent female Afghan women’s rights activists sheltering in Pakistan are facin…

43 days ago

Pakistan kills 16 fighters amid rising Afghanistan border tensions

found 2025 › Mar › 23 (Sun) @ 16:44 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera › Al Jazeera English

Pakistan says all fighters killed overnight in North Waziristan while urging Afghan government to secure its borders.

US lifts $10m reward for major Taliban leader Haqqani

found 2025 › Mar › 23 (Sun) @ 09:07 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera › Al Jazeera English

The removal of the bounty comes days after Afghan group releases US citizen.

47 days ago

Rights group warns of forced deportations of Afghan refugees from Pakistan

found 2025 › Mar › 19 (Wed) @ 22:31 UTC

a story from Euronews › Euronews

An estimated 800,000 Afghans have already returned or been forcibly removed since 2023, 70% of them women and children.

52 days ago

Pakistan links train hijacking to ‘Afghan handlers’ and Indian mastermind

found 2025 › Mar › 14 (Fri) @ 20:12 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera › Al Jazeera English

India and Afghanistan reject charges, as Pakistan reveals details of operation that freed hundreds of passengers.

57 days ago

The horrifying rise of 'Bacha Bazi': How young Afghan boys from poor families are sold onto warlords, dressed up in skirts and make-up then forced to dance for groups of powerful men - before being sexually abused

found 2025 › Mar › 09 (Sun) @ 21:20 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

In the dimly lit rooms of Afghanistan 's private gatherings, young boys adorned in makeup and brightly coloured women's clothing are forced to dance for the amusement of powerful men

58 days ago

Afghan women who fled Taliban to study abroad face return after USAID freeze

found 2025 › Mar › 08 (Sat) @ 09:13 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

US aid funding enabled thousands of Afghan women to study abroad or online, but many of these programmes are now suspended.

59 days ago

Have Afghan women been forgotten? | Start Here

found 2025 › Mar › 07 (Fri) @ 18:51 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera › Al Jazeera English

Taliban rules are increasingly restricting women's lives.

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