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since 2025 › Jan › 21 (Tue) @ 11:55 UTC

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4 days ago

Afghan drug addict is granted asylum in the UK - after winning human rights claim as a judge rules he would face persecution by the Taliban

found 2025 › Apr › 29 (Tue) @ 16:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The unnamed man, who left Afghanistan when he was nine, won his human rights claim because his dependence on substances made him too 'westernised'. (file image)

10 days ago

From the archive: ‘I pleaded for help. No one wrote back’: the pain of watching my country fall to the Taliban – podcast

found 2025 › Apr › 23 (Wed) @ 04:35 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.

This week, from 2021: As the fighters advanced on Kabul, it wa…

12 days ago

A ‘strange dance’: media mogul Saad Mohseni on making TV under the Taliban

found 2025 › Apr › 21 (Mon) @ 04:20 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Once dubbed the ‘Afghan Rupert Murdoch’, Mohseni’s media business was founded after the fall of the Taliban and is now navigating their return

Saad Mohseni wants more female faces on his Afghan TV cha…

15 days ago

From ‘Terrorists’ to Forum Guests: Why Did Russia Lift Its Ban on the Taliban?

found 2025 › Apr › 18 (Fri) @ 13:10 UTC

a story from The Moscow Times › The Moscow Times

MT looks at what this step could signal for Russia’s foreign and domestic policy.

Weapons left by US in Afghanistan sold to militant groups, sources tell BBC

found 2025 › Apr › 18 (Fri) @ 09:35 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Sources say half a million US weapons obtained by the Taliban have been lost, sold or smuggled to militant groups.

US weapons left in Afghanistan sold to militant groups, sources tell BBC

found 2025 › Apr › 18 (Fri) @ 00:35 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Sources say half a million US weapons obtained by the Taliban have been lost, sold or smuggled to militant groups.

16 days ago

Russia removes Taliban from list of banned terrorist groups

found 2025 › Apr › 17 (Thu) @ 15:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Move paves the way for Moscow to normalise ties with leadership of Afghanistan

Russia has suspended its ban on the Taliban, which it had designated for more than two decades as a terrorist organisati…

Russia’s Supreme Court suspends ban on Afghanistan’s Taliban

found 2025 › Apr › 17 (Thu) @ 15:40 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera › Al Jazeera English

The group that seized power in Afghanistan in 2021 is removed from Russia's list of banned 'terror' organisations.

18 days ago

The Taliban banned Afghan girls from school. Low-paid carpet weaving is now their lifeline

found 2025 › Apr › 15 (Tue) @ 08:55 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

The BBC speaks to young women who are now working to support their families in one of few jobs they are allowed to do.

21 days ago

Elderly British couple imprisoned by the Taliban left 'weeping' after being 'interrogated' dozens of times in Afghanistan's most notorious prison as daughter reveals deep concern for 'frail' mother

found 2025 › Apr › 12 (Sat) @ 07:40 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were arrested as they travelled to their home in Bamyan province, in central Afghanistan, in February.

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