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Greek authorities say boat capsizing victims and survivors were from Afghanistan. 2 Turks arrested

ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s coast guard said Saturday it was searching for survivors or victims of a speedboat capsizing a day earlier involving migrants off the eastern Greek island of Rhodes. A total of 18 migrants — 12 men, three women and three minors — all Afghan nationals, were rescued, the coast guard said Saturday. Seven migrants were killed and …

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Truth about migrant hotels: They host tens of thousands of young men and cost billions. Now our investigation raises disturbing questions about exactly who's in them... and why the government is obses

Daily Mail

A few days ago, I rang to book a room at the Mercure Hotel in central Leeds for a weekend next January. An Afghan ‘teenage’ migrant was convicted last year of sexually touching a 12-year-old boy in the bedroom of his Home Office hotel in Waltham Forest, east London. A request to the Home Office for an independent review of …

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Afghan resettlement schemes to be merged into one and will eventually be axed, MoD say

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a statement to MPs, Mr Healey added that providing safety to these Afghans …

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Taliban no longer ‘terrorist’ for Russia, parliament approves bill to remove terror tag

Firstpost

Moscow has sought closer ties with the Taliban since their 2021 takeover of Afghanistan, pushing to remove the group from Russia’s official list of “terrorist” organisations The bill now passes to the upper-house Federation Council and then to President Vladimir Putin to sign into law. Reuters File Russia’s parliament on Tuesday approved a bill that could pave the way for …

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What Trump’s threat to withdraw from NATO means for Ukraine War

Firstpost

Any indication that the West, especially the US, is ready to blink, whatever the reason and circumstances, could strengthen Russia’s morale and strengthen President Vladimir Putin’s position within and outside Moscow In Paris, where he held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, US President-elect Donald Trump has indicated that the Ukraine War required closure speedier than …

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ZIM vs AFG, 3rd T20I: Nabi shines as Afghanistan beat Zimbabwe to claim series

The Hindu

Veteran Afghanistan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi scored seven off three balls in the final over at Harare Sports Club to deliver a three-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the third T20I on Saturday, and a 2-1 series victory. Nabi finished unbeaten on 24 -- the second-best Afghan batter after another all-rounder, Azmatullah Omarzai, who made 34 after taking two wickets. Zimbabwe posted …

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UN Security Council criticises Taliban ban on Afghan women's medical education

Hindustan Times

The UN Security Council has said it was deeply concerned about the recent decision by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to ban women from medical education, which could leave millions of women and girls without health care in the future. UN special envoy for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, told the council this week that women and girls are “facing progressive erasure from almost …

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UN Security Council criticizes Taliban ban on Afghan women’s medical education

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council said Friday it was deeply concerned about the recent decision by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to ban women from medical education, which could leave millions of women and girls without health care in the future. In a resolution adopted unanimously Friday, the Security Council criticized not only the medical education ban but the Taliban’s …

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Afghan student nurses crushed as Taliban block last job hope

Hindustan Times

* Afghan student nurses crushed as Taliban block last job hope Taliban shut nursing and midwifery schools * Students say closures will worsen women's health care * Nursing one of few jobs still open to women By Bahaar Joya LONDON, - When the Taliban suddenly shut nursing and midwifery schools across Afghanistan this month, a handful of students in the …

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Blinken faces GOP critics in Congress who say Afghanistan withdrawal ‘lit the world on fire’

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Under fire from congressional Republicans about one of the darkest moments of Joe Biden’s presidency, Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended the administration’s handling of the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying Democrats struggled to make the best of a bad pullout deal struck by Donald Trump. Blinken said much of the blame for the sudden collapse of …

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Afghan Taliban Minister Khalil Rahman Haqqani, six others killed in blast; all you need to know

Live Mint

Afghan Taliban Minister: At least seven people died in an explosion in Afghanistan's Kabul including Taliban's acting minister for refugees, Khalil Rahman Haqqani. "We lost a very brave Mujahid," his nephew Anas Haqqani told Reuters, using the Taliban's term for its fighters, meaning a holy warrior. Khalil Haqqani became a minister in the Taliban's interim government following the withdrawal of …

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An explosion in the Afghan capital kills the Taliban refugee minister

Associated Press

ISLAMABAD — A suicide bombing in the Afghan capital on Wednesday killed the Taliban refugee minister and two others, officials said, in the most brazen attack on a member of the Taliban inner circle since they returned to power three years ago. Haqqani’s killing may be the biggest blow to the Taliban since their return to power given his stature …

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Afghanistan: Suicide bombing in Kabul kills Taliban refugee minister

CNN

CNN — The Taliban’s refugee minister was killed in a suicide bombing carried out by ISIS in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, according to officials. Khalil Haqqani is the uncle of current Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, who leads the powerful Haqqani network, a division of the wider Taliban organization. In a statement posted by the Taliban, a spokesperson …

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Germany foils terror attack plot with arrests of suspected Islamists

Hindustan Times

Three suspected Islamist extremists have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of preparing a "serious act of violence", with an assault rifle and knives also seized, authorities said Tuesday. Police swooped Sunday on the homes of two German-Lebanese brothers aged 15 and 20 in the city of Mannheim, and a 22-year-old German-Turkish man from the Hochtaunus district of Hessen state. …

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An Afghan museum that buried its artifacts after Taliban takeover is reborn online

NPR

An Afghan museum that buried its artifacts after Taliban takeover is reborn online toggle caption Afghanistan Memory Home At first, it was a small museum in a nondescript office building in Kabul, with a seemingly mundane collection — like a 14-year-old's schoolbooks and black sandals. "We started contemplating what to do with these stories, how to share them widely, and …

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Security contractor can seek damages from CNN over Afghan war profiteer report

LA Times

Members of the all-female Zohra Orchestra, from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, wait in line as they prepare to board an evacuation flight out of Kabul, Afghanistan, in October 2021. The contractor, Zachary Young, said CNN destroyed his business by including him in a segment by chief national security correspondent Alex Marquardt, which focused on how Afghans were being …

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Taliban critics and ‘rebel collaborators’ face systemic torture in Afghan prisons, survivors say

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Taliban denies the allegations and claims journalists are …

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Ibn Khaldun’s asabiyya and Bashar al-Assad’s rapid downfall

Al Jazeera

The Syrian army disintegrated in the face of the opposition offensive because of low morale and years of mismanagement. That, in addition to al-Assad’s faltering governance, lack of legitimacy and regime unpopularity ensured the Syrian military’s inability to withstand the advance of well-organised armed groups. The fall of a corrupt dynasty When Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel in …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Avtar Singh’s Into the Forest: An Exploration of Isolation, Loneliness, and Human Fragility During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Hindu

Published : Dec 06, 2024 19:53 IST - 5 MINS READ There is a moment in Avtar Singh’s new novel, Into the Forest, that does not directly engage with the COVID-19 pandemic but makes you think long and hard about those scary days and nights in 2020 and 2021. Now he can lock his door to me, and a ritual …

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'Afghanistan needs educated women too': Top cricketers demand reversal of Taliban's ban on women education

Firstpost

The Taliban administration, earlier this week, banned women from pursuing nursing and midwifery courses. After they were barred from education beyond secondary school as part of restrictions labelled “gender apartheid” by the UN, women flocked to these health institutions, one of the only avenues left open for them A mother holds her child as she rests in her arms, while …

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All the ways the Taliban are restricting lives of women in Afghanistan

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Here is a list of activities from which Afghan …

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Hospital rape terror: 'Well-known photographer' locks himself in anorexic woman's room and rapes her before trying to assault second victim

Daily Mail

A 'well-known photographer' locked himself in an anorexic woman's room in an Italian hospital and raped her before trying to assault a second victim. The 36-year-old man, who has been described by local media as a 'well-known Afghan photographer', attacked the two women at the Molinette hospital in Turin on May 23. The 36-year-old man, who has been described by …

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Afghan economy shows modest signs of growth but recovery remains fragile, says World Bank

Associated Press

Afghanistan’s economy is showing modest signs of growth after two years of severe contraction, the World Bank said. In its latest development update issued late Wednesday, the financial institution said modest GDP growth of 2.7% was driven by private consumption. Faris Hadad-Zervos, the World Bank’s country director for Afghanistan, said long-term growth prospects required tapping into the substantial potential of …

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Afghan cricketers condemn Taliban's ban on women's medical studies

India Today

Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi, two prominent figures in Afghan cricket, have condemned the Taliban's closure of educational institutions for women training as nurses and midwives. The Taliban's leadership has directed private and public institutions to stop providing medical courses for women in Afghanistan, effectively eliminating their access to education in medicine — the last field that had remained open …

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Greek authorities say boat capsizing victims and survivors were from Afghanistan. 2 Turks arrested

Truth about migrant hotels: They host tens of thousands of young men and cost billions. Now our investigation raises disturbing questions about exactly who's in them... and why the government is obses

Afghan resettlement schemes to be merged into one and will eventually be axed, MoD say

Taliban no longer ‘terrorist’ for Russia, parliament approves bill to remove terror tag

What Trump’s threat to withdraw from NATO means for Ukraine War

ZIM vs AFG, 3rd T20I: Nabi shines as Afghanistan beat Zimbabwe to claim series

UN Security Council criticises Taliban ban on Afghan women's medical education

UN Security Council criticizes Taliban ban on Afghan women’s medical education

Afghan student nurses crushed as Taliban block last job hope

Blinken faces GOP critics in Congress who say Afghanistan withdrawal ‘lit the world on fire’

Afghan Taliban Minister Khalil Rahman Haqqani, six others killed in blast; all you need to know

An explosion in the Afghan capital kills the Taliban refugee minister

Afghanistan: Suicide bombing in Kabul kills Taliban refugee minister

Germany foils terror attack plot with arrests of suspected Islamists

An Afghan museum that buried its artifacts after Taliban takeover is reborn online

Security contractor can seek damages from CNN over Afghan war profiteer report

Taliban critics and ‘rebel collaborators’ face systemic torture in Afghan prisons, survivors say

Ibn Khaldun’s asabiyya and Bashar al-Assad’s rapid downfall

Avtar Singh’s Into the Forest: An Exploration of Isolation, Loneliness, and Human Fragility During the COVID-19 Pandemic

'Afghanistan needs educated women too': Top cricketers demand reversal of Taliban's ban on women education

All the ways the Taliban are restricting lives of women in Afghanistan

Hospital rape terror: 'Well-known photographer' locks himself in anorexic woman's room and rapes her before trying to assault second victim

Afghan economy shows modest signs of growth but recovery remains fragile, says World Bank

Afghan cricketers condemn Taliban's ban on women's medical studies