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Body of the two-year-old Yosamin found in Panj River by Afghan residents
Asia Plus
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10:00, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus The body of the two-year-old Yosamin, one of four children reportedly thrown into the Surkhob River by their mother in Khatlon’s Farkhor district, was discovered eight days later on the Afghan side of the Panj River....
Tajikistan orders Afghan Refugees to leave within 15 days
Khaama Press
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July 9, 2025
Tajikistan has given Afghan refugees just 15 days to leave the country, sparking fear among thousands who face forced deportation despite holding legal residency documents. Tajikistan has reportedly launched a campaign to arrest and forcibly...
Afghan man, 45, 'marries girl aged SIX before Taliban intervene... and say he must wait until she is NINE'
Daily Mail
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July 6, 2025
A six-year-old girl has allegedly been forced to marry a 45-year-old man in Afghanistan after she was given away for money. The haunting photo of an older man and a little girl standing together horrified even the Taliban, who intervened with the...
Afghanistan: Russia recognizes the Taliban government
Deutsche Welle
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July 6, 2025
"This brave decision will be an example for others." With these words, Amir Khan Muttaqi, foreign minister in Afghanistan's Taliban government, welcomed the announcement by Russia that it was officially recognizing the Taliban as the legitimate...
Over 2,600 Afghan refugee families return home in single day
Xinhua News Agency
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KABUL, July 9 (Xinhua) -- More than 2,600 Afghan refugee families, the majority of whom were from Iran, returned home in a single day on Tuesday, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency on Wednesday. A total of 2,604 Afghan refugee families...
Eight militants trying to infiltrate from Afghan side killed
Dawn
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July 9, 2025
BAJAUR: Security forces on Tuesday killed eight militants attempting to infiltrate from Afghanistan into Bajaur district. Official sources said the militants were killed in Lowi Mamund tehsil after they tried to cross into the district from...
Afghan refugees stuck in Pak as Germany halts entry plan
Gulf Today
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July 6, 2025
In a cramped guesthouse in Pakistan’s capital, 25-year-old Kimia spends her days sketching women — dancing, playing, resisting —in a notebook that holds what’s left of her hopes. A visual artist and women’s rights advocate, she fled Afghanistan in...
Governor Polis Appoints Rory N. Devlin to the Elbert County
Kiowa County Press - Colorado
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July 6, 2025
Colorado Governor Jared Polis has appointed Rory N. Devlin to the Elbert County Court in the 23rd Judicial District. The appointment fills the vacancy created by the retirement of the Honorable Palmer L. Boyette and is effective July 2, 2025....
India abstains from UNGA vote on Taliban’s ‘repressive policies’, says ‘business as usual’ approach ineffective
Financial Express
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India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Parvathaneni Harish, abstained from voting in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution on Afghanistan. India explained that a “business as usual” approach without new targeted initiatives...
ICC seeks arrest of Taliban leaders over persecution of Afghan women
Iran Front Page
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July 9, 2025
Judges said that there were “reasonable grounds” to suspect Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani of committing gender-based persecution. “While the Taliban have imposed certain rules and prohibitions...
‘The Last Ambassador’: An Afghan Diplomat Without a Country
The Diplomat
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July 8, 2025
“The Last Ambassador,” a new documentary screened at Vienna’s Filmcasino in the city’s 5th district on July 1, offered a moving portrait of Manizha Bakhtari, Afghanistan’s ambassador to Austria, who continues to serve her people despite no longer...
Pakistan cricket is in a ‘dark age’, ushered in by politics, corruption, terrorism & crumbling infra
The Print
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July 9, 2025
In February, Pakistan endured the searing disappointment of a winless campaign in the Champions Trophy, the first major International Cricket Council (ICC) tournament they hosted since 1996. The agony deepened as they were swept aside by New...
CASA Condemns Threat to TPS Protections for Cameroon and Afghanistan
Montgomery County Sentinel - Maryland
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On June 25, following the court hearing in CASA v. Noem, national immigration advocacy organization CASA stands firm in its commitment to protect Cameroonian and Afghan Temporary Protected Status holders from the dangerous and unlawful termination...
Germany must honour visa obligations to Afghans
The Express Tribune
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July 9, 2025
BERLIN: A German court ruled Tuesday that the government must issue visas to an Afghan family previously accepted under a programme for those at risk after the Taliban seized power in 2021. The new government under conservative Chancellor...
Statement by AJSO Regarding the Taliban’s New Directive Severely Restricting Political Programming in the Media
Afghan Journalists Support Organization
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July 3, 2025
The Afghanistan Journalists Support Organization (AJSO) expresses its deep concern over the recent directive issued by the current rulers under the title “Policy for Managing Political Programming in Afghanistan.” This regulation constitutes a...
Court tells Berlin to honour visa pledges to Afghans
Dawn
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July 9, 2025
BERLIN: A German court ruled on Tuesday that the government is obliged to issue visas to Afghan nationals and their family members who were accepted into a humanitarian admissions programme that the new centre-right coalition intends to shut down....
Ottawa suppresses report exposing Canadian military's role in Afghan war crimes
World Socialist Web Site
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July 8, 2025
Recently-retired diplomat and whistle blower Richard Colvin has provided detailed evidence showing that in the first year (2006-2007) of its counter-insurgency mission in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Canada’s military secretly detained and transferred...
'India-Pakistan Conflict Would Be A Limited One'
Rediff
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'...without massive amounts of force.' IMAGE: Security personnel stand guard in Baramulla, May 1, 2025. Photograph: ANI Photo "The modest rapprochement between India and China gives New Delhi a bit of insulation in the current crisis; with...
Arrest warrant issued for Taliban’s supreme leader over persecution of women and girls in Afghanistan
The Independent
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July 9, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Doha meetings focus on Afghan private sector support
Pajhwok Afghan News
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July 8, 2025
KABUL (Pajhwok): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says recent Doha working group meetings have focused on supporting the private sector, counter-narcotics efforts, role of women in society and Afghanistan’s...