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Massive blow for Afghan Taliban as International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant against top Taliban leaders due to...., leaders are...
India.com
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July 9, 2025
Home News Massive blow for Afghan Taliban as International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant against top Taliban leaders due to…., leaders are… The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants against the Taliban's supreme...
Canadian troops among 3 men charged in "anti-government militia" plot
CBS News
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Toronto — Canadian police have filed charges against three men, including two active members of the Canadian Armed Forces, who stand accused of an alleged extremist plot to build anti-government militias and a massive stockpile of weapons, the...
New Play 'Duke & Roya'; Documentary About The Zombies; How NYC's Skate Culture Created 'Supreme'; Jennifer Weiner's 'The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits'
WNYC - New York
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July 9, 2025
Loading... Duke is an international hip hop star who is visiting US troops in Kabul. Roya is his interpreter. In the new play set against a war-torn Afghanistan in 2016, can their chemistry matter more than their differences? Stars Jay Ellis and...
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...
Retired Navy veteran Kishla Askins joins Nebraska 2nd District U.S. House race
Nebraska Examiner
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July 15, 2025
LINCOLN — The Democratic primary for the open U.S. House seat in Nebraska’s Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District is getting crowded. Retired U.S. Navy veteran Kishla Askins, a former deputy assistant secretary of Veterans Affairs under President...
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....
US veterans stand by Afghans in immigration court
Washington Examiner
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July 9, 2025
On June 12, Afghan Special Immigrant Visa applicant Sayed Naser was arrested by masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials outside an immigration courtroom in San Diego. Before Naser’s arrest, government officials motioned to dismiss his...
Uzbekistan’s mental health index falls below global average.
Kun.uz
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July 15, 2025
Photo: Massimiliano Minocri Uzbekistan ranked 74th out of 83 countries in the global mental health and well-being index, according to an international study, Mental State of the World. Among Central Asian countries, the overall mental health...
Trump Blasts Media During Cabinet Meeting
Independent Journal Review
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July 8, 2025
President Donald Trump told the media during Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting that “changes are going to be made” regarding the Fourth Estate. The president took aim at New York Times and CNN for their reporting on the strikes on Iranian nuclear...
WATCH: Homan vows to fully vet Afghan evacuees in the country
The Center Square
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July 9, 2025
(The Center Square) – Border czar Tom Homan vows the Trump administration will thoroughly vet Afghan refugees after a government report noted the group was not properly vetted after the U.S.' deadly withdrawal from the country during the Biden...
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 issues warrants for Afghans
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 9, 2025
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for the Taliban's supreme leader and the head of Afghanistan's Supreme Court on charges of persecuting women and girls since seizing power nearly four years...
As Iran expels Afghan refugees, many women again face 'no prospect of a free life'
SBS
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At the Islam Qala border town between Iran and Afghanistan, busloads of people are arriving. They are Afghan refugees, who, since being told by Iranian authorities in late May to leave or face arrest, have crossed the border in their millions....
A million more Afghans could be sent back from Iran: Red Cross
The New Arab
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Afghan deportees sit near the border at Islam Qala crossing on July 4, 2025. Mass expulsions surged after the IranIsrael war, with Iranian authorities accusing Afghans of espionage and deporting thousands daily [Getty] The Red Cross said on...
The Unfinished Business of Nation Building in Ethiopia and the Conflicted Roles of Its Intellectuals and Scholars
Zehabesha
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Aklog Birara (Dr) February 4. 2022 “In broadening the debate about a country’s trajectory beyond the usual group of elite decision makers, national dialogues offer the potential for meaningful conversation about the underlying drivers of conflict...
Saudi Arabia Reaffirms Support for Afghanistan’s Security and Stability
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Saudi Arabia reaffirmed its unwavering support for Afghanistan’s security and stability on Tuesday, calling for respect for the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, while voicing deep concern over the humanitarian and economic...
Police arrest 11 on charges of digging historical site in Afghanistan's Helmand
Xinhua News Agency
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KABUL, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Police have taken into custody 11 people on charges of digging a historical site in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, Provincial Director for Information and Culture Abdul Bari Rashid said Wednesday. The...
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...
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...