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Tajikistan orders Afghan refugees to leave within 15 days amid deportation campaign
08:30, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus The government of Tajikistan has issued a sweeping order giving Afghan refugees just 15 days to leave the country, igniting alarm among thousands of asylum seekers, many of whom possess legal residency documents. The...

Japan provides $5 million to support polio eradication in Afghanistan
Japan has provided $5 million through UNICEF to support polio eradication efforts and strengthen immunization programs across all 34 provinces of Afghanistan. The Government of Japan, in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency...

Business and Politics Are Not the Same, But the America Party Seems to Think They Are
As America watched President Trump sign his “Big Beautiful Bill” into law on Independence Day 2025, his erstwhile soulmate, Elon Musk, had other ideas. Offended by the prospect of the “BBB” adding to our national debt, and perhaps offended that...

WARMINGTON: Altered Canadian flag on display at consulate in Hong Kong
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Canada Columnists Altering the Canadian flag to suit any cause or event violates the government's own rules on how the flag is to be displayed The Canadian flag, left, with an altered Canadian flag at the consulate in...

IFRC warns one million more Afghans could be deported from Iran
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warned Tuesday that an additional one million Afghans could be deported from Iran by the end of 2025, intensifying an already dire humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and...

Trump calls Gen. Milley an ‘idiot’ for leaving US military equipment behind in Afghanistan
President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized retired General Mark Milley, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, over the decision to leave behind U.S. military equipment during the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan – calling it a...

Bruce Yandle: Today’s political correctness descends upon economic talk
Whether U.S. bombers recently “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear capability (President Donald Trump’s preferred wording) or “severely damaged” it (per the CIA) matters so much to Trump that he’s threatened to sue news outlets reporting the CIA’s...

EU Lawmaker condemns Iran’s mass deportation of Afghans as illegal under international law
European Parliament member Hannah Neumann has strongly condemned Iran’s ongoing deportation of Afghan refugees, describing the mass expulsions as a violation of international law and a humanitarian crisis unfolding at scale. In a statement shared...
Illegal drug discovered, 4 detained in N. Afghanistan
KABUL, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Police have discovered 354 kg of illegal drugs, including opium poppy and hashish, in northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province and taken into custody four people on charges of involvement in the drug business,...

Indo-Bangla Pharma set to export drugs to Afghanistan
Indo-Bangla Pharmaceuticals, a listed drug maker, is likely to start exporting its products to Afghanistan from this year. In a disclosure at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) yesterday, the company said its board of directors has approved the...

Comment: When ‘politically correct’ becomes ‘Trump approved’
By Bruce Yandle / Tribune News Service Whether U.S. bombers recently “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear capability (President Trump’s preferred wording) or “severely damaged” it (per the CIA) matters so much to Trump that he’s threatened to sue news...

Glacier preservation conference in Tajikistan — A scientific, cultural and human experience
Shaista Hassan High Level International Glacier Preservation Conference held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, from May 29 to 31, 2025, was more than a routine environmental summit — it was a unique confluence of scientific rigor, cultural exchange,...

6-Year-Old Girl Married Off To 45-Year-Old Afghan Man. Taliban Say ‘Let Her Turn 9 First’
Last Updated:July 09, 2025, 22:59 IST A 45-year-old man married a six-year-old girl in Helmand, Afghanistan. The Taliban delayed her move to her husband until age nine.A 45-year-old man married a six-year-old girl in Afghanistan’s Helmand province...
Statement by AJSO Regarding the Taliban’s New Directive Severely Restricting Political Programming in the Media
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...

Afghans divided on Russia’s Taliban recognition
Russia's decision to formally recognise the Taliban government has been seen as an opening for a stronger economy by some Afghans, while others were sceptical that it would improve their lot. Russia became the first country to acknowledge the...

Afghan man, 45, 'marries girl aged SIX before Taliban intervene... and say he must wait until she is NINE'
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
"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...

Can we stand another four years of the worst government in my lifetime?
LAST Friday marked the anniversary of Labour’s victory at the 2024 general election. I suspect I speak for many when I say that what’s unfolded over the last year has been a complete and utter disaster. This has, put simply, been the worst...
Governor Polis Appoints Rory N. Devlin to the Elbert County
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....

Afghan refugees stuck in Pak as Germany halts entry plan
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...