Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

'Putin is Hitler': why we use analogies to talk about the Ukraine war, and how they can lead to peace

The war in Ukraine has produced a disorienting array of analogies. Vladimir Putin is Hitler. Volodymyr Zelensky is a Nazi. Ukraine could become like Afghanistan or Korea. Russia should accept its borders, just as post-colonial African countries did. The invasion is no different to what the west did in Iraq.…

The Conversation

Federal budget to fund 16,500 more places for Afghan refugees over four years after pressure on Coalition

Places for Afghan nationals had previously been allocated within the overall humanitarian program, which is capped at 13,750 a year

The Guardian - AU

China says U.S. representative will attend Afghanistan meeting in China

A U.S. representative will join a meeting with Chinese, Russian and Pakistan envoys on Afghanistan this week, Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

Reuters

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

'People should be allowed to house refugees from Afghanistan as well as Ukraine'

People who fled the Taliban are still living in hotels in the UK months on

Wales Online

Civilian Army leader led child porn ring, risked US security

A civilian who held sensitive positions with the U.S. Army in Arizona and Afghanistan led a child sex abuse ring that involved his own adopted son

The Independent UK

Australia fast-tracked visas for Afghan army officers after warning of negative publicity, documents show

Briefing to Peter Dutton five days after fall of Kabul reveals department’s concern over Afghan officers who had studied in Australia

The Guardian - AU

The Taliban is holding girls' education hostage in Afghanistan – the question is, why?

Afghan children and teenagers have not had much to look forward to since the Taliban took power in August last year. They have endured six months of uncertainty, anxiety and fear as they waited to see what Taliban rule would bring for them.

The Conversation

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Taliban hard-liners turning back the clock in Afghanistan

Taliban hard-liners are turning back the clock in Afghanistan with a flurry of repressive edicts over the past days that hark back to their harsh rule from the late 1990s

The Independent UK

UN Security Council Asks Taliban to Allow Afghan Girls to Attend School

The United Nations Security Council has expressed deep concern over a decision by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to deny girls access to high school education and called on the group to reopen schools for female students without delay. "The members of the Security Council ...

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial: ‘I believed something unlawful had happened’, Andrew Hastie says

Assistant defence minister tells court he was troubled by ‘warrior culture’ in elite SAS regiment when he and Roberts-Smith were comrades in Afghanistan

The Guardian - AU

Taliban forbid Afghan women from catching flights without male relatives in return to hardline laws

Officials from Afghanistan's Ariana Afghan airlines and Kam Air say the Taliban have ordered them to stop boarding women if they are travelling alone, as female students also remain locked out of secondary schools.

ABC News

Taliban ban BBC's local language services in Afghanistan - broadcaster

The Taliban have banned BBC television news in three main languages of Afghanistan from being broadcast, the British news organisation said.

Reuters

UNSC expresses concern over Taliban's ban on girls attending school

The UN Security Council has expressed concern over the Taliban's decision to ban girls from attending school above the sixth grade in Afghanistan.

Dynamite News

UN Security Council asks Taliban to allow Afghan girls to attend school

Reuters

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

Afghan refugee family builds community connections by hosting Neighbour Day dinner

Mursal and Amam and their daughter Awen fled Afghanistan last year when the Taliban took over. With the help of neighbours in their Adelaide housing complex, the trio is becoming more settled in their new community.

The Guardian - US

Taliban reversal on girls’ education derails US plan for diplomatic recognition

Joint event had been planned ahead of Doha Forum that would have set process in motion to grant group diplomatic recognition

The Independent UK

BBC news bulletins forced off-air in Afghanistan by Taliban

The broadcaster said their TV news bulletin in Pashto, Persian and Uzbek had been forced off air

Evening Standard

BBC news bulletins taken off-air in Afghanistan after Taliban ruling

The broadcaster said their TV news bulletin in Pashto, Persian and Uzbek had been taken off-air in Afghanistan

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

‘You’ve got friends’: Birmingham school scheme aims to ease refugee trauma

A pioneering programme hopes to support children newly arrived in the UK until they can integrate into classrooms

Reuters

Afghanistan's Taliban ban women from flying without male chaperone - sources

The Taliban have told airlines in Afghanistan that women cannot board domestic or international flights without a male chaperone, two sources told Reuters on Sunday.

Radio France Internationale

Afghan students in India face tense future as visas run out

The future of thousands of Afghanistan nationals who came to India for higher studies has become increasingly bleak since the Taliban captured their country in August last year.

The Independent UK

Ukrainians welcome in Hungary but Afghan student was not

Tens of thousands of refugees from Ukraine have found safety and help in Hungary

The Guardian - UK

Protesters call for the Taliban to reopen Afghan girls’ schools

March is allowed to go ahead, but women also banned from boarding planes alone

The Independent UK

Now Taliban preserve buddhas, with eye to China investment

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are working to protect ancient buddha statues in caves carved into cliffsides outside Kabul

The Independent UK

With eye to China investment, Taliban now preserve buddhas

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers are working to protect ancient buddha statues in caves carved into cliffsides outside Kabul

1 … 237 238 239 240

People

Haibatullah Akhundzada

17 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

United Nations Security Council

180 stories

Department of Defence

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.