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‘All they dream of is leaving’: the reality of life for women under the Taliban

Chela Noori, the founder and president of the Afghan Women of France organisation, was recently able to travel across Afghanistan for the first time since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. She told RFI about the conditions in which she found women and girls living, under the oppressive regime.

Radio France Internationale

Being Muslim and American in the nation's heartland

The first mosque built from the ground up in the United States was erected in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, almost a century ago by immigrants from present-day Lebanon

The Independent UK

Thousands face deportation to danger as Trump targets temporary protections

People with temporary protected status face possible deportation even though their home countries – including Afghanistan and Haiti – remain unsafe

The Guardian - US

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Can China make Pakistan and the Taliban friends again?

As China pushes to expand the CPEC, Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions continue to cast a shadow over trilateral diplomacy.

Al Jazeera

International Criminal Court chiefs slam US sanctions on top staff

International Criminal Court chiefs on Thursday hit out at an American government decision to impose sanctions on four more of its top staff, including a French and a Canadian judge over their involvement in cases against Israeli politicians and US military operations in Afghanistan.

Radio France Internationale

Islamic State extremists exploit instability in Africa and Syria, UN experts say

U.N. counterterrorism experts warn that Islamic State extremists are exploiting instability in Africa and Syria and remain a significant threat in Afghanistan, Central Asia and Europe

The Independent UK

Pakistan, China and Afghanistan hold high-level meeting in Kabul to boost cooperation

Top diplomats from Pakistan, China, and Afghanistan have met in Kabul to boost political and economic cooperation

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Deadly Bus Collision Kills Over 70 Afghan Deportees From Iran Amid Heightened Deportation Operations

A bus carrying Afghan refugees crashed and killed over 70 deportees. The accident occurred as the Iranian government increases its deportation efforts.

International Business Times UK

Afghanistan bus crash death toll rises to 79, including 19 children

A passenger bus carrying Afghan returnees from Iran struck a motorcycle and a fuel truck, triggering a huge fire.

Al Jazeera

Bus crash in Afghanistan kills more than 70 Afghans returning from Iran

A bus crash in northwestern Afghanistan has killed at least 79 people, including 19 children

The Independent UK

Afghanistan Bus Crash Death Toll Rises To 78

The death toll from a collision between a bus carrying Afghan migrants returning from Iran and two other vehicles in western Afghanistan has risen to 78, provincial officials said on Wednesday.

International Business Times

Bus crash in Afghanistan kills dozens of migrants returning from Iran

A collision between a bus and two other vehicles killed at least 79 people, including 19 children, in northwestern Afghanistan, local media reported.

Euronews

At least 71 Afghan refugees killed in huge bus crash after being deported by Iran

All passengers were Afghans deported by Iran

The Independent UK

Veterans' voices shape a report on the Afghanistan War's lessons and impact

U.S. veterans of the war in Afghanistan are telling a commission reviewing decisions on the 20-year conflict that their experience was not only hell, but also confounding, demoralizing and at times humiliating

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The National (Scotland)

I have a second family and home in Scotland, says Afghan medical student

A WOMAN who fled Afghanistan to pursue her childhood dream of becoming a doctor has said Scotland is now her second home ...

Newslaundry

How the Taliban’s propaganda empire consumed Afghan media

In four years, the Taliban have annihilated Afghanistan’s independent media sector and supplanted it with their own propaganda empire and sophisticated digital bots that flood social media with pro-Taliban content.

International Business Times

Drought, Dams And Diplomacy: Afghanistan's Water Crisis Goes Regional

Over four decades of war, Afghanistan wielded limited control over five major river basins that flow across its borders into downstream neighbouring nations.

International Business Times

From Drought To Floods, Water Extremes Drive Displacement In Afghanistan

Next to small bundles of belongings, Maruf waited for a car to take him and his family away from their village in northern Afghanistan, where drought-ridden land had yielded nothing for years.

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Evening Standard

Second Afghan data breach creates new headache for Government after thousands 'had personal details exposed'

Up to 3,700 people who were brought to Britain from Afghanistan have potentially been impacted

The Guardian - UK

Women banned from celebrations as Taliban marks fourth anniversary of Afghanistan takeover

Thousands gather for Kabul ‘flower showers’ while women stage protests

Al Jazeera

Taliban marks fourth anniversary of return to power with internal threats

Four years on, Afghanistan remains an international pariah for its harsh repression of women.

International Business Times

Taliban Mark Fourth Year In Power In Afghanistan

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities marked the fourth anniversary of their takeover on Friday buoyed by Russia's first official recognition of their government, a step they hope other countries will follow.

Al Jazeera

Afghans in US mark Taliban Kabul takeover amid Trump immigration crackdown

Advocates say Trump policies add fear to four years of uncertainty for Afghans seeking safety in US after Taliban rise.

The Conversation

Afghans in US face uncertainty after the cancellation of their humanitarian relief

Thousands of Afghans living in the United States face an uncertain future after a federal appeals court ruled on July 21, 2025, that the Trump administration can end a humanitarian relief program that provided them work permits and protection from deportation.

Radio France Internationale

‘Collective heroism’: French film recounts evacuation amid Taliban takeover

Friday marks the fourth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan following two decades of insurgency. France, like many countries, evacuated thousands of its citizens, alongside Afghans threatened by the re-emergence of the hardline Islamist regime. Based on eyewitness accounts, this period has been captured in a new…

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