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Son of British couple imprisoned by Taliban says his parents ‘need out now’

Barbie Reynolds, 76, and her husband Peter, 80, were arrested as they travelled to their home in Bamyan province, central Afghanistan, in February.

Evening Standard

Inside Iran’s crackdown on Afghan migrants after the war with Israel

Before the war, the official number of Afghan refugees and migrants in Iran was at least 6.1 million people.

Al Jazeera

Afghans ‘at risk of being radicalised in the UK’ as Home Office urged to investigate threat

Paul Rimmer urged the Home Office to investigate the risk of radicalisation further, warning that Afghanistan is ‘becoming a base for a wide range of terrorist groups’

The Independent UK

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Elderly British couple face dying in Afghanistan detention, UN experts warn

Human rights officials demand Peter and Barbie Reynolds be moved to hospital and out of ‘degrading’ jail conditions

The Guardian - UK

UN concerned by Taliban’s arrest of Afghan women and girls for dress code violations

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern about the Taliban's arrest of women and girls for alleged failure to comply with the authorities’ dress code

The Independent UK

Fears elderly British couple could ‘die in custody’ in Afghanistan

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The Independent UK

Children of elderly UK couple jailed by Taliban make urgent plea for release before they ‘die in custody’

UN experts demand that the Taliban immediately transfer Barbie and Peter Reynolds to a hospital

The Independent UK

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Monday briefing: How the two-year effort to keep the Afghanistan data breach secret fell apart

In today’s newsletter: Questions have been raised over whether a superinjunction was used for national security or to avert an immigration scandal

The Guardian - UK

In a world first, The Hague wants to arrest Taliban leaders over their treatment of women – what happens next?

Earlier this month, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants against the Taliban leadership in Afghanistan.

The Conversation

Children of elderly UK couple jailed by Taliban call for release before they ‘die in custody’

Barbie Reynolds, 76, and husband Peter, 80, have been held for five-and-a-half months without charge

The Guardian - UK

Australia’s 1980 Moscow Olympians were ‘labeled as traitors’. Now they’re finally being recognised

Competitors felt betrayed by Fraser government singling them out despite continued trade with Soviet Union after invasion of Afghanistan

The Guardian - AU

Afghan data leak: how selective state secrecy and cover-ups can harm civilians

In 2022, somebody in the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) mistakenly shared a spreadsheet containing the personal information associated with 18,714 Afghans and their family members. This data breach, and the efforts to cover it up, raises serious questions about state secrecy, blame-shifting and accountability.

The Conversation

Germany Presses Ahead With Deportations To Afghanistan

Germany said Friday it had deported 81 Afghan men convicted of crimes to their Taliban-controlled homeland, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government looks to signal a hard line on immigration.

International Business Times

Germany deports 81 Afghan nationals under tougher migration policy

Coordinated with Qatar, the flight departed on Friday as Berlin toughens migration policy. Officials said all deportees had criminal records and were required by law to leave.

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The Guardian - UK

This fiasco didn’t start when Britain leaked Afghans’ names, but when we invaded their country

Even after Tony Blair’s bungled war, UK leaders still yearned to dominate the world stage. We can all see where that has led, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Independent UK

Germany deports 81 Afghan nationals to their homeland, the 2nd flight since the Taliban's return

Germany has deported 81 male asylum-seekers back to Afghanistan, its second deportation since the Taliban regained power there

The Independent UK

How hard will UK aid cuts hit projects helping women and girls?

Programmes around education and health are expected to be especially hard hit by the cutting of international aid from 0.5 to 0.3 per cent of Gross National Income

The Independent UK

British spies and special forces identities exposed in Afghan data leak

British media reports say a major data leak has exposed the identities of U.K. spies and special forces

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Reason

Afghan Allies Under Pressure to Self-Deport: Voices from Camp As Sayliyah

"We have no criticism of the U.S. government—on the contrary, we are truly thankful. However, we are deeply afraid of the possibility of being returned to Afghanistan."

The Independent UK

‘We were lucky to escape Afghanistan alive – nine months later, we’re still waiting to be brought to safety’

Exclusive: Rayan and his extended family have welcomed two new babies in the time they have been waiting to be brought to the UK

Al Jazeera

How were identities of thousands of Afghans leaked by UK military?

A superinjunction kept the data breach secret amid fears it could lead to a Taliban ‘hit list’.

Evening Standard

Tory ex-ministers defend record after PM demands ‘answers’ over Afghan data leak

The leak saw the details of almost 19,000 people seeking to flee Afghanistan released

The Guardian - UK

‘When that data falls into the hands of the Taliban it will lead to my arrest, torture and death’

Afghans exposed in 2022 UK data breach fear for their own and their families’ safety and say it is a betrayal by country they risked their lives for

The Guardian - UK

The spreadsheet, the superinjunction and the relocation scheme: Afghan data leak

One email in February 2022 set off a chain of events that affected the lives of thousands of Afghans, but few knew about it until this week

The Independent UK

Betrayal after betrayal: Afghan special forces abandoned by Britain had details leaked in MoD data breach

Revealed: Elite troops who fought alongside UK troops were put at risk of danger after personal data was shared in catastrophic breach

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