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Nowruz: All you need to know about the ancient celebration

Celebrated by more than 300 million people worldwide, Nowruz is a 3,000-year-old tradition cherished in Iran, Afghanistan, throughout Central Asia and beyond. But what makes it special?

Euronews

Defending humanitarian aid in terms of national security obscures its real purpose

More than 305 million people require lifesaving humanitarian aid today. Most of them live in areas wracked by conflict, such as Sudan, Gaza, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Conversation

Deportees from the US hop embassy-to-embassy in Panama in a desperate scramble to seek asylum

Migrants from Afghanistan, Russia, Iran and China deported from the United States and dropped into limbo in Panama are hopping door-to-door at embassies and consulates desperately seeking asylum in any country that would accept them

The Independent UK

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Taliban releases US detainee George Glezmann in Trump administration deal

Glezmann is the third US citizen released by the Taliban since January, as part of agreements brokered by Qatar.

Al Jazeera

US Citizen George Glezmann Released From Detention In Afghanistan

Taliban authorities on Thursday freed US citizen George Glezmann after more than two years of detention, in a deal brokered by Qatar, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced.

International Business Times

American man abducted by the Taliban more than two years ago has been released, the State Department says

Officials said Glezmann’s release was done as the result of negotiations and no prisoner exchange took place

The Independent UK

British couple held by Taliban due in Afghan court, family say

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, have run school training programmes in Afghanistan for 18 years.

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Britons held by Taliban to face court hearing despite charges remaining unclear

British couple Peter and Barbie Reynolds have been separated in a Kabul prison ahead of court hearing without their Afghan interpreter

The Independent UK

British couple held by Taliban due in court on unknown charges, family say

Peter Reynolds, 79, and wife, Barbie, 75, expected to appear in Kabul on Thursday after detention last month

The Guardian - UK

Rights group warns of forced deportations of Afghan refugees from Pakistan

An estimated 800,000 Afghans have already returned or been forcibly removed since 2023, 70% of them women and children.

Euronews

Rights group says Pakistan steps up pressure on Afghans to return home where they risk persecution

A leading rights group says that Pakistan's authorities have intensified pressure on Afghan refugees to go back to neighboring Afghanistan where they risk persecution by the Taliban and face dire economic conditions

The Independent UK

New Generation Of Afghan Women Shift From Burqa

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women.

International Business Times

Trump's funding freeze leaves US allied Afghan refugees struggling for the basics

An Afghan father of two is among thousands of newly arrived refugees who lost financial assistance when the Trump administration cut off funding for the federal refugee program in January

The Independent UK

A day in the life of an asylum hotel: inside the UK’s most controversial accommodation

The media often stigmatises asylum hotels – and they are sometimes physically attacked too. But behind closed doors are people who dream of work, wheels, security and the simple freedom to choose what they eat

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The Independent UK

UN tells Afghan rulers: no peace and prosperity until they reverse bans on women and girls

The U.N. Security Council us telling Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers that peace and prosperity are “unattainable” until it reverses its bans on girls’ and women’s education, employment and speaking in public

The Independent UK

Children of British couple held by Taliban denounce their ‘cruel and unjust’ detention amid health fears

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, have worked in Afghanistan for 18 years

The Independent UK

After Trump halted funding for Afghans who helped the US, this group stepped in to help

An organization of American veterans, Afghans who fled their country and other volunteers has stepped up to help Afghans at risk of being stranded overseas

Al Jazeera

Pakistani security officers killed in blast claimed by Baloch separatists

Dozens of paramilitary troops wounded in explosion in Noshki district of Balochistan days after deadly train hijacking.

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The Guardian - UK

Life of British man, 79, imprisoned by Taliban is in serious danger, say family

Peter Reynolds, who runs a business in Afghanistan, was held along with his wife last month and needs heart pills, says his daughter

Al Jazeera

At least 11 people dead in Pakistan after military raids

The raids take place in the Mohmand and Dera Ismail Khan districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bordering Afghanistan.

The Guardian - US

Trump administration mulling new travel restrictions on citizens from dozens of countries

New memo lists 41 countries – including Afghanistan, Cuba and Syria – that could face new restrictions, evoking first-term Muslim ban

Al Jazeera

Pakistan links train hijacking to ‘Afghan handlers’ and Indian mastermind

India and Afghanistan reject charges, as Pakistan reveals details of operation that freed hundreds of passengers.

The Independent UK

Pakistan accuses India of sponsoring terror after 26 hostages killed in train attack

Indian foreign ministry rejects ‘baseless allegations’

Newslaundry

Post-Afghanistan realities: Pakistan’s search for purpose in Trump’s strategic calculus

In Pakistan, where three As – Allah, Army, and America – have long dictated the country's power structures, the current reality under US President Donald Trump remains a bit more complicated.

The Independent UK

Pakistan says train attack was orchestrated from Afghanistan: ‘It was like a rain of rockets and bullets’

Pakistan military says ‘rules of game’ change as they blame Afghanistan for attack

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