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Taliban holding three British men in detention in Afghanistan

Charity medic, hotelier and ‘danger tourist’ reportedly arrested by Taliban’s secret police in January

The Guardian - UK

Three British men being held in custody by Taliban in Afghanistan

The Government is trying to establish consular contact with the men

Evening Standard

Three British men being held in Taliban custody in Afghanistan - Sky News

Three British men are being held in Taliban custody in Afghanistan, including so-called "danger tourist" Miles Routledge, Sky News reported on Saturday.

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Three British nationals including ‘danger tourist’ held by Taliban in Afghanistan

One has been named as so-called ‘danger tourist’ Miles Routledge, who was previously evacuated from Afghanistan by the British Army in 2021

The Independent UK

Three Brits being held by Taliban in Afghanistan including notorious 'danger tourist'

Controversial 'danger tourist Miles Routledge is among three Brits currently held by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Mr Routledge is being held along with charity medic Kevin Cornwell and another unnamed man

Daily Mirror

Abandoned by the country they served: Hundreds of Afghans eligible for UK stranded in Pakistan

Exclusive: The government has stopped evacuation flights from Islamabad and tells those waiting they must find their own place to live or face a year-long delay

The Independent UK

Taliban close women-run Afghan station for playing music

A Taliban official says a women-run radio station in Afghanistan's northeast was closed for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan

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Glasgow MP wins battle to save woman from being sent back to Afghanistan after visa refused

Alison Thewliss, MP for Glasgow Central, has won her fight to stop constituent Maryam Amiri from being sent back to Afghanistan where the advocate for women's rights faces danger

Glasgow Live

US Marine’s adoption of Afghan war orphan voided

The rare ruling is the latest twist in an ongoing legal battle between Afghan and US couples for three-year-old girl.

Al Jazeera

Alarm after Taliban arrests girls’ school activist amid crackdown

Matiullah Wesa, an advocate for girls’ education, is arrested as the Taliban cracks down on women’s rights activists.

Al Jazeera

Afghan war hero: Moment my wife said ‘Flee for your life!’ and I began dangerous escape to UK

Exclusive: Pilot who fought with coalition forces, fled the Taliban and arrived here by small boat tells his amazing story – as clamour to stop his deportation grows

The Independent UK

I trusted the British forces as we fought our common enemy – Afghan pilot’s letter in full

The Afghan pilot describes how he was forced to leave his young family as his ‘very presence’ in their home put them at risk

The Independent UK

Afghan pilot’s impassioned plea to PM: I was proud to fight with British forces – so don’t deport me to Rwanda

Exclusive: Open letter begs Rishi Sunak to honour promise to help veterans like him, after he was forced to flee certain death at home and risk his life once more to arrive here by small boat

The Independent UK

Pakistani Taliban target police, kill 4 in roadside bombing

Pakistani officials say militants targeted police in two attacks in the country's volatile northwest, killing four officers and wounding six

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‘It’s a disgrace’: Furious Keir Starmer backs our campaign to stop deportation of ‘brave Afghan pilot who fought with UK troops’

Dramatic intervention by Labour leader attacking ‘shameful level of incompetence’ over hero’s asylum claim

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pakistan Militants Kill 4 Police Officers, Hurt 6 in Attacks

Taliban militants killed four police officers by targeting a police vehicle with a roadside bomb and wounded six in an attack on a police station in northwest Pakistan early Thursday, police and the insurgents said. The bomb killed four officers in a police vehicle carrying reinforcements sent to respond to…

The Guardian - UK

Afghan applying to resettle in UK asked to provide Taliban approval

Despite MoD assurances, applicant and former British Council worker still being asked for Taliban-stamped papers

The Independent UK

Should refuge be granted to Afghan war heroes who served with UK forces? Have your say in our poll

Afghans now account for the largest number of small boat migrants, with more than 9,000 having made the Channel crossing in 2022

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‘Farcical and appalling’: Military chiefs join call to stop Afghan war hero being deported from UK to Rwanda

Former minister Rory Stewart called the case ‘shameful’ while General Sir Richard Barrons said the evacuation from Afghanistan had been a ‘mess’

Asharq Al-Awsat

Calls Mount for Taliban to Free Girls' Education Activist

Calls mounted Wednesday for the Taliban to free a girls' education activist arrested earlier this week in Kabul, as a government minister defended the detention. Matiullah Wesa, founder and president of Pen Path — a local nongovernmental group that travels across Afghanistan with a mobile school and library — was…

The Independent UK

Calls mount for Taliban to free girls' education activist

A top US diplomat says the Taliban must free detained Afghanistan activists, following the arrest of a girls’ education advocate

ABC News

Taliban confirm arrest of prominent Afghan education activist amid push to allow teenage girls back to school

A prominent education activist is arrested in Afghanistan by the Taliban amid calls to allow teenage girls and women back into classrooms.

ABC News

Family of killed Afghan villager wants more ADF personnel to be brought to trial after arrest of former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz

As a historic war crimes case gets underway, the family of an Afghan villager who was killed by an Australian soldier calls for more ADF personnel to be brought to trial.

ABC News

How Afghan evacuees are faring in Australia 18 months after fleeing Afghanistan

A survey of Afghan refugees who fled the country after the fall of Kabul in 2021 finds they feel welcome and supported in Australia, but are struggling with the cost of living.

Evening Standard

Livid London MP slams ministers for ‘abandoning’ five British children hiding from Taliban in Kabul

A furious London MP slammed ministers on Tuesday for “abandoning” five British children in Kabul under the Taliban’s brutal rule.

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