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Ireland risk ECB ire by agreeing to play five matches against Afghanistan

Ireland’s decision to stage a full one-day international series for their men’s team against Afghanistan this summer could cost them lucrative future fixtures against England

The Guardian - UK

Afghanistan's child deaths are rising as food distributions face cuts, UN says

Child malnutrition has reached critical levels in a third of Afghanistan’s provinces, according to the U.N. World Food Program

The Independent UK

Afghanistan's malnutrition crisis 'spinning out of control': UN

Child malnutrition reaches critical levels in Afghanistan as aid is drastically cut. Many acutely malnourished children are being turned away without any assistance. Conflict and forced returns also contribute to the worsening nutrition crisis. The World Food Programme lacks sufficient funds to help all those in need. This situation threatens…

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India says Pakistan 'insecure' over growing ties with Afghanistan

India criticized Pakistan's remarks regarding Afghanistan engagement, citing insecurity and frustration. New Delhi asserted its positive trajectory of ties with Kabul continues to grow. Preparations for the upcoming BRICS summit are underway, with invitations extended to nations. India reiterated its position on the Indus Waters Treaty's suspension. The agreement remains…

The Economic Times

Man, 26, held over death of British woman found in suitcase is Christian aid worker and champion boxer

Sharif Ahmadzai, who fled from Afghanistan as a teenager, is said to have admitted dumping the body of Elisabeth-Jane Ross in an abandoned building in Athens

The Independent UK

'How do you explain US, China?' Former India envoy counters Pakistan army's 'kaafir' remark

Former Indian ambassador to Iran Dinkar P Srivastava has questioned Asim Munir-led Pakistan's military over its recent remarks invoking religious references while commenting on India-Afghanistan ties. He asked how Islamabad reconciles those statements with its own long-standing partnerships with the United States and China.

The Times of India

After five brutal years of Taliban rule, Afghan women and girls need our help – and I have a plan

Even in the face of appalling repression, girls yearn to fulfil their educational potential. We must set up a global fund to help them, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK

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'Do not befriend Kaafirs': Pakistani general levels terror allegations against India

Pakistan's military spokesperson made controversial remarks about non-believers and the faithful. He also accused India of using websites and social media for terrorism. Chaudhry alleged that Afghanistan's Taliban regime uses terrorism for its economy and diplomacy. These statements were made during a briefing on counter-terrorism operations. The briefing also covered…

The Times of India

'Double standards': Pakistan rejects UN report on civilian casualties in Afghanistan strikes

Pakistan’s military has rejected a UN report documenting hundreds of civilian casualties from cross-border fighting with Afghanistan, saying its forces targeted only Pakistani Taliban hideouts and other militant infrastructure and carried out the strikes in self-defence.

The Times of India

Decades on from the US’s disastrous campaign in Afghanistan, Trump is making all the same mistakes

The president has blundered into a ‘forever war’ with Iran he can’t win, but refuses to end. Such hubris has a long history, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK

Under Taliban, barring Afghan girls from school takes an emotional toll — and a community one, too

The education ban on girls in Afghanistan has a personal cost, as evidenced by one young woman's suicide when she was taken out of school

The Independent UK

Quote of the day by Khaled Hosseini: 'A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer' and why guilt is the starting point for redemption

The Kite Runner, published in 2003, was one of the greatest works of Afghan-American novelist Khaled Hosseini. It tells the story of Amir and Hassan against the backdrop of an unstable Afghanistan. In the novel, Rahim Khan, the moral guide and father figure to Amir says the quote: A man…

The Times of India

Deadly attack on police checkpoint in Pakistan leaves 15 dead

The assault on a checkpoint in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa comes days after another deadly clash in the volatile border province, where authorities have blamed a growing wave of attacks on militants operating from neighbouring Afghanistan.

France 24

UN says nearly 500 Afghan civilians have been killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan fighting since October

The United Nations reports that cross-border fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan has killed nearly 500 civilians in Afghanistan and wounded over 1,000 others between October and June

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The Guardian - UK

‘We have lost everything’: extreme rainfall across Asia brings flash floods and typhoons

From Afghanistan to Taiwan, unprecedented deluge highlights devastating impact of climate breakdown

The Independent UK

‘Exemplary’ students saw university hopes dashed by Home Office visa ban, court hears

Female students from Sudan, Afghanistan and Cameroon denied chance to learn in the UK after home secretary imposes visa ban

The Times of India

The Taliban's Trojan horse: What really happened after Afghanistan's opium ban

Wars have been fought over land, over succession, over a woman said to have launched a thousand ships toward Troy. Opium got its own war twice, in 1839 and again in 1856, but not the kind that name suggests. Britain went to war for the right to keep selling opium…

The Independent UK

‘Nefarious’ Trump plan to interview Afghan immigrants sparks deportation fears

The Trump administration has already stopped travel, visa and refugee status approvals for people from Afghanistan, while removing protections for Afghans already living in the US

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Militant attack kills 15 at security check post in north-west Pakistan: Military

Militants attacked a security check post in Pakistan, killing fifteen people. Twelve soldiers, two police officers, and one government official died in the blast. Security forces killed twelve militants during the overnight incident in Tank district. The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan group is active in the region. Pakistan blames Afghanistan for increased…

The Economic Times

Nine UK universities offer online degrees to students hit by visa pause

Nine UK universities have partnered with Mosaik Education to offer online postgraduate scholarships to students from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Sudan and Cameroon after the UK's study visa pause blocked campus-based admissions. The initiative has secured 19 funded places so far and aims to support about 50 students through remote learning pathways.

The Economic Times

Indian men's cricket team get direct entry into Asian Games knockouts

India and three other nations have secured direct entry into the 2026 Asian Games cricket knockout stage. Afghanistan, Japan, and Nepal will compete in preliminary rounds for remaining spots. The draws for both men's and women's tournaments were announced on Thursday. The women's competition begins with quarter-final fixtures from September…

The Independent UK

Pakistan rejects Amnesty call for war crimes probe into Kabul airstrike

Pakistan has rejected Amnesty International’s call for an investigation into a March airstrike on a drug rehabilitation center in the Afghan capital that the rights group said could amount to a war crime, dismissing the allegations as unsupported

The Independent UK

Amnesty International says Pakistan strike on Kabul drug treatment center may be a war crime

Amnesty International says a Pakistani airstrike on a drug treatment center in Kabul should be investigated as a possible war crime

The Independent UK

Students challenge Mahmood’s visa ban on overseas applicants

Study visas for people from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan were halted in March by home secretary Shabana Mahmood, who claimed some were exploiting the asylum system

The Guardian - US

Has Trump dragged the US into a forever war in Iran?

He decried endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now he may be stuck in one of his own making

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