The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

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Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 3, 2023

Violence in some Chicago neighborhoods puts young men at greater risk than U.S. troops faced in Iraq, Afghanistan war zones, study finds

The researchers say their findings point to a need for more trauma-related health care in those places, especially in the West Side ZIP code 60624.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 3, 2023

U.N. rights rapporteur urges release of detained Afghan education activist

The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights called on Afghanistan's Taliban administration on Friday to release a university lecturer and education activist detained by security forces in the capital Kabul.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2023

Pakistani troops kill 2 militants in raid near Afghan border

Pakistan's military says security forces have killed two insurgents during a raid of a militant hideout in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold near Afghanistan

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023

Some UN Afghan aid delivered by men only, donors voice alarm

Under pressure from Afghanistan's Taliban administration, the United Nations is delivering some food aid using men only, prompting warnings from donors and humanitarian groups that it could be seen as giving in to an internationally condemned ban on most female aid workers. 

Reuters · Feb 2, 2023

Afghan refugees settled in London told to uproot families and move 200 miles

Forty families brought to UK after fleeing Taliban given only weeks to move to West Yorkshire

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2023

Pakistan is roiled by multiple crises at once, with little end in sight

A storm of global issues, from the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, has exposed and exacerbated Pakistan's political, economic and security fault lines.

WEKU · Feb 2, 2023

What is behind the rising violent attacks in Pakistan?

TTP has denied involvement in the Peshawar mosque blast, but officials say it has intensified attacks since November.

Al Jazeera · Feb 2, 2023

Afghan women prosecutors once seen as symbols of democracy find asylum in Spain

Pushing her son on a swing at a playground on a sunny winter's day in Madrid, former Afghan prosecutor Obaida Sharar expresses relief that she found asylum in Spain after fleeing Afghanistan shortly after the Taliban took over.

Reuters · Feb 2, 2023

New US Restrictions against Taliban for Bans on Women

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced new visa restrictions against the Taliban Wednesday in response to bans on employment and education for women in Afghanistan. "I am taking action today to impose additional visa restrictions on certain current or former Taliban members, members of non-state security groups, and other individuals…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 2, 2023