The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

US seeks to sidestep Taliban with $3.5 billion Afghan aid plan

The U.S. will put $3.5 billion in Afghanistan’s central bank reserves under the control of a Swiss-based oversight board to pay for limited financial services in the country while ensuring the Taliban regime doesn’t get access to the money, the U.S. Treasury Department said.

Tribune News Service · Sep 14, 2022

Meet the teenage Afghan refugee who has found a new home on the wickets of Weston-super-mare

Uphill Castle CC have helped Imran Oriykhail settle in Somerset after fleeing Afghanistan earlier this year

Bristol Post · Sep 14, 2022

Saving Nezam From the Taliban

Green Beret Scott Mann suffered severe trauma following his three tours in Afghanistan. He never wanted to have anything to do with country again. Then his friend Nezam called to say that his life was in danger.

Reason · Sep 14, 2022

For India, the buzzword now is ‘all-alignment’

Its participation in the SCO summit is a clear signal of pursuing multi-alignment with its partners worldwide

The Hindu · Sep 13, 2022

Iran may urge India to restart oil import

Chabahar, regional connectivity and Afghanistan on agenda for talks on sidelines of SCO summit

The Hindu · Sep 13, 2022

Prince Harry hits back over funeral ban ‘military service not determined by uniform’

The Duke of Sussex served two tours of duty in Afghanistan

Evening Standard · Sep 13, 2022

Prince Harry blocked from wearing uniform while mourning Queen but Prince Andrew allowed

The Duke of Sussex has been denied the chance to wear military uniform as he mourns the Queen, even though his disgraced uncle the Duke of York will be permitted to do so at the lying in state vigil. Harry, who saw action on the front line during two tours…

Evening Standard · Sep 13, 2022

Afghanistan: Underground radio station broadcasts lessons to girls stuck at home

Since the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, most girls have been banned from going to high school. But some women are resisting, like Hamida Aman, founder of Radio Begum. Against the rules, she has set up an underground school within her radio station. The girls, aged…

France 24 · Sep 13, 2022

Editorial: Unfinished business: US must do more to welcome Afghan refugees

In the year since the botched U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, tens of thousands of Afghans have been forced to suffer through another administrative disaster, this one unfolding mostly in drab D.C. office buildings via mountains of monotonous paperwork.

Tribune News Service · Sep 13, 2022

Three things Sri Lanka got right that Team India will be looking to improve on ahead of the T20 World Cup

NEW DELHI: A prolonged political and economic crisis at home, a below-par run on the cricket field in the last five-six years and a humiliating eight-wicket defeat against Afghanistan in the tournament opener - Not too many people would have bet on Sri Lanka, going through one of the most…

The Times of India · Sep 13, 2022