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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

'Don't Get Confused': Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Fires Back at Russia's Terrorism Charge With Viral Meme

The Telegram founder used a statement, video and satirical posts to challenge Moscow after being added to Russia's register of terrorists and extremists.

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Militant attack on Pakistan police post kills 11 officers

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11 police personnel, 15 militants killed in overnight attack in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

A major militant attack occurred overnight on a police post in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Eleven police personnel and fifteen attackers died during the fierce exchange of gunfire. The Khazina police post in Hangu district was the target of this significant assault. Security forces fought back, killing the militants and…

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

Catastrophic MoD data breach would not have happened if staff had been trained on Excel

Blunder which exposed personal details of tens of thousands of Afghans was ‘forseeable failure’ covered up by secrecy for ‘too long’, MPs said

The Independent UK

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Britain’s scandalous treatment of Afghan special forces who fought alongside UK laid bare in damning report

Hundreds of former commandos wrongly abandoned after the Taliban take-over, as first revealed by The Independent

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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 Times of India

Suicide bomber kills 15 at security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan

Pakistan has witnessed a surge in militant attacks targeting security forces in recent years, with authorities blaming the TTP and allied groups for much of the violence.

Euronews

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

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

Afghanistan-Pakistan transit trade plunges to USD 367 million

Afghanistan-Pakistan transit trade saw a steep decline to USD 367 million. This drop occurred from USD 5 billion before the Taliban's return in 2021. Kabul increasingly relied on Iranian routes, reducing dependence on Pakistani ports. Pakistan's border closure in October 2025 impacted trade further. This diversion caused economic costs and…

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The Independent UK

Twin attacks by militants kill 3 police officers, wound 20 in restive northwest Pakistan

Officials say a suicide bomber and a group of militants have attacked a police station and a security convoy hour apart in restive northwest Pakistan, killing at least three police officers and wounding 20 others

The Economic Times

"Haven't seen my husband...": 26-year-old American truck driver says she is moving to Afghanistan, her plan sparks concern and conspiracy theories on TikTok

Alex Sunny, a 26-year-old American truck driver, is planning to move to Afghanistan soon. She claims she met her husband on Snapchat and they married recently and she has not seen him in two years. Sunny stated her husband cannot travel to the United States due to travel bans. Her…

Euronews

Newsletter: ‘Tide turning’ for Ukraine, von der Leyen says in Kyiv

Hello, it’s Wednesday, and I’m Mared Gwyn. In today’s newsletter: the view on the ground in Ukraine as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits, and a new EU-UK pact marks a “new era” for Gibraltar.

The Independent UK

Soldier who questioned killings in Afghanistan was branded ‘Taliban-loving apologist’, inquiry hears

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Soldier ‘called Taliban-loving apologist’ after questioning special forces about Afghanistan raid, inquiry hears

Christopher Green said concerns had been raised at a relatively early stage that the ‘wrong people’ had been shot dead by the International Security Assistance Force

The Independent UK

Qatar’s former ruler who abdicated after turning tiny Arab nation into global powerhouse dies at 74

Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani mastermind the Persian Gulf state’s transformation from a quiet backwater into an influential international crossroads in less than a generation

The Independent UK

Qatar's former ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has died at age 74, state news agency says

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has died at age 74

The Times of India

Businesses suffer in Afghanistan as Taliban dress code restrictions keep women home

Businesses in Afghanistan's western city of Herat are witnessing a sharp decline in customers as women increasingly avoid public spaces following a recent Taliban crackdown on dress code violations, according to shopkeepers, drivers and residents.

The Independent UK

Pakistani forces say they killed 75 insurgents after attacks in Balochistan

Pakistani security forces have killed 75 insurgents in operations against a separatist group in Balochistan

The Times of India

Iran's funeral politics: Khamenei's burial becomes message to region and rivals

Iran used the funeral ceremonies for slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as a carefully orchestrated display of regional influence, religious symbolism and diplomatic hierarchy, deploying Quran recitations to send messages to allies, rivals and friends alike.

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Scientists Ran The Numbers On Nuclear War, And Only 2 Countries Made It Out Alive

Nuclear war has always been the threat we collectively agreed not to think about too hard. And for the most part, that has worked fine. But when peer-reviewed science sits down, runs the numbers on 12,000 nuclear weapons, and comes back with a list of surviving countries that fits comfortably…

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