Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Taliban

Former bodyguard arrested over shooting of Afghan female ex-MP

Afghan police have arrested the former bodyguard of a female member of parliament who was shot to death at her home in Kabul last month, the Taliban administration said on Friday.

Reuters

British Council has failed to support Afghan staff after fall of Kabul, former director warns

Afshaneh, a teacher for the British Council for three years, said she ‘screamed with excitement’ when she was interviewed for the job: ‘Now when I think about it, I only feel regret’

The Independent UK

China, Iran call on Afghanistan to end restrictions on women

China and Iran have called on mutual neighbor Afghanistan to end restrictions on women's work and education

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Ruling Taliban display rare division in public over bans

A rare public show of division is emerging in the ranks of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban

The Independent UK

Doctor? Engineer? As dreams fade, Afghan girls turn to madrasas

In a chilly classroom in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban movement, teenage girls pore over Islamic texts as the disembodied voice of a male scholar emanates from a loud speaker.

Reuters

AP News Digest 3 am

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EST. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan.

The Independent UK

Extremist thought to be in Iran is de facto new leader of al-Qaida, UN says

Veteran Egyptian Saif al-Adel viewed as formidable threat by western officials

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Taliban forces kill 3 IS members in raid on Kabul building

An official says Taliban intelligence forces killed three Islamic State group militants and arrested one other in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital of Kabul

The Independent UK

The Agony of Afghanistan’s Ironwoman

You can draw a straight line from the hellish endurance race Zeinab Rezaie ran two years ago, trying to escape Kabul, to the moment she became the first Afghan woman to finish an Ironman 70.3.

Sports Illustrated

Court allows review of UK visa rejections for ex-BBC journalists in Afghanistan

Judge rules caseworker interpreted eligibility criteria too narrowly for eight claimants who are in hiding

The Guardian - UK

Afghan journalists to have relocation bids reconsidered – lawyer

The journalists had taken legal action against Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Home Secretary Suella Braverman after bids to move to the UK failed.

The Independent UK

Afghan journalists win case against UK government over relocation

Eight Afghan journalists who worked for the BBC broadcaster won a legal challenge on Monday against Britain's refusal to relocate them from Afghanistan, which they said put them at high risk of being killed by the Taliban rulers.

Reuters

The story of Shazia Ramzan, Malala’s schoolfriend, shows why education must be a right for all children

There are 222 million crisis-affected children worldwide who need our support, says Gordon Brown, chairman of the UN’s Education Cannot Wait fund

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of Afghans who helped British forces ‘remain stranded by UK’

Damning report by MPs urges government to ensure safe passage for interpreters and contractors at risk from Taliban

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

‘Open and honest’ review of UK Afghanistan involvement required, say MPs

The 30-page report from the cross-party Commons Defence Committee criticises the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021.

Foreign Policy

Have China and Pakistan Hit a Roadblock?

Beijing-funded infrastructure projects have slowed, but their longtime partnership remains inevitable.

The Guardian - UK

‘No escape’ for Afghan girls forced out of education and into early marriage

As the Taliban denies women access to any schooling, there has been a rise in students being married off to ease family poverty

Nottingham Post

Nottingham imam named as 'egregious case' in Prevent review

A statement made by Dr Hussain has been described as "one of the most egregious cases"

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

Despite the Taliban's pledge to eradicate opium, the poppy trade still flourishes in Afghanistan

The Taliban have always had a complicated relationship with the opium trade. As a narcotic, opium is haram, or forbidden under Islamic law. But at the same time opium production has tended to increase in areas they have controlled, where local leaders reportedly raise money to fund their operations by…

Nottingham Post

Nottingham Imam denies he spread extremism while funded by Prevent

It is anticipated that Dr Musharraf Hussain will be on a list of names to be published in the long-awaited review of the Prevent programme, carried out by William Shawcross

The Philadelphia Inquirer

For Afghan evacuees, a looming unemployment crisis

PHILADELPHIA — Cathryn Miller-Wilson has worked in immigration long enough to know when a crisis is walking toward her.

Reuters

Saudi diplomats leave Afghanistan, relocate to Pakistani capital -sources

Saudi diplomats have left Afghanistan for "training" and will return, the Taliban administration said on Monday, though three sources familiar with the matter said security concerns had contributed to their departure.

Evening Standard

What’s wrong with Twitter in 2023? Check out the latest catastrophes

Here’s the lowdown on all the strange things afoot at Elon Musk’s company so far in 2023.

Radio France Internationale

Appeal for release of French journalist jailed in Afghanistan

The media protection organisation Reporters Without Borders and 14 French news organisations have called for the immediate release of the franco-afghan journalist Mortaza Behboudi, detained by the Taliban in Kabul since 7 January.

The Guardian - UK

General Pervez Musharraf obituary

Former president of Pakistan who supported the US in its war on terror and was hailed as George Bush’s ‘best buddy’

1 … 106 107 108 109

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

International Monetary Fund

Nottingham City Council

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.