Tajikistan ‘rounding up and deporting Afghan refugees’ UN refugee agency urges authorities to end forced deportations as families say they are too scared to leave their homes The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2022
Taliban: UAE firm to run flight services on Afghan airports The Taliban and the Abu Dhabi-based firm GAAC Solutions have signed a contract for the Emirati company to provide flight services and manage planes landing and taking off on key airports in Afghanistan The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2022
Taliban to sign contract with UAE's GAAC Holding over airspace control at Afghan airports The Taliban administration on Thursday will sign a contract with GAAC Holding of the United Arab Emirates over airspace control at Afghan airports, administration officials said. Reuters · Sep 8, 2022
Afghan boy, 11, reunited with twin brother in UK after a year stranded in France Obaidullah was stuck on his own in Strasbourg ‘unhappy and scared’ for a year following the Kabul airport bombing last August. The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2022
Taliban acknowledge struggle for recognition of Afghan govt The Taliban-appointed foreign minister has acknowledged that the former insurgents’ year-old government in Afghanistan remains isolated The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2022
Local teachers in Afghanistan reopen girls' schools, defying the Taliban's long-standing education ban In defiance of the Taliban's ban on education for girls, locals in one province of Afghanistan start reopening high schools. ABC News · Sep 7, 2022
‘I will reach Europe or die’: three stories of Afghan refugees in Turkey Having paid smugglers to organise a dangerous escape, those fleeing the Taliban face persistent hostility The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2022
Afghan minority groups face threats from ISKP: HRW The rights group says the Taliban has failed to protect Hazaras and other at-risk communities. Al Jazeera · Sep 6, 2022
Some girls' high schools in eastern Afghanistan open - local officials Authorities in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktia said girls' high schools had opened in recent days, though the move had not been officially approved. Reuters · Sep 6, 2022
Hundreds of Hazaras killed by ISKP since Taliban took power, say rights group Human Rights Watch says Taliban is failing to protect Shia minority from violent attacks on mosques, schools and workplaces The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2022
Suicide bombing kills two Russian embassy staff, one civilian in Afghanistan's capital Kabul Russia is one of the few countries to have maintained an embassy in Kabul after the Taliban took over more than a year ago. ABC News · Sep 5, 2022
Blast at Russia Embassy in Kabul; 2 Embassy Staff among Dead A suicide bombing outside the Russian Embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday killed two members of the embassy staff and at least one civilian, a local police official and a Russian state news agency said. It was unclear if the attacker detonated the explosives himself or whether… Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 5, 2022
Six killed after suicide bomb blast outside Russian embassy in Kabul The death toll is expected to rise, say officials The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2022
Afghanistan: Deadly suicide attack at Russian embassy in Kabul Two embassy staff among six dead after suicide bomber detonates explosives near the embassy’s entrance. Al Jazeera · Sep 5, 2022
Daily Mirror · Sep 5, 2022 Kabul suicide bomber blows himself up near Russian Embassy killing at least six At least six people are dead and 11 have been injured in an apparent suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan. The attack took place outside the Russian Embassy where guards shot the attacker before his device detonated
Reuters · Sep 5, 2022 Two Russian embassy staff dead, four others killed in suicide bomb blast in Kabul Two Russian embassy staff in Kabul were among six people killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives near the entrance of the embassy, in a blast that injured at least 10 others, the Russian Foreign Ministry and Afghan officials said on Monday.
AAP · Sep 5, 2022 No forsaking Afghanistan a year on: Senate Senators have pledged to keep pressure on the Taliban to uphold the rights and freedoms of the Afghan people a year on from the fall of the capital Kabul.
Liverpool Echo · Sep 4, 2022 'My family live in fear and all I can do is talk' "I knew the UK is beautiful in terms of its history and culture, but I wasn't expecting the nature to be this beautiful"
Tribune News Service · Sep 3, 2022 Afghanistan floods, quakes kill over 1,500 people in 2 months At least 1,570 people have been killed and almost 6,000 injured in floods and earthquakes that have struck Afghanistan in the last two months, according to a Taliban official.
Tribune News Service · Sep 2, 2022 Afghan mosque blast kills 18 including pro-Taliban cleric Eighteen Afghans were killed and dozens were wounded as a blast ripped through a mosque in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, the latest in a series of attacks on worshipers.
Daily Mirror · Sep 2, 2022 High-profile Taliban cleric killed in explosion at mosque in Afghanistan A police spokesperson said high-profile cleric Mujib Rahman Ansari - who has recently heaped praise on the Taliban in his speeches - was killed alongside his guards and other civillians en route to the mosque
The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2022 Parties, Paterson and prorogation: lowlights of Boris Johnson’s tenure After botched Covid policies, Brexit wrangling and a string of U-turns and scandals, his time is finally up
France 24 · Sep 2, 2022 Deadly blast in Afghan mosque kills prominent pro-Taliban cleric An explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 18 people, including a prominent cleric, Taliban officials and a local medic said. At least 21 people were hurt.
The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2022 Afghan mosque blast kills 18, including senior cleric Taliban officials and a local medic say an explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan, killing 18 people, including a prominent cleric
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 2, 2022 Afghan Mosque Blast Kills 18, Including Senior Cleric An explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 18 people, including a prominent cleric, Taliban officials and a local medic said. At least 21 people were hurt. The blast went off in the Guzargah Mosque in the western city of Herat during Friday…