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Taliban Mark Fourth Year In Power In Afghanistan

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities marked the fourth anniversary of their takeover on Friday buoyed by Russia's first official recognition of their government, a step they hope other countries will follow.

International Business Times

Afghans in US mark Taliban Kabul takeover amid Trump immigration crackdown

Advocates say Trump policies add fear to four years of uncertainty for Afghans seeking safety in US after Taliban rise.

Al Jazeera

Ministers spent £2.4m fighting to keep huge Afghan data breach a secret

The Ministry of Defence exposed the details of 18,700 Afghan applicants for UK sanctuary, putting them at risk of Taliban reprisals

The Independent UK

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Former Afghan interpreter exposed in huge MoD data breach has UK relocation revoked

Another family also being housed in a Pakistan hotel awaiting relocation to the UK are detained by police and readied for deportation

The Independent UK

Afghans in US face uncertainty after the cancellation of their humanitarian relief

Thousands of Afghans living in the United States face an uncertain future after a federal appeals court ruled on July 21, 2025, that the Trump administration can end a humanitarian relief program that provided them work permits and protection from deportation.

The Conversation

‘Collective heroism’: French film recounts evacuation amid Taliban takeover

Friday marks the fourth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan following two decades of insurgency. France, like many countries, evacuated thousands of its citizens, alongside Afghans threatened by the re-emergence of the hardline Islamist regime. Based on eyewitness accounts, this period has been captured in a new…

Radio France Internationale

Taliban leader issues warning against 'ungrateful' Afghans on takeover anniversary

Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada marked the fourth anniversary of their return to power by warning Afghans of "divine punishment" if they are ungrateful for the group's rule.

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Taliban leader warns God will severely punish Afghans who are ungrateful for Islamic rule

The Taliban leader is warning that God will severely punish Afghans who are ungrateful for Islamic rule in the country

The Independent UK

Afghan women feel forgotten by world after four years of ‘war’ waged by Taliban on their rights

While the rest of the world pays little attention, the Taliban’s edicts eroding women’s basic rights have only grown in number. Former female inmates of the group’s prisons tell Arpan Rai they are being brutally enforced

The Independent UK

A timeline of events in Afghanistan in the four years since the Taliban’s takeover

The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021 as U.S. and NATO forces withdrew after more than two decades of a costly war

The Independent UK

Afghanistan is starting its fifth year of Taliban rule. Here are 5 things to know

The Taliban are starting their fifth year of ruling Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Asian shares mostly gain after uptick in inflation pulls US stocks lower

Asian are mostly higher after most stocks on Wall Street fell following a disappointing report that said inflation was worse last month at the U.S. wholesale level than economists had expected

The Independent UK

Amid the chaos after the fall of Kabul, two men became my lifeline

Exactly four years later, our reunion in the safety of my new home in Melbourne was sweet

The Guardian - AU

Taliban deny claims in US report and say they do not divert aid sent to Afghanistan

Aid agencies say more than half of Afghanistan’s population, roughly 23 million people, need humanitarian assistance.

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The Independent UK

The Taliban will shower Kabul with flowers from helicopters for their takeover anniversary

The Taliban say helicopters will shower Kabul with flowers to celebrate the fourth anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan

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The State Department warns against believing influencers who call Taliban-run Afghanistan ‘amazing’ travel destination

Their reviews are "not representative of women’s lives in Afghanistan."

The Conversation

After 4 years of repressive Taliban rule, Afghans are suffering in silence. Is the world still watching?

On August 15 2021, Afghanistan’s democratic republic collapsed.

Euronews

Taliban registers 1,800 unemployed Afghan refugees for jobs in Qatar, official says

Rights groups and the UN have repeatedly warned that some Afghans returning are at risk of persecution because of their gender, profession or links to the former Western-backed administration.

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The Independent UK

The Taliban registers 1,800 unemployed Afghan refugees for jobs in Qatar

The Taliban is registering 1,800 unemployed Afghans expelled from neighboring countries for the chance to work in Qatar in the latest round of a labor agreement with the Gulf nation

The Independent UK

Mortar kills 2 children and their mother in northwest Pakistan where troops are targeting militants

Residents and a hospital official say a mortar has struck a home in northwestern Pakistan, killing two children and their mother

International Business Times

Families Forever Scarred 4 Years On From Kabul Plane Deaths

The day after the Taliban stormed into the Afghan capital in August 2021, Afghans desperate to evacuate clung to the fuselage of a departing American plane at Kabul airport -- only to fall to their deaths.

The Guardian - US

‘Once again, the west turns away’: a new book recounts the fall and rise of the Taliban

Esteemed foreign correspondent Jon Lee Anderson’s new book offers a full accounting of life in Afghanistan from before 9/11 to now

Al Jazeera

UN report says its female staff in Afghanistan have received death threats

Taliban rulers say they are not behind the threats and are investigating, according to the United Nations.

The Independent UK

Taliban investigating death threats against United Nations' Afghan female staff, report says

A U.N. report says dozens of its female Afghan staff have received death threats related to their work

The Independent UK

‘Former Russian America’: Ex-Trump adviser tells CNN that for Putin, Alaska is next best thing to Moscow for summit

‘If Ukraine agrees to a ceasefire here, it's agreeing to its new border with Russia, effectively,’ John Bolton says

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