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Virgin's silence is consent: Taliban faces backlash for 'legitimising' new child marriage laws in Afghanistan

The recent divorce law introduced in Afghanistan has sparked outrage, particularly for its endorsement of child marriages and limitations on women's rights to divorce. Critics label this as a glaring violation of human rights, viewing it as a step backward for freedom and self-determination.

The Times of India

Taliban ‘legitimising child marriage’ with new law, activists warn

Up to 70% of girls may be in early or forced marriages but law now makes divorce impossible if husbands disagree

The Guardian - UK

England to host Afghanistan women’s refugee team this summer

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Afghan women’s refugee team to tour England on return to international cricket after Taliban exclusion

The Afghanistan refugee women’s team is set to head to England this summer

The Independent UK

As hunger ravages Afghanistan, families ‘sell’ young daughters for food

Disturbing instances have emerged from economically-poverished Afghanistan with families are selling their young daughters to be able to afford food, medical expenses and debt relief.

The Times of India

UK ‘preventing escape’ of Afghans promised sanctuary in Britain after ending evacuations

Ministers told nearly 9,000 Afghans eligible to come to the UK that they need to flee Afghanistan themselves

The Independent UK

'Silence of virgin girl can be treated as consent': Taliban formally recognises child marriage with special rules in Afghanistan

The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has enacted a new family law regulation, "Principles of Separation Between Spouses," which has drawn international criticism. A particularly controversial article interprets a virgin girl's silence after puberty as consent to marriage. The decree also addresses child marriage, divorce, and other marital disputes, granting fathers…

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Study reveals hidden trauma of unaccompanied Afghan refugee children brought to UK

Young Afghans share with researchers how social anxiety, loneliness, and depression lingered long after fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan and seeking refuge in the UK. Arpan Rai reports

The Independent UK

EU's push to deport Afghan refugees brings the Taliban back to the table

The European Union is moving towards closer cooperation with Afghanistan's Taliban regime over the return of Afghan migrants, despite legal and human rights concerns about sending people back to the country.

Radio France Internationale

Harry and Meghan to make war film for Netflix based on Afghanistan memoir

Harry is familiar with the subject having had a decade-long full-time military career himself.

Evening Standard

Harry and Meghan to produce adaptation of Afghan war memoir ‘No Way Out’ for Netflix

The subject matter will be familiar to the Duke of Sussex, who completed two frontline tours of duty

The Independent UK

Why Pakistan backstabs the US, and always gets away with it

For decades, the US grappled with Pakistan's dual role as a terror war ally and a supporter of militant groups. Despite accusations of sheltering terrorists and recent reports of allowing Iranian aircraft access, the US maintained ties due to Pakistan's strategic location, nuclear arsenal, and intelligence cooperation, fearing a destabilized…

The Economic Times

At least nine killed after bomb rigged to rickshaw explodes at north Pakistan bazaar

The Pakistani Taliban and other militant groups have grown more emboldened since the Afghan Taliban returned to power in Kabul in 2021.

Euronews

The women’s rights crisis in Afghanistan is an ongoing humanitarian calamity

Where is one of worst places to be a woman? Afghanistan.

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The Times of India

Afghanistan’s ‘one-kidney village’ where residents sold organs to survive

On the outskirts of Herat in western Afghanistan, one settlement drew international attention in 2022 after reports emerged that many residents had sold a kidney to survive deepening poverty and hunger. The area became widely known as the “one-kidney village,” a grim reflection of the humanitarian crisis that followed Afghanistan’s…

The Independent UK

Fifa recognition for Afghan women’s team is about ‘showing we exist’, says captain Fatima Haidari

INTERVIEW: Fifa has amended its rules so that a scattered team of exiled players can still compete internationally under the flag of the Afghan republic. But as they celebrate this moment, the home nation they represent remains out of reach. Namita Singh speaks to the captain of Afghan Women United

The Independent UK

Afghan girl issues emotional appeal to Melania Trump after more than year and a half in US camp

IN FOCUS: Zahra, the daughter of an Afghan army officer who served US officials before the government collapsed in August 2021, says she and other residents of Camp As Sayliyah (CAS) in Qatar only want a ‘a chance for a brighter future’. Arpan Rai reports

The Guardian - UK

They were hunted by the Taliban for helping the US. Now, Trump wants to send these families to the DRC

Thousands of Afghans who assisted US forces are stuck in limbo in Qatar. Instead of promised resettlement in America, they face an uncertain future in another war-torn country

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German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt wants to retain controls at EU borders

Alexander Dobrindt continues to favour controls at the EU's internal borders, saying they should remain part of the current migration policy, despite courts and researchers opposing them.

The Independent UK

UK condemned for ‘abandoning’ 9,000 Afghan allies to Taliban

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The Independent UK

UK accused of leaving allies with ‘no safe route out’ of Afghanistan after ending evacuation support

Colonel Simon Diggins, who served as a defence attache in Afghanistan, said the UK has a ‘moral responsibility’ to help those it promised to evacuate because the Taliban ‘is still coming after them’

Radio France Internationale

Planned EU-Taliban talks on return of Afghan nationals spark backlash

Brussels is bracing for a political storm as European Union officials consider hosting Taliban representatives in the Belgian capital for talks on returning Afghan nationals living in Europe, a move that critics say risks legitimising Afghanistan's hardline regime.

The Guardian - UK

Millie Bright, serial silverware winner, signs off with a legacy few will match

A dominant defender who set the standard for club and country, the Chelsea stalwart has called it quits after a long battle with injury

Evening Standard

Malala seeks ‘support’ for Afghan women and girls after meeting Swinney

The leading human rights campaigner said countries have been ‘looking away’ from what is happening in Afghanistan in recent years.

The Independent UK

Afghan refugee women’s football team gets Fifa backing despite Taliban ban

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