The Latest Breaking News from Taliban

Afghanistan’s pioneering female tour guides are opening up the country for tourists

Girls are banned from education above primary school level, and women live under myriad restrictions

The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2025

‘This truck is our home!’ How Bobby Bolton found love and purpose on a 42,000-mile road trip

No money, no flat, no fiancee: in 2022 Bolton lost almost everything that underpinned his life. Three years and 53 countries later, he has more than rebuilt it

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2025

Afghans Show Solidarity As Migrant Returns From Iran Surge

At the border with Iran, Fatima Rezaei distributes food and hygiene products to Afghans forced to return, unable to passively stand by as the deportation crisis grows.

International Business Times · Jul 29, 2025

Shackled, malnourished and suffering convulsions: son of UK couple imprisoned in Afghanistan warns situation ‘escalating’ and they could die

Barbie and Peter Reynolds, who were arrested by the Taliban in February, were kept underground for six weeks without daylight, their son says

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2025

Afghans exposed in huge MoD data leak could get thousands in compensation

Some 18,700 Afghan applicants to UK resettlement scheme had their personal details leak in Ministry of Defence blunder

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2025

The Taliban are remaking Afghanistan in their image. It should have us all worried

COMMENT: As the Taliban turn drug rehabilitation centres into makeshift madrasas, Wajed Rohani cautions against the increasing radicalisation of Afghan institutions

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025

Taliban tortured and threatened Afghans expelled from Pakistan and Iran, UN says

Afghan authorities have urged nationals to return, pledging amnesty for anyone who left after the Taliban returned to power in 2021.

Euronews · Jul 24, 2025

Taliban tortured and threatened Afghans expelled from Pakistan and Iran, UN report says

A UN report says the Taliban have tortured and threatened Afghans forcibly returned from Iran and Pakistan because of their identity or personal history

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025

UN Says Taliban Committing 'Rights Violations' Against Afghan Returnees

The United Nations said Thursday that Taliban authorities were committing human rights violations, including torture and arbitrary detention, against Afghans forced to return by Iran and Pakistan.

International Business Times · Jul 24, 2025

Harsh conditions faced by British couple held by Taliban

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The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025