Fears for health of British couple held by Taliban as ‘trial delayed’ Afghanistan prison conditions were described as ‘brutal’ and likened to ‘what I imagine hell is like’ The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2025
Fears for British couple in 70s held by Taliban as court appearance delayed Daughter says Barbie Reynolds, 75, is collapsing from malnutrition and that the health of Peter, 79, is also declining The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2025
US lifts bounties on senior Taliban figures, Kabul officials say Taliban say the US has lifted bounties on three senior Taliban figures, including the interior minister who also heads a powerful network blamed for bloody attacks against Afghanistan’s former Western-backed government The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2025
US lifts $10m reward for major Taliban leader Haqqani The removal of the bounty comes days after Afghan group releases US citizen. Al Jazeera · Mar 22, 2025
UNICEF calls on the Taliban to lift ban on girls' education as new school year begins in Afghanistan A United Nations agency is urging Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to immediately lift a lingering ban on girls’ education to save the future of millions who have been deprived of their right to education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021 The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2025
Afghan Refugees Stuck in Limbo as USRAP Suspension Defies Court Order Afghan legal professionals face deadly threats, but a federal injunction and a last-minute boarding letter helped one family escape. Thousands more remain in limbo. Reason · Mar 21, 2025
Deportees from the US hop embassy-to-embassy in Panama in a desperate scramble to seek asylum Migrants from Afghanistan, Russia, Iran and China deported from the United States and dropped into limbo in Panama are hopping door-to-door at embassies and consulates desperately seeking asylum in any country that would accept them The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2025
Taliban releases US detainee George Glezmann in Trump administration deal Glezmann is the third US citizen released by the Taliban since January, as part of agreements brokered by Qatar. Al Jazeera · Mar 20, 2025
US Citizen George Glezmann Released From Detention In Afghanistan Taliban authorities on Thursday freed US citizen George Glezmann after more than two years of detention, in a deal brokered by Qatar, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced. International Business Times · Mar 20, 2025
American man abducted by the Taliban more than two years ago has been released, the State Department says Officials said Glezmann’s release was done as the result of negotiations and no prisoner exchange took place The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2025
British couple held by Taliban due in Afghan court, family say Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, have run school training programmes in Afghanistan for 18 years. Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2025
Britons held by Taliban to face court hearing despite charges remaining unclear British couple Peter and Barbie Reynolds have been separated in a Kabul prison ahead of court hearing without their Afghan interpreter The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2025
British couple held by Taliban due in court on unknown charges, family say Peter Reynolds, 79, and wife, Barbie, 75, expected to appear in Kabul on Thursday after detention last month The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2025
Rights group warns of forced deportations of Afghan refugees from Pakistan An estimated 800,000 Afghans have already returned or been forcibly removed since 2023, 70% of them women and children. Euronews · Mar 19, 2025
Evening Standard · Mar 19, 2025 Donald Trump suggests US could take over Ukrainian nuclear plants in 'very good' call with Volodymyr Zelensky Trump claimed ‘we are very much on track’ for a peace breakthrough in Ukraine after Wednesday’s talks
The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025 Rights group says Pakistan steps up pressure on Afghans to return home where they risk persecution A leading rights group says that Pakistan's authorities have intensified pressure on Afghan refugees to go back to neighboring Afghanistan where they risk persecution by the Taliban and face dire economic conditions
International Business Times · Mar 19, 2025 New Generation Of Afghan Women Shift From Burqa Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women.
The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2025 Takeaways from AP's reporting on U.S.-allied Afghan refugees struggling for basic support An Afghan father of two is among thousands of newly arrived refugees who lost financial assistance when the Trump administration cut off funding for the federal refugee program in January
The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2025 Trump's funding freeze leaves US allied Afghan refugees struggling for the basics An Afghan father of two is among thousands of newly arrived refugees who lost financial assistance when the Trump administration cut off funding for the federal refugee program in January
The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2025 A day in the life of an asylum hotel: inside the UK’s most controversial accommodation The media often stigmatises asylum hotels – and they are sometimes physically attacked too. But behind closed doors are people who dream of work, wheels, security and the simple freedom to choose what they eat
The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2025 UN tells Afghan rulers: no peace and prosperity until they reverse bans on women and girls The U.N. Security Council us telling Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers that peace and prosperity are “unattainable” until it reverses its bans on girls’ and women’s education, employment and speaking in public
The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2025 Children of British couple held by Taliban denounce their ‘cruel and unjust’ detention amid health fears Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, have worked in Afghanistan for 18 years
The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2025 After Trump halted funding for Afghans who helped the US, this group stepped in to help An organization of American veterans, Afghans who fled their country and other volunteers has stepped up to help Afghans at risk of being stranded overseas
The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2025 Fears for life of British pensioner held by Taliban in ‘undisclosed location’ He has a chest and eye infection and needs medication, daughter pleads
Al Jazeera · Mar 16, 2025 Pakistani security officers killed in blast claimed by Baloch separatists Dozens of paramilitary troops wounded in explosion in Noshki district of Balochistan days after deadly train hijacking.