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Migrant workers sent $650bn overseas last year – what it means

People living abroad are sending more money to their families at home, but how do money transfers work?

Al Jazeera · Aug 10, 2024

Breakdancer who fled Taliban disqualified over ‘free Aghan women’ message

The World DanceSport Federation said B-girl Talash was thrown out of the Games for ‘displaying a political slogan on her attire’

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2024

Refugee breakdancer disqualified for displaying words ‘Free Afghan Women’ on cape

Olympics reiterated ‘no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites’

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2024

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With protests, talent, and ridicule Breaking’s Olympic debut points toward an uncertain future

Japan’s Ami Yuasa became the first ever Breaking Olympic champion while Refugee Olympic Team’s Manizha Talash made a political statement unveiling a message that read: ‘Free Afghan Women’

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2024

Athletes from conflict zones outside the spotlight find hope at the 2024 Olympics

When they compete at the Paris Games, they’re just athletes at their peak, and the emphasis isn't that they come from regions ravaged by war

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2024

Australia must pay war crime victims, UN experts urge

Australia's failure to compensate victims more than a decade after Australian soldiers allegedly killed Afghan civilians, has been criticised by UN experts.

AAP · Aug 8, 2024

British troops in Lebanon on standby for evacuation ‘on same scale’ as Kabul

Hundreds of servicemen and women are ready in the UK to be deployed to the region at short notice as fears for an all-out war grow

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2024

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First Afghan woman to compete internationally after Taliban takeover seeks Olympic gold in Paris

Taekwondo Paralympian Zakia Khudadadi says she is competing in the name of women in Afghanistan who have gradually been stripped of their rights over the past three years

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2024

The Taliban says foreigners in Afghanistan on previous government's visas can stay for now

Afghanistan’s Taliban government says it will allow people in the country on visas issued by the former Western-backed government to stay for now

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2024

Afghan Sprinter Kimia Yousofi Sends Powerful Message At Olympics

Afghan sprinter Kimia Yousofi makes a powerful statement on women's rights at the Olympics in Paris, challenging Taliban oppression.

Afghanistan’s first female Olympic breakdancer: ‘I want my big dream’

Defiant Afghan refugee Manizha Talash fled the Taliban for her chance to dance on the world stage.

Al Jazeera · Aug 4, 2024

Afghan sister cyclists fly the flag of a fallen country at the Paris Olympics

Fariba and Yulduz Hashimi fled Kabul after the city once again fell to the Taliban in 2021. Three years later, the sister cyclists are riding alongside one another in the 2024 Paris Olympics women’s road race on Sunday, proudly bearing the black, red and green Afghan tricolour torn down by…

France 24 · Aug 3, 2024

These are the slowest fastest women on Earth. And they have a story to tell

From American Samoa’s Filomenaleonisa Iakopo to Kimia Yousofi of Afghanistan, the roads to the 100m are diverse

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2024

Afghanistan 100m runner Kimia Yousofi sends Olympic message to the Taliban

Kimia Yousofi, part of the six-person Afghan team competing in Paris, had a message for the Taliban after her 100m heat

The Guardian - AU · Aug 2, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2024

‘I’m happy for everyone released, but there is also sadness’: film-maker Odessa Rae on today’s momentous prisoner swap

The Oscar-winning documentary-maker was instrumental in the historic US-Russian prisoner swap, but she says, the one person missing from the deal was her friend Alexei Navalny. She talks about her last conversation with him, her new film about the Taliban and her next project in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2024

Evacuated Afghan refugees can reunite in UK with families, government announces

‘Afghans did right by us, and we will do right by them’, immigration minister says

Taliban Disavows Afghan Diplomatic Missions Overseas

The Taliban disavows Afghan diplomatic missions, imposes restrictions on documents, and faces challenges in gaining international recognition due to their ...

The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2024

The Independent’s award-winning war correspondent Kim Sengupta dies

In a career spanning more than four decades, it was at The Independent that Kim would define his legacy as one of Britain’s best on-the-ground correspondents, writes international editor Chris Stevenson

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The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2024

The Taliban disavows some Afghan diplomatic missions abroad and rejects their consular services

The Taliban on Tuesday disavowed many Afghan diplomatic missions overseas, saying it will not honor passports, visas and other documents issued by diplomats associated with Afghanistan’s former Western-backed administration

The Guardian - AU · Jul 29, 2024

Ruqia was murdered by the man she was forced to wed. Her mother has now been jailed over the marriage

Sakina Muhammad Jan to serve at least 12 months in prison in Australia’s first forced marriage conviction

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2024

Documentary-maker Ibrahim Nash’at on filming the Taliban: ‘The secret service asked to see my footage. I left the same day’

Embedded with the Taliban after US forces fled Kabul, Nash’at’s fly-on-the-wall documentary, Hollywoodgate, offers a darkly comic, damning insight into the regime

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2024

Jon Stewart pushes VA to cover troops sickened by uranium after 9/11. Again, they are told to wait

Comedian Jon Stewart and troops sickened by uranium have ended a meeting at the Department of Veterans Affairs angry that once again they have been told they will have to wait to see whether the VA will connect their illnesses to the toxic base where they were deployed shortly after…

The Times of India · Jul 26, 2024

From war zone to dance floor! Afghan B-girl competes at Paris Olympics after fleeing Taliban

NEW DELHI: Manizha Talash, a 21-year-old Afghan break-dancer, embodies the spirit of human resilience that the Olympics celebrate. In 2021, she fled Afghanistan after the Taliban's takeover, crossing the border into Pakistan before finding refuge in Spain the following year.

Al Jazeera · Jul 26, 2024

Which countries have been banned from participating in the Olympics?

Thirteen countries have been banned from the Olympics in the past. Which are they, and why were they barred?

Cycling Weekly · Jul 25, 2024

'We see war everywhere, people are losing their dreams': Olympic cyclist who fled Afghanistan aims to inspire hope

Aged just 16, Amir Ansari fled his home and embarked on a 3,000-mile journey in search of safety. Eight years on, he’s about to become an Olympian. Dan Challis hears his story

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