Afghanistan

Child rights group calls for girls to return to school ahead of new academic year

Child marriage and poverty will soar if the Taliban does not immediately lift ban on girls’ education, Save the Children.

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EU envoy to journalists: You ‘represent the legacy of democratic Afghanistan’

Speaking at a conference for mostly exiled Afghan journalists, Niklasson said their role is critical as they need to keep.

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Probe finds evacuated women’s team included ‘fake’ football players

A BBC investigation has identified 13 individuals they believe were not members of teams listed and who probably could not.

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McCaul slams State Department for ‘misleading’ the public over Afghanistan withdrawal

Michael McCaul has reiterated that the department ‘continues to obstruct my committee’s investigation’ and ‘we will not tolerate it’

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UNHCR appeals for $613 million for Afghan refugees and hosts 

This money is to support 7.9 million people, of which 5.2 million are from Afghanistan and 2.7 million are hosts.

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Watchdog paints grim picture of Afghan refugees ‘locked up’ in UAE

Human Rights Watch says up to 2,700 refugees are being ‘arbitrarily detained’ in the UAE 15 months after being evacuated

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Afghanistan suffers most from terrorism: Global Terrorism Index

Since the Taliban’s takeover Daesh has emerged as most active terrorist group in the country and were responsible for 115.

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Mazar bombing the ‘biggest attack’ on Afghan journalists in months

RSF ‘shocked’ to see journalists targeted for the sole reason they were journalists and called on Taliban to bring perpetrators.

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Ned Price plays down threat of subpoena by McCaul on Afghanistan withdrawal

The State Department spokesman said in response to the threat of a subpoena that provision of documents to the committee.

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Afghanistan: Poverty drives children out to work

In a corner of the city of Asadabad, the center of Kunar province, children fill bags with soil for seedlings.

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