Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

‘A second Afghanistan’: Doubts over Russia’s war prosecution

Russia’s lack of progress in its war against Ukraine has been noted by analysts since it launched a second phase.

Al Jazeera

Heavy Rain and Floods in Afghanistan Kill 22, Destroy Hundreds of Homes

Heavy rain and flooding has killed 22 people, destroyed hundreds of homes and damaged crops in Afghanistan, which is already facing a humanitarian crisis, a disaster management official said on Thursday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Heavy rain and floods in Afghanistan kill 22, destroy hundreds of homes

Reuters

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Ex-soldier threatened to kill bouncer who refused him entry to Edinburgh nightclub

Pa Sarr, who served in Afghanistan, was left furious after being knocked back by door staff at El Barrio in Edinburgh’s city centre.

Edinburgh Live

How Putin’s invasion returned Nato to the centre stage

The long read: For the first time in years, its role has become a topic of furious debate. But what do we talk about when we talk about Nato?

The Guardian - UK

Ex-soldier threatened to kill bouncer who refused him entry to Scots nightclub

Pa Sarr, who served in Afghanistan, was left furious after being knocked back by door staff at El Barrio in Edinburgh’s city centre.

Daily Record

Number of child asylum seekers in EU soared in 2021, with many from Afghanistan

The number of unaccompanied children who sought asylum in the European Union in 2021 jumped by 72% as the number of refugees arriving from Afghanistan rose sharply, the bloc's statistics office said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Film show: Making ‘Mincemeat’ of the enemy

Film critic Lisa Nesselson tells us why British film “Operation Mincemeat” features all the elements of her favourite kind of movie: superb performances, an ingenious plot and a generous dose of espionage. We get a new perspective on life in Somalia, thanks to the touching tale of “The Gravedigger’s wife”,…

France 24

MP's Noorjahan mango to weigh over 4 kg per fruit; to cost over Rs 1,000 apiece

INDORE: Mango season is upon us and connoisseurs of the fruit can rejoice, as the maximum weight of Noorjahan variety, which is cultivated in Madhya Pradesh, may cross 4 kg per fruit and will cost anywhere between Rs 1,000 and Rs 2,000 apiece. A special variety of mango, Noorjahan originated…

The Times of India

AOC-sponsored Afghan families still waiting for humanitarian visas from Australian government

After fleeing Afghanistan, the five families — which have been sponsored by the Australian Olympic Committee — are desperately waiting for the Australian government to issue the visas.

ABC News

A letter to … the Taliban men who drove me from my home

‘The faces familiar to me, of my family and my friends, are left behind in the country that you took from us.’

Al Jazeera

'Symbolic' Afghanistan national women’s soccer team gives a voice for the voiceless on and off the pitch in Melbourne

More than 11,000 kilometres from Kabul, the Afghanistan National Women's team returns to the pitch.

ABC News

His bus has been shot and blown up but this US veteran is still crossing Ukraine, saving lives

EXCLUSIVE: Project Dynamo’s cofounder Bryan Stern tells Rachel Sharp about both the heartbreaking goodbyes and the emotional reunions as he carries out dangerous rescue missions to evacuate people out of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Refugees, evacuees find homes and support in the Ohio Valley

Refugee resettlement agencies in Kentucky and Ohio have helped Afghan parolees, and the region has a long history of resettling people from around the world. From 2020 through 2021, 4,577 refugees resettled in Kentucky, almost half from Democratic Republic of Congo, followed by Cuba and Myanmar. During the same period,…

WEKU

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

Brit in Afghanistan thanked Taliban for 'amazing' meal before getting food poisoning

The 22-year-old boasted to his Twitter followers about all the "amazing" food he bagged for just £20 before falling ill a few hours later

The Conversation

Ukraine: Nato and the US aim to destroy the Russian military – it looks as if they may have the means to do it

Nothing like a coherent strategy emerged from 20 years of Nato’s war in Afghanistan; at best there were long lists of aspirations with no clear objectives or assessments of the resources needed to achieve them. But, two months after the Russian invasion, it looks very much as if the US…

The Guardian - UK

‘I am sure they will change’: Taliban swap guns for pens to learn about human rights

Young men who have spent most of their lives in combat are learning how to behave with civilians as the Taliban transitions from fighting to governing

Salon

Russia and the U.S.: Dance of death

Doddering Cold War adversaries are marching toward war: For their decrepit elites, it's literally the last hurrah

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

As Iran-Taliban tensions rise, Afghan migrants in tinderbox

Afghanistan's border with Iran has become a lifeline for desperate refugees after the country plunged into economic crisis following the withdrawal of American and NATO troops last summer

ABC News

Prime Minister Scott Morrison confronted at Parramatta Eid event by Afghan woman pleading for family's rescue

While on the hustings in Parramatta, Prime Minister Scott Morrison is approached by a woman pleading for her family, trapped in Afghanistan, to be brought to Australia.

Al Jazeera

Eid brings little joy for millions of Afghans facing hunger

Afghans struggle to put food on the table as the humanitarian situation continues to remain grim.

The Guardian - UK

Judge in Afghanistan ‘backstabbed’ by UK government’s refusal of sanctuary

Officials say man in hiding who helped prosecute terrorists does not meet relocation criteria, despite high court ruling in his favour

The Independent UK

Veteran amputee to embark on 2,000km charity cycle across the UK

Stuart Croxford hopes his cycle will raise £50,000 and awareness for the charity Blesma.

Asharq Al-Awsat

ISIS Claims Bus Bombing in Afghan Capital

The ISIS extremist group on Sunday claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a passenger bus that killed one woman in Afghanistan's capital. Dozens of people have been killed and scores wounded in deadly attacks that have punctuated the last two weeks of the fasting month of Ramadan, which ends…

Daily Mirror

Brave disabled veterans set record by climbing Mount Everest and skydiving near peak

Former Lance Corporal Martyn Compton was named one of Britain's most injured soldiers after 75% of his body was burnt when the vehicle he was in was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade in Afghanistan

1 … 220 221 222 223

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Australian Defence Force

128 stories

ABC Sport

92 stories

Australian Olympic Committee

27 stories

SBS News

20 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.