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The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Trump ICC sanctions order challenged in US court by human rights advocates

Exclusive: Lawsuit says ‘unconstitutional’ order violates right to share information with court’s chief prosecutor

The Guardian - US

Millions of Afghans will be ‘abandoned’ to famine thanks to Trump’s aid cuts, warns UN

World Food Programme says essential programmes to prevent malnutrition and death will not be possible unless Elon Musk-led USAID cuts are reversed

The Independent UK

Four Men Publicly Executed In One Day In Afghanistan

Four men were publicly executed in Afghanistan on Friday, the Supreme Court said, the highest number of executions to be carried out in one day since the Taliban's return to power.

International Business Times

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British couple detained in Afghanistan to face Taliban court verdict

The Reynolds family say that their parents have faced harsh conditions and arbitrary detention for unspecified reasons.

Euronews

Elderly British couple ‘interrogated 29 times by Taliban’ since imprisonment

Daughter of Peter and Barbie Reynolds, 79 and 75, says they have ‘no idea’ why they have been in jail for two months

The Guardian - UK

British couple imprisoned by Taliban faced 29 ‘interrogations’, daughter says

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were arrested as they travelled to their home in Bamyan province, in central Afghanistan, in February.

Evening Standard

Woman who planned to fly to Afghanistan to join IS and martyr herself is jailed

Farishta Jami, 36, had researched one-way flights to Afghanistan and had pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State, a court heard.

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School dinner lady jailed after police discover plans to martyr herself

Farishta Jami, 36, had researched one-way flights to Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Taliban enforcers detain men and their barbers over ‘non-compliant’ haircuts, UN says

More than half of those detained in the first six months of new laws regulating personal conduct were men who had noncompliant hairstyles, the U.N. says

The Independent UK

Pressure Builds On Afghans Fearing Arrest In Pakistan

Convoys of Afghans pressured to leave Pakistan are driving to the border, fearing the "humiliation" of arrest, as the government's crackdown on migrants sees widespread public support.

International Business Times

Fleeing Taliban fighters, Ibrahim begs the country he helped – Australia – to save his family

Mohammed Ibrahim spent four years as a translator for aid workers who taught children and trained doctors. In today’s Afghanistan the penalty for that is death

The Guardian - AU

A lifesaving midwife in Afghanistan: Noriko Hayashi’s best photograph

‘This woman was nine months pregnant but had never had a checkup. Anisa is listening to the baby’s heartbeat with a stethoscope. After foreign aid cuts, including Trump’s, she is now out of a job’

The Guardian - UK

US restores urgent food aid but not in Afghanistan and Yemen, where millions need it

United Nations officials say the Trump administration has reversed sweeping cuts in emergency food aid to several nations while maintaining them in Afghanistan and Yemen

The Independent UK

Case of British couple imprisoned in Afghanistan 'will soon be resolved', says Taliban

Peter and Barbie Reynolds were arrested in early February

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The Independent UK

Mysterious US military flight to Afghanistan sparks speculation about Bagram air base

Military cargo plane from Doha was reportedly carrying CIA deputy chief

International Business Times

Thousands Of Afghans Depart Pakistan Under Repatriation Pressure

Thousands of Afghans have crossed the border from Pakistan in recent days, the United Nations and Taliban officials said, as Islamabad ramped up pressure for them to return to Afghanistan.

Evening Standard

'Nearest thing to hell': British man held by Taliban with wife describes horrific conditions in Afghan jail

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 76, were captured by the terrorist group while returning to their home in central Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Son of British couple detained by Taliban calls on US to help secure their release

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie Reynolds, 75, were arrested by Taliban officials in February

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The Guardian - UK

Afghan rights defender told she faces ‘no risk’ from Taliban as Home Office denies asylum

Woman who worked with western governments in her home country before fleeing the Taliban told to return

The Guardian - UK

Millions of Afghans lose access to healthcare services as USAID cuts shut clinics

Fears of surge in malnutrition, measles, malaria and polio as 206 World Health Organization facilities forced to close

The Guardian - UK

‘I begged them, my daughter was dying’: how Taliban male escort rules are killing mothers and babies

The need for women to be accompanied by a man in public is blocking access to healthcare and contributing to soaring mortality rates, say experts

The Guardian - US

‘Hope in my heart’: big Texas welcome for displaced Afghans on hold as Trump freezes refugee programs

Texas volunteers had prepared welcome for family fleeing Taliban now stranded in Pakistan in fear of being deported

Al Jazeera

Israel’s war on Gaza deadliest conflict ever for journalists, says report

More journalists killed in Gaza than in both world wars, Vietnam, Yugoslavia and Afghanistan combined, report finds.

The Times of India

Azmatullah Omarzai, a beacon for Afghanistan’s GenNext

NEW DELHI: Among the new generation of Afghanistan cricketers, Azmatullah Omarzai has emerged as a beacon of hope. Born in Nurgal district of Kunar Province, Azmatullah grew up in a region where opportunities were scarce and dreams limited. He began his cricketing journey on those very streets, seemingly destined to…

The Independent UK

Russian authorities move to lift the terrorist designation for the Taliban

Russia to decide removing terrorist designation for Taliban this month

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