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My calls and emails to family in Afghanistan go unanswered. The Taliban’s internet shutdown has left us all helpless

From the safety of Australia, I watch in despair as my loved ones in Kabul navigate this digital darkness – a calculated effort to silence dissent

The Guardian - AU

The UN mission appeals to the Taliban to restore internet access across Afghanistan

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has urged the Taliban government to immediately restore nationwide internet and telecommunications access, saying the blackout imposed by the government in Kabul has left the country almost entirely cut off from the outside world

The Independent UK

Taliban cut internet for whole country as Afghanistan ‘dragged into abyss’

Ban blocks mobile and broadband internet services, disrupts satellite television, and affects flight operations

The Independent UK

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Taliban Impose Communications Blackout Across Afghanistan

Afghanistan faced a second day without internet and mobile phone service on Tuesday, after Taliban authorities cut the fibre optic network.

International Business Times

Teenage boy miraculously survives 90-minute flight hiding in plane’s landing gear

Boy, 13, snuck onto the plane at Kabul airport to flee Afghanistan but was sent back by Indian authorities just two hours after landing in Delhi

The Independent UK

Elderly British Couple To Fly Home After Release By Taliban

An elderly British couple released after almost eight months in detention in Afghanistan are expected to fly back to the UK on Saturday.

International Business Times

Family tell of ‘immense joy’ at release of British couple detained in Afghanistan

Peter and Barbie Reynolds were arrested and held without charge for eight months, raising fears for their health

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Taliban releases British couple held for months in Afghanistan on undisclosed charges

A spokesperson for the Taliban Foreign Ministry said the couple "violated Afghan law" and were released from prison on Friday after a court hearing, but didn't say what law they were alleged to have broken.

Euronews

Taliban Release Detained Elderly British Couple

An elderly British couple detained in Afghanistan for almost eight months were released on Friday, the Taliban authorities said, after pressure built to free the pair due to fears over their health.

International Business Times

Taliban bans key university textbooks on women’s rights, human rights and Western philosophy

Some textbooks were written by women while others were deemed ‘incompatible with Islamic sharia’

The Independent UK

Botox Under Burqas: Cosmetic Surgery In Vogue In Afghanistan

Decked out with fake crystal chandeliers and velvet sofas, cosmetic surgery clinics in Afghanistan's capital are a world away from the austerity of Taliban rule, where Botox, lip filler, and hair transplants reign.

International Business Times

Taliban official says US envoy agrees to prisoner swap in Kabul meeting

The reported visit follows one in March 2025 which led to the release of a US citizen held for more than two years.

Al Jazeera

UN confirms female staff being blocked by Taliban from working on earthquake response in Afghanistan

Taliban deploys armed guards outside UN compound in Kabul to prevent local female workers from coming in to work

The Independent UK

Cost of Afghan data breach scheme unknown to Government – watchdog

The amount spent on the scheme was not recorded separately to other resettlement activity following the fall of Kabul, the NAO said.

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The Guardian - UK

First Thing: magnitude 6 earthquake in eastern Afghanistan leaves at least 800 dead

Rescue efforts hampered by steep terrain after shallow quake that was felt more than 100 miles away in Kabul. Plus, the liberal who loves hunting and wants to change your mind

International Business Times

Cash-strapped Taliban Look To Airspace For Windfall

Far above Kabul, the cash-strapped Taliban government has located a potentially lucrative revenue stream: Afghanistan's airspace.

The Independent UK

Taliban blames Pakistan for airstrikes that kill 3 people in eastern Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s foreign ministry says Pakistani airstrikes have killed three civilians and wounded seven others in two eastern provinces of Afghanistan

Al Jazeera

Can China make Pakistan and the Taliban friends again?

As China pushes to expand the CPEC, Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions continue to cast a shadow over trilateral diplomacy.

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The Independent UK

Pakistan, China and Afghanistan hold high-level meeting in Kabul to boost cooperation

Top diplomats from Pakistan, China, and Afghanistan have met in Kabul to boost political and economic cooperation

Newslaundry

How the Taliban’s propaganda empire consumed Afghan media

In four years, the Taliban have annihilated Afghanistan’s independent media sector and supplanted it with their own propaganda empire and sophisticated digital bots that flood social media with pro-Taliban content.

The Guardian - UK

Women banned from celebrations as Taliban marks fourth anniversary of Afghanistan takeover

Thousands gather for Kabul ‘flower showers’ while women stage protests

Al Jazeera

Taliban marks fourth anniversary of return to power with internal threats

Four years on, Afghanistan remains an international pariah for its harsh repression of women.

International Business Times

Taliban Mark Fourth Year In Power In Afghanistan

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities marked the fourth anniversary of their takeover on Friday buoyed by Russia's first official recognition of their government, a step they hope other countries will follow.

Radio France Internationale

‘Collective heroism’: French film recounts evacuation amid Taliban takeover

Friday marks the fourth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan following two decades of insurgency. France, like many countries, evacuated thousands of its citizens, alongside Afghans threatened by the re-emergence of the hardline Islamist regime. Based on eyewitness accounts, this period has been captured in a new…

The Independent UK

A timeline of events in Afghanistan in the four years since the Taliban’s takeover

The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021 as U.S. and NATO forces withdrew after more than two decades of a costly war

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