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Afghanistan’s ‘one-kidney village’ where residents sold organs to survive

On the outskirts of Herat in western Afghanistan, one settlement drew international attention in 2022 after reports emerged that many residents had sold a kidney to survive deepening poverty and hunger. The area became widely known as the “one-kidney village,” a grim reflection of the humanitarian crisis that followed Afghanistan’s…

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Fifa recognition for Afghan women’s team is about ‘showing we exist’, says captain Fatima Haidari

INTERVIEW: Fifa has amended its rules so that a scattered team of exiled players can still compete internationally under the flag of the Afghan republic. But as they celebrate this moment, the home nation they represent remains out of reach. Namita Singh speaks to the captain of Afghan Women United

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Afghan girl issues emotional appeal to Melania Trump after more than year and a half in US camp

IN FOCUS: Zahra, the daughter of an Afghan army officer who served US officials before the government collapsed in August 2021, says she and other residents of Camp As Sayliyah (CAS) in Qatar only want a ‘a chance for a brighter future’. Arpan Rai reports

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They were hunted by the Taliban for helping the US. Now, Trump wants to send these families to the DRC

Thousands of Afghans who assisted US forces are stuck in limbo in Qatar. Instead of promised resettlement in America, they face an uncertain future in another war-torn country

The Guardian - UK

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt wants to retain controls at EU borders

Alexander Dobrindt continues to favour controls at the EU's internal borders, saying they should remain part of the current migration policy, despite courts and researchers opposing them.

Euronews

UK condemned for ‘abandoning’ 9,000 Afghan allies to Taliban

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The Independent UK

UK accused of leaving allies with ‘no safe route out’ of Afghanistan after ending evacuation support

Colonel Simon Diggins, who served as a defence attache in Afghanistan, said the UK has a ‘moral responsibility’ to help those it promised to evacuate because the Taliban ‘is still coming after them’

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Planned EU-Taliban talks on return of Afghan nationals spark backlash

Brussels is bracing for a political storm as European Union officials consider hosting Taliban representatives in the Belgian capital for talks on returning Afghan nationals living in Europe, a move that critics say risks legitimising Afghanistan's hardline regime.

Radio France Internationale

Millie Bright, serial silverware winner, signs off with a legacy few will match

A dominant defender who set the standard for club and country, the Chelsea stalwart has called it quits after a long battle with injury

The Guardian - UK

Malala seeks ‘support’ for Afghan women and girls after meeting Swinney

The leading human rights campaigner said countries have been ‘looking away’ from what is happening in Afghanistan in recent years.

Evening Standard

Afghan refugee women’s football team gets Fifa backing despite Taliban ban

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The Independent UK

Afghan refugee women to compete as official national team as Fifa bypasses Taliban

Fifa has passed a regulation change allowing the team of female Afghan refugees to represent the country officially

The Independent UK

Afghanistan women’s refugee players allowed to compete as official national team

Fifa will allow Afghan Women United, the team formed after the Taliban’s return to power, to play in official competitions without requiring government approval

The Guardian - US

US jury is deliberating in trial of alleged ISIS militant charged in deadly Kabul airport bombing

A jury in Virginia is deliberating in the trial of an alleged Islamic State militant accused of helping plan a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the U.S. military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021

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UK tells Afghans promised sanctuary in Britain they must make their own way to safety

Despite previous promises to honour debt to Afghans, Ministry of Defence halts evacuation help for families promised new lives in Britain

The Times of India

Six Pakistani soldiers killed, one captured amid fresh Taliban-Pakistan border clashes

Six Pakistani soldiers were killed, one was captured while the body of one soldier was recovered by the Taliban forces in a fight that broke out overnight on Monday along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border in southern Afghanistan.

The Independent UK

UK considers sending failed asylum seekers back to Afghanistan

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Afghanistan calls on Afghans who helped US in war and are now stuck in Qatar to return home

Afghanistan’s foreign ministry says Afghans who helped the U.S. war effort and are stuck in Qatar can safely return home

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The Independent UK

Mahmood considers talks with Taliban to deport failed Afghan asylum seekers

The home secretary said the UK was ’monitoring very closely’ what other countries were planning to do amid pressure on the government to bring down migration

The Guardian - UK

Shabana Mahmood does not rule out sending back refused Afghan asylum seekers

Home secretary indicates Whitehall talks about returns programme, a move that would shock humanitarian groups

Reason

The Trump Administration Might Send Afghan Refugees to Danger in Congo

About 1,100 Afghans currently stranded at a military base in Qatar could be relocated to the crisis-addled African country.

Reason

Fourth Circuit Upholds Injunction Against Disclosing Names of Perceived Afghan Collaborators

The order came in a peculiar context—a civil lawsuit over the custody of a child born in Afghanistan—but its logic extends further.

The Independent UK

US Marine’s family is stuck in Qatar’s Afghan camp. Trump could send them and hundreds other refugees to the Congo, advocates fear

More than 1,100 Afghans brace for impossible decision: ‘We have been in enough war. We cannot take our children into another one’

The Independent UK

US weighs plan to send Afghans who helped with war effort from Qatar to a third country

The Trump administration is in discussions to potentially send more than 1,000 Afghans who assisted America’s war effort and relatives of U.S. service members stuck in Qatar to a third country

The Independent UK

UK puts ‘freeze’ on bringing families from Afghanistan to Britain, court hears

Afghans found eligible for relocation to the UK as a result of their previous work alongside the British are no longer being helped to flee the Taliban-run country, lawyers say

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