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Afghans detained at Guantanamo for 14 years released, Taliban says

Barack Obama signed order to close down the US detainment camp in 2009, but it remains open with many long-term prisoners still in custody.

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Euroviews. Afghanistan’s art and artists are on the brink of obliteration

We urge both UNHCR and individual governments that have ratified the 1951 Refugee Convention to acknowledge the inherent vulnerability of Afghan artists and cultural workers at risk under Taliban rule, and as such, accord them prima facie refugee recognition, Sanjay Sethi and Johanna Bankston write.

Afghanistan

Pakistan expels 165,000 Afghan migrants back to Afghanistan

Aid agencies have warned that Afghans forcibly deported from Pakistan to Afghanistan are in dire need of assisance.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan after the earthquake: Mounds of rubble and a future of grief in store for citizens

As people in the country’s Herat province continue to dig through damaged buildings for their few possessions following Saturday’s earthquake, material losses seem ever less important.

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Afghanistan

Race to find survivors after deadly quakes strike Afghanistan

Aid agencies and NGOs have appealed to the international community for help but only a handful of countries have publicly offered support, neighboring China and Pakistan are among them.

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Hundreds feared dead after quakes hit western Afghanistan

Local Taliban officials said 100 had died in the 6.3 magnitude quakes, however the UN gave a preliminary figure of 320 deaths.

Russia

Russia is in talks with the Taliban: Should the West be watching?

Russia is hosting a Taliban delegation for talks on issues of ‘counter-terrorism’ and ‘narcotics’ on Friday, 29 September. China, Pakistan and Uzbekistan are among the powers heading to meet representatives in Kazan, south west Russia.

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Taliban send all-male team to Asian Games - but Afghan women set to compete too

The sporting event is the first since the militant group took power again in Afghanistan in 2021, lessening the rights of women under their rule.

USA

A look inside the UN's most mysterious body

The United Nations Credentials Committee is a solidly closed doors group - but their work is among some of the most important in the entire organisation.

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Aid workers warn of deepening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

Non-governmental humanitarian organisations say that Afghanistan is facing the world's largest humanitarian crisis and call on the international community not to forget the people on the ground.

Afghanistan

Women in Afghanistan say they face increasing restrictions

Two years after the Taliban came to power, Afghan women say they face an uncertain future as the restrictions they are subject to grow daily.

Afghanistan

Taliban bans beauty salons in Afghanistan despite rare public protest

Despite initial promises of a more moderate rule than during their previous time in power in the 1990s, the Taliban have imposed harsh measures since seizing control of Afghanistan in August 2021

Afghanistan

Afghan women hit out at Taliban's new hair salon ban

'All my dreams have been destroyed by the order of the Taliban,' said one hairdresser.

Afghanistan

Twitter's free speech approach backed by Taliban

The comments came days after Meta launched a rival platform, Threads.

Afghanistan

Taliban to ban women's beauty salons in Afghanistan

Since taking over in 2021, the group have already barred women from public spaces, education, and most forms of employment.

Culture news

Watch: From rural Afghanistan to high fashion

Traditional Afghan clothes and jewellery are making their way into high fashion with the help of a young designer who wants to help Afghan women.

Afghanistan

Nearly 80 young primary school girls poisoned in Afghanistan

Taliban authorities are investigating the poisoning of almost 80 primary school girls in separate cases in northern Afghanistan.

Afghanistan

Afghan women protest in Kabul demanding the Taliban aren't recognised

“Recognition of Taliban — violation of women’s rights,” the women chanted during the march, which lasted no longer than 10 minutes in the capital.

World News

Evgeniy Maloletka wins World Press Photo of the Year award

The photographer won the prize for his image of emergency workers carrying a pregnant woman through a shattered maternity hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.

Culture news

Afghan women-run radio resumes broadcasts after shutdown by Taliban

A women-run radio station in northeastern Afghanistan has resumed its broadcasts, after officials shut it down for a week for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan