Quakers call for Afghan resettlement scheme to be overhauled
One year after Kabul fell to the Taliban, Quakers in Britain have joined calls on the UK Government to fix the broken Afghan resettlement scheme. Despite promising “one of the […]
Muslim World Asked to Voice for Afghan Women’s Rights
Saturday 27 Aug 2022 05:00 WIB Rep: Umar Mukhtar/ Red: Agung Sasongko X Afghan women wait to receive food rations distributed by a Saudi humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, […]
‘The Taliban don’t know how to govern’: the Afghan women shaping global policy from exile
Despite the upheaval of the Taliban takeover, the ‘group of six’ are finding ways to tackle the political and humanitarian crisis Supported by About this content Rosie Swash and Ruchi KumarThu 25 Aug 2022 06.30 BST It has been described as Afghanistan’s brain drain, after the Taliban’s return to power last year precipitated an […]
Return to the dark ages
Return to the dark ages Zahid Hussain Published August 11, 2022 dawn.com 1×1.2×1.5x IT is a year since the Taliban stormed Kabul to retake control of Afghanistan some two decades after the conservative Islamic […]
Daughter of War: My escape from Kabul to Islamabad
Daughter of War: My escape from Kabul to Islamabad “Never come back here to Afghanistan,” my mother keeps telling me. Anonymous Published August 15, 20221×1.2×1.5x The story below is a true account […]
Female Afghan judge launches appeal against UK Home Office
The judge’s appeal is the first of potentially dozens of cases brought by Afghans denied entry to the UK by the Home Office. (File/Shutterstock) Short Url Updated 20 August 2022 […]
From Kabul and beyond, a year of Taliban rule in Afghanistan
By Lyse DoucetChief international correspondent, Kabul bbc.com When you arrive at Kabul International Airport, the first thing you notice is the women, clothed in brown scarves and black cloaks, stamping […]
Kabul mosque attack: ‘Many casualties feared’
View of Kabul, 2019 A huge explosion has ripped through a mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul, police say. The blast is thought to have occurred during evening prayers, killing […]
Afghan contractors: ‘I wish I’d never worked for the UK government’
By Yogita LimayeBBC News, Kabul Published 22 minutes ago In a nondescript white plastic bag, Ammar carried a clutch of papers that are among his most precious belongings right now. […]
‘Trump approved Israel’s annexation of Palestine in secret letter’
BY ANADOLU AGENCY JERUSALEM AUG 15, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Then-U.S. President Donald Trump and former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after Trump’s address at the Israel Museum in […]
The Taliban a year on: imposing misery, exporting instability
BARIA ALAMUDDIN August 15, 2022 Short Url During their first year in power the Taliban have presided over one of the fastest declines of any nation in history. Not only […]
What went wrong in Afghanistan
August 13, 2022 Short Url A decade before the fall of Kabul, I was deployed as a governance adviser to Brig. Gen. Scott Miller, who would soon become Gen. Miller, […]
The librarian who defied the Taliban
Published1 day ago bbc.com Wahida Amiri worked as an ordinary librarian before the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan last August. But when the militants started to strip women of their rights, […]
Suspect Charged In Deaths Of 2 Of 4 Muslim Men Slain In Albuquerque
All four victims were South Asian immigrants who attended the same mosque and were shot in ambush-style attacks, according to police. By Rowaida Abdelaziz Aug 9, 2022, 06:12 PM EDT| […]
A year after US exit from Afghanistan, Biden strives to find footing
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON AUG 09, 2022 – DAILY SABAH U.S. President Joe Biden looks down after speaking, during a briefing about a counterterrorism operation that killed al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, […]
The killing of Zawahiri: A desperate need for a foreign policy success
Aug 08,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Amer Al Sabaileh The killing of the leader of Al Qaeda, Ayman Al Zawahiri this week is not a surprise. His health has been […]
The Courageous Women of Kabul Standing Up to the Taliban’s Burqa Decree
The Courageous Women of Kabul Standing Up to the Taliban’s Burqa Decree Despite the Taliban’s grip on power and recently introduced requirement that women cover themselves, some refuse to be […]
No Man’s Land A Journey To an Afghan Region Where the Taliban’s Grip Hasn’t Taken Hold
For a decade and a half, the forested and rugged region of Nuristan was Afghanistan’s most inaccessible province, a bastion of al-Qaida and the Islamic State. A team of DER […]
Al-Qaeda leader Al-Zawahiri killed in US drone strike in Kabul, Biden says
Previous 1 / 3 In this 1998 file photo made available on March 19, 2004, Ayman al-Zawahri poses for a photograph in Khost, Afghanistan. (AP) 2 / 3 As seen on a […]