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Afghanistan

US federal court blocks Afghan deportation plan

Afghan returnees who were deported from Pakistan at the border crossing in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, on Dec 5, 2025.
Afghan returnees who were deported from Pakistan at the border crossing in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, on Dec 5, 2025.

Taliban government voices ‘serious concern’ over US’ Afghan deportation plans

Deported Afghan refugees wait beside halted passenger trucks near the Torkham border crossing in Pakistan on Nov 13, 2025.
Deported Afghan refugees wait beside halted passenger trucks near the Torkham border crossing in Pakistan on Nov 13, 2025.

Trump administration plans to deport some Afghan immigrants to Afghanistan

AfghanEvac founder and President Shawn VanDiver said many facing removal fled Afghanistan after the 2021 Taliban takeover and US withdrawal.
AfghanEvac founder and President Shawn VanDiver said many facing removal fled Afghanistan after the 2021 Taliban takeover and US withdrawal.

Afghanistan's Rashid becomes first men's player to claim 200 T20I wickets

Cricket - ICC Men's Champions Trophy - Group B - England v Afghanistan - Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan - February 26, 2025 Afghanistan's Rashid Khan reacts REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Cricket - ICC Men's Champions Trophy - Group B - England v Afghanistan - Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan - February 26, 2025 Afghanistan's Rashid Khan reacts REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Taliban’s poppy ban falters as Afghan farmers say they can't feed their children

Mohammad Dawood, a 28-year-old farmer who used to harvest poppy before the ban and says his children are malnourished, sits next to his children as Salima Mohammadi, a nutrition nurse at Alam Khil Health Center, checks the temperature of one of his sons in Balkh province, Afghanistan, October 27, 2026. REUTERS/Sayed Hassib
Mohammad Dawood, a 28-year-old farmer who used to harvest poppy before the ban and says his children are malnourished, sits next to his children as Salima Mohammadi, a nutrition nurse at Alam Khil Health Center, checks the temperature of one of his sons in Balkh province, Afghanistan, October 27, 2026. REUTERS/Sayed Hassib

Pakistan says Afghan firing kills one in border district

UN says 19.2 million Afghans facing acute food insecurity by April 2027

The food crisis in Afghanistan is projected to affect millions of children in 2027, the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said.
The food crisis in Afghanistan is projected to affect millions of children in 2027, the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said.

The Taliban are using Europe’s fear of migrants to their advantage

Taliban security personnel watch CCTV surveillance feeds of the city from the control room at the police headquarters in Herat on Oct 7.
Taliban security personnel watch CCTV surveillance feeds of the city from the control room at the police headquarters in Herat on Oct 7.

Afghan Taliban says problems with Pakistan can be resolved through diplomacy

Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi addresses the media following a meeting of the Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan in Moscow, Russia, October 5, 2026. REUTERS/Anastasia Barashkova
Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi addresses the media following a meeting of the Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan in Moscow, Russia, October 5, 2026. REUTERS/Anastasia Barashkova

Pakistani airstrikes kill nine in Afghanistan, Taliban say

Men salvage their belongings from the debris of a house that was damaged in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani airstrike in Shultan district in Kunar province, Afghanistan, October 1, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer
Men salvage their belongings from the debris of a house that was damaged in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani airstrike in Shultan district in Kunar province, Afghanistan, October 1, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

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