Taliban

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Delays by Home Office risk return of vulnerable Afghan families to Taliban
Families of those who helped British forces could be deported from Pakistan despite promise to resettle them in UK

Diane Taylor

14, Apr, 2024 @12:36 PM

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Trump selling Bibles may be desperation – but that shouldn’t cheer anyone up | Arwa Mahdawi
Despite mockery, Trump has sold trading cards, sneakers, cologne and perfume – and manages to get the last laugh

Arwa Mahdawi

30, Mar, 2024 @1:46 PM

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The Guardian view on global women’s rights: Saudi Arabia isn’t the only problem | Editorial
Editorial: The Gulf state is the new chair of a UN women’s commission. That reflects a bigger issue as governments attack or fail to prioritise gender equality

Editorial

29, Mar, 2024 @6:30 PM

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Taliban edict to resume stoning women to death met with horror
Afghan regime’s return to public stoning and flogging is because there is ‘no one to hold them accountable’ for abuses, say activists

Ruchi Kumar and Rukhshana reporters

28, Mar, 2024 @6:02 PM

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They fled Afghanistan after Biden’s withdrawal. Now in the US, they hope Trump wins
Recent immigrants reflect on the upheaval in their lives since the US pulled out in 2021: ‘They left us and our lives in danger’

Paulina Velasco in Orange county

23, Mar, 2024 @11:00 AM

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‘They can’t grieve’: families in limbo as Channel boat victims left unidentified
French authorities accused of failing to investigate the fates of refugees who have gone missing at sea while trying to cross by boat to the UK, with families still waiting for news of loved ones

Maïa Courtois, Simon Mauvieux, Maël Galisson and Tom Levitt

01, Mar, 2024 @10:00 AM

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UK special forces blocked resettlement applications from elite Afghan troops
MoD conducts review but stands accused of conflict of interest while public inquiry investigates conduct of SAS in Afghanistan

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

19, Feb, 2024 @3:41 PM

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Human rights in decline globally as leaders fail to uphold laws, report warns
Human Rights Watch’s annual report highlights politicians’ double standards and ‘transactional diplomacy’ amid escalating crises

Annie Kelly

11, Jan, 2024 @3:30 PM

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Afghan girls detained and lashed by Taliban for violating hijab rules
Girls as young as 16 arrested in shops, classes and markets in Kabul by the Taliban, who labelled them ‘infidels’ for wearing ‘bad hijab’

Zuhal Ahad

10, Jan, 2024 @6:30 AM

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‘I need mum and dad here’: the charity helping young Afghan footballers reunite with relatives
The Refugee Council is welcoming those who fled the Taliban and providing legal advice on resettlement in the UK• Donate to our charity appeal here

Robyn Vinter

09, Dec, 2023 @3:00 PM

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Taliban causing ‘irreversible damage’ to whole education system in Afghanistan
Human Rights Watch warns bar on women means unqualified men now teach boys, fewer subjects are taught and beatings are routine

Kaamil Ahmed

06, Dec, 2023 @5:00 AM

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Taliban could be convinced to open girls’ schools, says Afghanistan ex-education minister
Global governments should engage with the Taliban because some in the regime support reversing the ban, says Rangina Hamidi

Ruchi Kumar

29, Nov, 2023 @6:00 AM

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