All news on the topic: Afghanistan

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Elderly couple held by Taliban “without knowing why,” warns fellow detainee
A woman who was arrested by the Taliban alongside an elderly British couple has warned that they are “literally dying” in prison.
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"Deportation for women too": Farage makes new statement on asylum seekers
Nigel Farage has confirmed he intends to deport women asylum seekers back to the Taliban in Afghanistan if he becomes prime minister.
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Afghanistan earthquake kills over 1,400 as Taliban plead for global aid
The Taliban have called for international aid as Afghanistan reels from an earthquake that killed more than 1,400 people and left thousands more injured.
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Eastern Afghanistan rocked by 6.0-magnitude quake: over 250 killed
At least 250 people have been killed and another 1,000 wounded after a magnitude 6 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border.
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Taliban crack down on underground beauty salons, threatening arrests within a month
The Taliban have issued an order targeting underground beauty salons operating in secret across Afghanistan, warning the women running them that they have one month to stop or face arrest.
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Taliban vow to take back all Afghan refugees under Farage’s radical deportation plan
The Taliban have stated that they are ’ready and willing’ to take back Afghan refugees ’illegal or legal’ under Nigel Farage’s plans for mass deportations.
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Thousands of Afghans who aided British forces caught in latest data leak scandal
Thousands of Afghans brought to safety in the UK have had their personal data exposed, after a Ministry of Defence (MoD) sub-contractor suffered a data breach.
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Taliban unleash reprisals against Afghan translators following data leak from the British government
Taliban warlords have embarked on a campaign of killings against Afghans after the British Government lost a top-secret database of those who helped the UK during the war in the Middle East.
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MoD faces £850m fallout as lawyers target huge compensation claims
Law firms have started enrolling claimants to capitalize on the Afghan data breach, with each one potentially receiving up to £250,000 in compensation.
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Taliban claims to possess leaked list of Afghans who worked for Britain — manhunt ongoing since 2022
The Taliban has asserted that it has possessed the leaked list of Afghans who assisted Britain for years and has been pursuing those identified.
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Data leak of 18,000 Afghans: How the government hid the disaster behind an unprecedented constitutional ban
The government spent nearly two years employing an unprecedented superinjunction to stop the public from learning about a catastrophic Ministry of Defence data breach that exposed the personal details of thousands of Afghans who had worked with UK forces.
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“This is betrayal and disgrace”: Afghan special forces who worked with SAS abandoned after visa refusals
A senior general who did not report evidence of supposed SAS war crimes in Afghanistan later presided over the dismissal of numerous UK resettlement applications from Afghan commandos who served with the elite regiment, as revealed by BBC Panorama.
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Pakistan launches missile strikes on Indian airbases in retaliation for attacks on its facilities
Pakistan has announced that it is taking retaliatory measures after accusing India of launching missiles at three of its airbases.
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Iran’s exiled ‘crown prince’ Reza Pahlavi calls for mass labor strikes to topple regime
Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last shah, tells that the West must establish a “strike fund” to support civil resistance and incapacitate the government.
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Former Beckham bodyguard dies: had PTSD, disappeared in Spain
Craig Ainsworth’s mother, Sally, disclosed in a weekend post that he had passed away and was found after a police missing persons operation in the Alicante and Barcelona areas.
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British couple detained by Taliban as family’s plea for urgent medical aid grows
A British man’s ‘life is in danger’ with his health deteriorating since he and his wife were detained in Afghanistan.
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Retired British couple who manage education programs for mothers arrested by Taliban in Afghanistan
Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, have been arrested by the Taliban after residing in Afghanistan for 18 years and operating educational programs attended by women.
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Ministry of Defense confirms that Special Forces obstructed 2,000 credible asylum claims from Afghan commandos
UK Special Forces command rejected resettlement applications from more than 2,000 Afghan commandos who had shown credible evidence of service in units that fought alongside the SAS and SBS, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed for the first time.
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Google complied with censorship requests from Russia and China
An investigation has revealed the tech firm’s collaboration with authoritarian regimes to eliminate unfavorable content.
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Afghan people smuggling gang that trafficked thousands of migrants to Britain and raped and blackmailed children faces extradition to Belgium
Two Afghan small boat people smugglers who raped and blackmailed their victims with the footage, are facing extradition to Belgium.
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Two powerful SAS rifles and 500 bullets have gone missing over the past year
Two Special Forces rifles, 500 bullets and hundreds of laptops, computers and USBs went missing from the Ministry of Defence last year, Metro can reveal.
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Betrayed allies: The Afghan Taliban’s defection against Pakistan and the rising threat of a new war
The Taliban has officially accused Pakistani authorities of supporting ISIS — this at a time when armed clashes along the Afghan-Pakistani border are escalating rapidly.
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Trump plans major foreign aid cuts to safeguard US interests in first executive order
Donald Trump will sign an executive order Monday halting all new foreign aid unless it fits with U.S. strategic goals, according to two incoming senior White House officials.
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The airlines banned from flying in the UK in 2025
In the 2025 aviation industry, safety and regulatory compliance are non-negotiable. Airlines must adhere to rigorous safety and protocols to ensure the well-being of passengers and crew.
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SAS troops who questioned shooting of unarmed Afghans were silenced by bosses, court papers reveal
SAS troops who queried the shooting of unarmed Afghans were scolded by bosses and told to ’shut up’, according to court papers.