All news on the topic: Taliban Afghanistan

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Armoured Toyotas worth over £4.1 million abandoned by the UK in Afghanistan
More than £4 million worth of armoured civilian cars were left behind by the UK as the Western allies withdrew from Afghanistan.
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Starmer says he "won’t tell people how to live" as he attends COP29 climate summit with Taliban representatives
Keir Starmer has said he "will not be telling people how to live their lives" as he takes part in a climate conference snubbed my most world leaders - but attended by the Taliban.
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Taliban enforces ban on women’s public gatherings
The Taliban have banned women’s voices from being heard amongst other women.
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Afghan women arrive in Edinburgh to complete medical degrees after Taliban restrictions cut their studies short
Three-year campaign by parents of aid worker killed in Afghanistan brings 19 trainee doctors to Scotland
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Exploring the finances of the ISIS, Hamas, and Hezbollah terrorist empires
In May, a Russian programmer was sentenced to more than 5 years in prison in the Netherlands for creating the crypto mixer Tornado Cash.
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Brit danger tourist feared murdered by Taliban is 'alive and living in luxury'
Miles Routledge, 23, who goes by Lord Miles on YouTube, was arrested for withdrawing $1000 from a Western Union back in March and had not been heard from until this week
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Hero Brit ex-CIA agent tortured by Taliban handed prestigious veteran's award
Anthony Malone was tortured by the Taliban and suffered six broken ribs, kidney disease, nerve damage and serious concussion.He has now been named the English Veterans Awards' ‘Inspiration of the Year’
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'I fled the Taliban with my siblings - now my parents are trapped in Kabul'
Afghan women who fled the Taliban before being brought to the UK tell of being separated from their families two years on with refugees given no answers over whether they can see their parents or children again
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'Afghanistan shows why UK foreign policy must prioritise women and girls'
On the second anniversary of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy writes for the Mirror about the plight of women and girls in the war-torn country
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Gordon Brown says Taliban treatment of women and girls is crime against humanity
The former Prime Minister wants the International Criminal Court to investigate and prosecute the matter as the two-year anniversary approaches of the fall of Kabul
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Afghan heroes in UK face 'disastrous rise in homelessness' amid hotel evictions
Shadow Immigration Minister Stephen Kinnock warned that thousands of Afghans face being booted out of their "temporary" accommodation two years after fleeing the Taliban
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Afghans who fled to Britain risk homelessness due to UK housing crisis
The warning comes from the Local Government Association as it prepares for its annual conference in Bournemouth, and as the UK is gripped by an 'acute' housing shortage
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Taliban prisoners in contact with families back in UK, says spokesman
Controversial 'danger tourist Miles Routledge is among three Brits currently held by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Mr Routledge is being held along with charity medic Kevin Cornwell and another unnamed man
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Three Brits held by Taliban in Afghanistan including notorious 'danger tourist'
Controversial 'danger tourist Miles Routledge is among three Brits currently held by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Mr Routledge is being held along with charity medic Kevin Cornwell and another unnamed man
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Senior Taliban governor killed after suicide bomber forces way into his office
Mohammad Dawood Muzammil, who was killed in his office by a bomb, is one of the highest-ranking figures to be killed since the Taliban swept back to power in 2021