Tag: Afghan
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Special forces prevents elite Afghan troops’ bids for resettlement in UK
The UK's Special Forces stopped Afghan soldiers they had fought with from moving to the UK when the Taliban took over Afghanistan. This is...
World
UK to send its former Afghan special forces elsewhere
The government says it will look again at the cases of Afghan special forces who worked with the British but were not allowed to...
World
First Afghan flight from Pakistan lands in United Kingdom
The first plane carrying Afghan refugees from Pakistan has arrived in the UK. The airplane departed from Pakistan with 132 individuals onboard, according to...
World
2,400 Afghan asylum seekers arbitrarily detained in UAE – report
According to Human Rights Watch, the UAE arbitrarily detains at least 2,400 Afghan asylum seekers.The adults and children detained in Abu Dhabi were evacuated...
World
Kabul blast kills teenagers sitting practice exam
A suicide attack at a tuition centre in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least 19 people, most of them female students, police...
Features
Photos: Poverty pushes Afghan children to work at brick kilns
A recent Save the Children survey says half of Afghanistan’s families have put children to work to keep food on the table.Nabila works 10...
World
Freed Taliban prisoners eye return to the battlefield
Afghan authorities are opening prison doors for thousands of Taliban inmates in a high-risk gambit to ensure the insurgent group begin peace talks with...
World
Coronavirus: The porous borders where the virus cannot be controlled
As nations shut borders, a surge of people pouring unmonitored over international boundaries in a volatile and vulnerable part of the world has sparked...
World
Taliban protest as Kabul releases another 100 insurgents
The Afghan government said it would release another 100 Taliban inmates Thursday, even though the insurgents have walked out of talks over a comprehensive...