Women with their children try to get inside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. Photo: Reuters

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Latest news and updates on Afghanistan, China relations and the Taliban's return to power after the 20-year war with the US and allies. 
 

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  • Judges in London delayed a decision on Assange’s last-ditch extradition appeal bid amid concerns he could face death penalty in the US
  • ‘The entire justice system of the [United] Kingdom has become a farce – a mockery in front of the world,’ said Russia’s foreign ministry

Moscow court lengthened Wall Street Journal reporter’s pre-trial detention to June 30. US ambassador said Kremlin was using him and other US citizens as pawns.

Putin said investigators have not determined who ordered attack but it was necessary to ‘find out why the terrorists, after committing their crime, tried to flee to Ukraine’.

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The top two US generals who oversaw the evacuation of Afghanistan as it fell in 2021 told lawmakers that the Biden administration inadequately planned for the evacuation and did not order it in time.

The two men had made preparations for an attack on police and other people near the parliament in the Swedish capital, ‘in close coordination’ with IS members.

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New Delhi announces the long delayed implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, which sparked violent protests in 2019 when it was unveiled.

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Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath of office to ministers at the presidential office in Islamabad. Sharif previously held the position of PM from April 2022 to August 2023.

Critics fear changes to the 2019 citizenship law, combined with a proposed national register of citizens, can discriminate against the nation’s 200 million Muslims.

Herbert Fritz travelled to Afghanistan last year and published an article titled ‘Vacations with the Taliban’. He was arrested shortly afterwards on suspicion of espionage.

A United Nations report says decrees barring women from most areas of public life are being enforced through arrest, harassment and intimidation.

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New UN report says the threat from al-Qaeda, Islamic State and their affiliates remains high in key conflict zones – and that threat levels have risen in some regions including Europe.

There are no official laws about male guardianship in Afghanistan, but the Taliban have said women cannot move around or travel a certain distance without a man who is related to her by blood or marriage.

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The refugees say it is hard for them to pursue education opportunities for their children in a foreign country, as they lack proper documents and money.

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