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Residents clear debris from houses destroyed in air strikes in Khost, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. Photo: EPA
Pakistan

Can mediators prevent war between Afghanistan, Pakistan as tensions spike?

Prolonged proxy warfare could create space for terrorist groups such as Isis-K to regenerate and plot overseas attacks, analysts warn.

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My Life

Can a psychic reading change your life? He thinks so

Central Asia

Digital blackout in Afghanistan as Taliban cuts internet access to stop ‘vice’

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Taliban

US citizen released by Afghanistan’s Taliban after visit by envoy

The foreign ministry identified the prisoner as Amir Amiri and said he had been handed over to Adam Boehler, US special envoy on hostages.

US citizen Amir Amiri, second from left, poses before boarding a plane in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday after being released from an Afghan prison. With him, from right, is Deputy Assistant to the US President Sebastian Gorka, an unidentified Qatari diplomat, Charge d’Affaires of the Qatari embassy in Afghanistan Dr Mirdef al-Qashouti, centre, and, US Special Envoy for Hostage Response Adam Boehler. Photo: Qatar Foreign Ministry via AP
Central Asia

Trump demands Bagram airbase, ‘not possible’ Taliban says

Trump threatened punishment against Afghanistan if the base was not returned, four years after it was abandoned by US troops in a deal he brokered.

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Earthquakes

Afghan earthquake deaths top 2,200, survivors face aid crunch

The first earthquake of magnitude 6 struck on Sunday and a second quake of magnitude 5.5 occurred on Tuesday.

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International Criminal Court

US sanctions ICC judges for probes into alleged American, Israeli war crimes

The sanctions, announced by Secretary of State Rubio, are the latest steps the US has taken against the international war crimes tribunal.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Photo: AFP
War and conflict

Opinion | For war-ravaged youth, education is an anchor in the chaos, not a luxury

Education systems adapted to local conditions are strategic, long-term investments in community resilience. It must be treated as a frontline intervention in a crisis.

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Taliban

Taliban urged to release elderly UK couple before they ‘die in custody’

Barbie Reynolds, 76, and husband Peter, 80, have been held for over five months without charge.

Britain

UK reveals secret US$1.1 billion resettlement of thousands of Afghans

The programme, protected by a superinjunction, resettled at-risk Afghans, including those who helped UK forces, due to fears of Taliban retaliation after a data breach.

Afghan refugees, fleeing the capital of Kabul, arrive at Pristina International airport in Kosovo in August 2021. Photo: AFP
Russia

Russia becomes first country to recognise Taliban government of Afghanistan

The Taliban government had seized power in August 2021 as US-led forces staged a chaotic withdrawal from the country after 20 years of war.

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Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in August 2023. Photo: Reuters
United States

US hits ICC judges with sanctions over Israel, Afghanistan cases

Washington targets four judges with travel bans and asset freezes; ICC condemns move.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet Carey Mulligan’s military brother, Owain Mulligan – who just wrote a memoir

The Oscar-nominated actress’ older brother has just released a darkly funny memoir about his time in the British Army, which already has ringing endorsements from John Oliver and Richard E. Grant.

Afghanistan

UK woman fears for elderly father detained by Taliban in Afghanistan

A British couple in their 70s were arrested by the Taliban last month.

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Taliban security personnel in Kabul, Afghanistan. File photo: EPA-EFE
Ukraine war

Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, insiders say

Such a move could put some 240,000 Ukrainians who escaped the war with Russia on a fast track to deportation.

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Liana Avetisian, her daughter Karine and her husband Serhii visit Chicago in December. The Trump administration has paused processing certain immigration-related applications, leaving their family in Limbo. Photo: Liana Avetisian via Reuters
International Criminal Court

Trump to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court

The move, with sanctions on people who help in ICC investigations of US citizens or allies, has been condemned by the court and many nations.

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Donald Trump

Rubio warns of ‘very big’ bounties from US for Taliban leaders

The threat comes as the US secretary of state says more Americans may be detained in Afghanistan than previously thought.

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Afghanistan

Biden spoke to families of Americans detained in Afghanistan

The US has been negotiating with the Taliban to exchange three Americans for a high-profile prisoner held in Guantanamo Bay.

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Taliban security personnel in Kabul. File photo: AFP
The Philippines

Manila hosts US immigrant visa centre for Afghans to resettle after Taliban rule

The Afghans, who worked for the US in Afghanistan qualified for special immigrant visas but were left behind after the US withdrawal.

Israel-Gaza war

Opinion | The West and the rest: how genocide in Gaza will usher in the end of ‘his-story’

The breach of international laws by the West has led non-Western countries to seek new global historical narratives and tell ‘our-stories’.

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Terrorism

FBI says New Orleans truck attacker acted alone, was ‘100% inspired’ by Isis

Investigators seek clues to Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s path to radicalisation following deadly New Orleans rampage.

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A surveillance image shows Shamsud-Din Jabbar an hour before he drove a truck down Bourbon Street, New Orleans. Photo: FBI via AP
Taliban

Taliban seeks international aid for Afghanistan’s reconstruction

Emphasising destruction caused by decades of conflict, Taliban called for technical help and economic development initiatives.

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A Taliban security guard stands guard with with a whip in front of Afghan men waiting outside a bank to withdraw money. Photo: dpa
US presidential election 2024

Opinion | How a Trump victory could benefit the world

Trump’s protectionism and isolationist leanings could allow others to fill the void left by the US to promote greater stability.

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US presidential election 2024

Harris says Trump ‘disrespected sacred ground’ at US military cemetery

The US Army says a cemetery employee was pushed after asking Trump’s team to stop filming in a burial section where photography is banned.

Fame and celebrity

Who is Bristol Palin’s ex-husband and baby daddy Dakota Meyer?

Bristol Palin, who previously starred in Teen Mom OG, shares son Tripp with ex-fiancé Levi Johnston, and two daughters with her ex-husband Dakota Meyer – here’s what we know about Meyer

Ex Marine Dakota Meyer says he and Bristol Palin divorced because “she wasn’t happy with me”. Photos: Instagram; @dakotameyer0317/Instagram
Donald Trump

Trump entourage accused of shoving staff at hallowed US military cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery confirmed there had been an ‘incident’ at the location, after the presidential candidate’s visit on Monday.

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Former US president Donald Trump at a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday. Photo: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images via AFP
Afghanistan

Taliban reject UN concerns over laws banning women’s voices and faces in public

The Taliban urge ‘thorough understanding’ of Islamic sharia law after UN criticism about the rights of women and girls.

Afghanistan

Former Afghan president Karzai calls for girls and women to be educated

Karzai emphasised importance of women’s education. Since returning to power in 2021, the Taliban has banned girls from studying beyond primary school.

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