#afghanistan

#afghanistan

India on Friday announced that it was reopening its embassy in Kabul, four years after it was shut following the 2021 return of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. The announcement was made by Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar during a bilateral meeting with his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi. "I am pleased to announce today the upgrading of India's Technical Mission in Kabul to the status of Embassy of India," Jaishankar said.

Internet watchdog NetBlocks has confirmed reports from inside Afghanistan that several major social media sites have been "intentionally restricted.""Metrics show social media platforms Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat are now restricted on multiple providers in Afghanistan; the incident follows last week's telecoms blackout and is the latest in a series of internet censorship measures imposed by the Taliban," NetBlocks, a watchdog organization that monitors cybersecurity and internet governance, said in a statement on October 8.

But in recordings aired this month by Afghanistan International TV which is based in London and has been banned by the Taliban Kargar is heard asking for the $10,000 payment to be transferred to the account of one of his close associates. Once it arrives on Saturday, I will inform the coach, and then he can proceed with the arrangements, he says in one recording made public. We will say that $10,000 was donated to the national team, he says in another.

Peter Reynolds, 80, and his wife Barbara, 76, were released from prison on Friday after a court hearing and handed over to the United Kingdoms special representative to the country, Richard Lindsay. The move followed negotiations led by Qatar. list of 4 itemsend of list Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi said on social media that the couple had been arrested in February for violating Afghan law, but did not say which legislation had been broken.

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On the afternoon of August 15, 2021, Fahr was arranging books on the shelves of her women's library in Kabul when the Taliban swept into the city. The day would mark the beginning of what the United Nations calls the most restrictive country in the world for women's rights. The 29-year-old law graduate, who uses the pseudonym Fahr Parsi for her safety, watched her dreams crumble within hours.

At least 71 people, including 17 children, have been killed in western Afghanistan after a passenger bus carrying refugees caught fire after colliding with a truck and motorcycle.

The breach affecting up to 3,700 people includes Afghans who were brought to the UK under the MoD's resettlement scheme for those who worked with British troops.

Pakistan's authorities detained several Afghan refugees in Islamabad, including individuals approved for relocation to Germany. The group includes former local staff and others at risk after the Taliban takeover.

In 2016, a meeting in Kabul revealed China's persistent concern regarding the presence of Uyghur militants associated with the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, reflecting strategic intelligence priorities.

The Trump administration is rolling back programs that were created to assist more than 250,000 Afghans with planned resettlement in the United States.