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fromemptywheel
14 hours ago

The Other Hostage Crisis - emptywheel

The DOD successfully rescued a downed Weapons Systems Officer using extensive military resources and strategies, despite challenges from Iranian forces.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 day ago

Afghanistan earthquake kills eight members of same family

The earthquake in Afghanistan has killed eight members of the same family when their home collapsed in the Gosfand Dara area of Kabul province. A child aged around two years old was the only survivor.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 days ago

Pakistan, Afghanistan hold talks in China to end months of conflict

China is mediating talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan to resolve ongoing conflict and secure a ceasefire.
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fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Pakistan says militant hideouts struck along Afghan border

Pakistan carried out intelligence-based strikes on seven TTP terrorist camps and hideouts along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in response to recent suicide bombings.
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fromwww.dw.com
4 days ago

Is Pakistan setting up a buffer zone in Afghanistan?

Pakistan is engaged in military operations against the Afghan Taliban while attempting to mediate in the US-Israel-Iran conflict.
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fromwww.npr.org
2 days ago

Pakistan says a new round of peace talks with Afghanistan is underway in China

Pakistan and Afghanistan are engaged in peace talks in China to broker a ceasefire amid ongoing violence and terrorism concerns.
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fromThe New Yorker
6 days ago

How Pakistan Became a Major Player in Peace Negotiations Between the U.S. and Iran

Pakistan's military seeks to enhance regional influence by engaging with Trump and mediating Iran negotiations, despite tensions with the Taliban.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 days ago

Pakistan, Afghanistan hold talks in China to end months of conflict

China is mediating talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan to resolve ongoing conflict and secure a ceasefire.
#afghanistan
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Thousands of Afghans put at risk by MoD data breach still stranded months on

The Independent emphasizes the urgency of evacuating Afghans at risk due to a data leak, highlighting the slow response of the UK government.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week ago
Women in technology

Forced to give birth at a hospital door for not having a male companion: Taliban edicts endanger the lives of Afghan women

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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Thousands of Afghans put at risk by MoD data breach still stranded months on

The Independent emphasizes the urgency of evacuating Afghans at risk due to a data leak, highlighting the slow response of the UK government.
Women in technology
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week ago

Forced to give birth at a hospital door for not having a male companion: Taliban edicts endanger the lives of Afghan women

Taliban restrictions in Afghanistan severely limit women's access to healthcare, resulting in high maternal and neonatal mortality rates.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
11 hours ago

Nepal announces two-day weekends as fuel crisis caused by Iran war deepens

Nepal has reduced the workweek to five days due to an energy crisis, closing government offices and schools on Saturdays and Sundays.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

US Citizen Released by Taliban After More Than a Year in Near-Solitary Confinement'

Dennis Coyle, detained by the Taliban for over a year, has been released and is returning home to the U.S.
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fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

Abandoned by America

An Afghan family in Pakistan faces deportation and danger due to their association with the U.S. military and the current refugee policies.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Taliban release US academic held in detention for more than a year

Dennis Coyle, an American academic, was released by Taliban authorities after over a year of detention, coinciding with Eid al-Fitr celebrations.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Taliban release US academic held in detention for more than a year

Dennis Coyle, an American academic, was released by Taliban authorities after over a year of detention, coinciding with Eid al-Fitr celebrations.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

This is the saddest moment': families search for loved ones on Eid after Kabul hospital strike

Faqiri rushed to the rehabilitation center after the airstrike, but could not find his brother among the survivors. He spent the next two days visiting hospitals in Kabul, but there was no sign of Qais.
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fromThe Washington Post
2 weeks ago

Pakistani strike killed hundreds, Afghanistan says, as regional conflicts boil

A Pakistani airstrike on a Kabul drug rehabilitation center killed over 400 people, escalating conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan amid regional tensions involving Iran.
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fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Pakistan, Taliban agree on strike pause for end of Ramadan

Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban government announced a temporary military ceasefire from Wednesday midnight to Monday midnight, framed as an Eid al-Fitr gesture requested by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey, with both sides warning of immediate resumption if attacked.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Afghans search for loved ones at Kabul rehab centre hit by Pakistani airstrike

Pakistan conducted an airstrike on a Kabul drug rehabilitation center, killing over 400 people according to Afghan Taliban claims, marking the deadliest attack in the ongoing conflict between the two countries.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to temporary Eid al-Fitr pause' in conflict

Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to a five-day ceasefire during Eid al-Fitr, requested by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkiye, with immediate resumption if cross-border attacks occur.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago
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Blasts heard in Kabul as Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict continues

Taliban forces claim to have thwarted a Pakistani strike on Bagram air base as conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan escalates into its fourth day, with Pakistan declaring open war and rejecting ceasefire negotiations.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago
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Afghanistan says it thwarted Pakistan airstrikes on Bagram airbase

Afghanistan and Pakistan engaged in cross-border military conflict for four days, with Afghanistan claiming to have thwarted Pakistani airstrikes on Bagram airbase while Pakistan declared open war and bombed Afghan cities.
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fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Iran war overlaps with Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict

Escalating cross-border conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan threatens regional stability, with Pakistan conducting airstrikes on Afghan targets including a hospital and military installations.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Blasts heard in Kabul as Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict continues

Taliban forces claim to have thwarted a Pakistani strike on Bagram air base as conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan escalates into its fourth day, with Pakistan declaring open war and rejecting ceasefire negotiations.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Afghanistan says it thwarted Pakistan airstrikes on Bagram airbase

Afghanistan and Pakistan engaged in cross-border military conflict for four days, with Afghanistan claiming to have thwarted Pakistani airstrikes on Bagram airbase while Pakistan declared open war and bombed Afghan cities.
US politics
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

Afghanistan: US accuses Taliban of 'hostage diplomacy'

The US designated Afghanistan a 'State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention,' accusing the Taliban of holding Americans as leverage through hostage diplomacy tactics.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 days ago

Heavy rain, floods kill at least 45 people in Afghanistan, Pakistan

Afghanistan's National Disaster Management Authority reported that 28 people have been killed in the floods and 49 injured, with more than 100 homes destroyed. Most of the deaths were reported in central and eastern provinces, including Parwan, Maidan Wardak, Daikundi, and Logar.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
4 weeks ago

1. Afghanistan: Forbidden women

Afghan women face severe restrictions on work, education, and public participation, with limited employment opportunities further diminished by NGO funding cuts.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

Trump Can't Stop Riffing Glibly About Little Excursion' That Killed 7 Americans and 160 Schoolgirls So Far

Trump makes unsubstantiated claims about a military strike killing 160 schoolchildren, contradicting his own Defense Secretary, then admits insufficient knowledge while refusing accountability.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Afghanistan says children among four killed in latest attacks by Pakistan

Pakistani shelling in eastern Afghanistan killed four civilians including three children, with cross-border fighting causing at least 18 civilian deaths in one week and displacing over 20,000 families.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Do Taliban's drone attacks expose a chink in Pakistan's armour?

On the evening of March 13, drones struck three locations across Pakistan. Two children were wounded in Quetta. Civilians were also injured in Kohat and in Rawalpindi, the garrison city that houses the headquarters of Pakistan's armed forces and neighbours the capital, Islamabad. Pakistan's military said the drones were intercepted before reaching their targets.
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fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

Pakistan shoots down Taliban drones after strikes on Kabul

Afghan Taliban launched few rudimentary drones to harass the brave people of Pakistan. The drones... did not reach their intended targets. These attacks were aimed at inducing fear in the public and remind us of the terrorist mindset which drives the Afghan Taliban.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

Children among victims in Pakistan's shelling in Afghanistan: Taliban

Cross-border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan intensified in late February, resulting in civilian deaths, with each country accusing the other of targeting non-combatants.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

Children among victims in Pakistan's shelling in Afghanistan: Taliban

Cross-border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan intensified in late February, resulting in civilian deaths, with each country accusing the other of targeting non-combatants.
US politics
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Outrage as Trump undermines NATO role in Afghanistan war

Donald Trump questioned whether NATO allies would honor Article 5 and suggested they might not come to the United States' defense if asked.
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fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
3 weeks ago

US Adds Afghanistan To New Blacklist Over Taliban's 'Wrongful Detention' Of Americans

The United States designated Afghanistan a state sponsor of wrongful detention, accusing the Taliban of holding American citizens as bargaining chips and imposing sanctions and travel restrictions.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Pakistan's patience runs out after badly miscalculating over Taliban

Pakistan's support for the Taliban backfired as Afghan militants now use Taliban territory to attack Pakistan, reversing the pre-2021 dynamic of Pakistan harboring Taliban fighters.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Now they only deport': Afghans trapped in Pakistan arrested and sent back after open war' breaks out

Pakistan is blocking Afghan refugees from leaving the country via air travel and deporting them, citing military tensions with Afghanistan over cross-border strikes against Taliban militants.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Pakistan claims at least 70 fighters killed in strikes along Afghan border

Pakistan's military carried out the air raids early on Sunday, targeting what it called camps and hideouts belonging to armed groups behind a spate of recent attacks, including a deadly suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in the capital, Islamabad. The country's Information Minister Attaullah Tarar wrote on X that the military conducted intelligence-based, selective operations against seven camps belonging to the Pakistan Taliban group, known by the acronym TTP, and its affiliates.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

The Taliban's new penal code: Two weeks days in jail for breaking a woman's arm and five months for mistreating a camel

Afghanistan's new penal code legalizes violence against women while imposing harsher penalties for animal mistreatment, codifying systematic gender-based oppression under Taliban rule.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The Taliban are burning musical instruments in the name of morality. It is an assault on all culture

The Taliban systematically destroys Afghanistan's musical culture through instrument burning, music bans, and persecution of musicians as part of their fundamentalist enforcement of sharia law.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Pakistan carries out strikes in Afghanistan after spate of suicide attacks

Pakistan's military has carried out air strikes in Afghanistan, targeting what it called camps and hideouts belonging to armed groups behind a spate of recent attacks, including a suicide bombing that killed dozens of worshippers at a Shia mosque in Islamabad. There was no immediate comment from Afghanistan's Taliban government, but Afghan sources told Al Jazeera the strikes on Sunday hit two border provinces.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

The aftermath of Pakistan's air strikes in Afghanistan

Pakistan says it has launched strikes on armed groups in Afghanistan after blaming recent suicide bombings, including attacks during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, on fighters it says are operating from its neighbour's territory. Kabul has repeatedly denied allowing armed groups to use Afghan territory to stage attacks in Pakistan. Afghanistan's Ministry of Defence on Sunday said dozens of innocent civilians, including women and children, were martyred and wounded when strikes hit a school and homes in the eastern provinces of Nangarhar and Paktika.
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fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
1 month ago

Pakistan Launches Fresh Attacks Inside Afghanistan Amid Rising Tensions

Pakistan said it carried out cross-border strikes on seven militant sites inside Afghanistan in a "retributive response" to recent suicide attacks claimed by Afghan-backed extremists, as tensions escalated between the two South Asian neighbors. Pakistan "has carried out intelligence-based selective targeting of seven terrorist camps and hideouts," the Information Ministry said early on February 22. Islamabad said it had "conclusive evidence" that recent attacks inside Pakistan were carried out by Afghan-based Pakistani Taliban extremists who were allegedly acting on instructions from "their Afghanistan-based leadership and handlers."
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Pakistan strikes militant hideouts on Afghan border after surge in attacks

Pakistan carried out strikes along the border with Afghanistan on Saturday night, stating it was targeting hideouts of Pakistani militants it blames for recent attacks inside the country. Islamabad did not say in precisely which areas the strikes were carried out or provide other details. There was no immediate comment from Kabul, and reports on social media suggested the strikes were carried out inside Afghanistan.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

For years the Taliban told women to cover up in public. Now they're cracking down

Taliban authorities in Herat enforce strict face-covering rules, barring women from hospitals and transport and compelling burkas or conservative alternatives like the chaddar.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Several killed in Kabul blast, Afghan Interior Ministry says

A blast in Kabul's Shahr-e-Naw killed and injured multiple people; ISIL affiliates remain active despite rarer attacks since 2021.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

One in three soldiers who died in the Afghanistan war were non-US military

3,609 military personnel died in combat in Afghanistan (2001–2021); 1,144 were non‑U.S., with the United Kingdom suffering 457 deaths.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Tens of thousands flee northwest Pakistan's Tirah over fears

More than 70,000 people, mostly women and children, have fled from Tirah, a remote region in northwestern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, as fears grow of an imminent military offensive against the Pakistan Taliban, according to local residents and officials. Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has contradicted claims made by locals and provincial authorities, insisting no military operation is occurring or planned in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province town.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The death of medical care for Afghan women | Letter

Taliban bans on contraception, female education and work, plus rising child marriage for dowries, create a catastrophic healthcare and human-rights crisis for Afghan women.
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Pakistan mosque attack highlights worsening militant threat

People started running and screaming, scattered in all directions. There was smoke and blood all over the floor and on the prayer mats. I lost my brother Abbas in the incident,
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