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Around 30 ex- officials granted safety cards in Kabul
Pajhwok Afghan News
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July 8, 2025
KABUL (Pajhwok): Approximately 30 former government officials, who recently returned to the country, were granted safety cards during a gathering in Kabul on Tuesday. Officials at the event called on other Afghans living abroad to return home with...
ICC seeks arrest of 2 top Taliban leaders over crimes against Afghani women
United Press International (UPI)
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On Tuesday, the International Criminal Court (pictured in the Hague, Netherlands, in March) issued its arrest warrants for the Taliban's supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and chief justice, Abdul Hakim Haqqani, over crimes against humanity on...
Afghanistan must not become a breeding ground for terrorism, warns Pakistan at UN
Dunya News
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Pakistan Pakistan Afghanistan must not become a breeding ground for terrorism, warns Pakistan at UN Close 'Terrorism emanating from Afghanistan is a serious threat to its neighbors, particularly Pakistan' Updated On: Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:13:52 PKT...
Pakistan warns UN of growing terror threat from Afghan soil, cites TTP as global risk
Pakistan Today
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July 8, 2025
ISLAMABAD: In a firm stance against the growing threat of terrorism emanating from Afghanistan, Pakistan’s Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, urged the international community to take action to prevent Afghanistan...
Trump Ups Ante on Putin, Increases Military Aid to Ukraine
Hot Air
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July 8, 2025
Recently, Vladimir Putin attempted to intervene in the Iran crisis by offering to help Donald Trump negotiate with Tehran. Trump abruptly rebuked the Russian strongman, he claimed, by telling him, "Do me a favor,mediate your own. Let's mediate...
Hibatullah Akhundzada: Afghanistan's reclusive Taliban leader
Barron News Shield - Wisconsin
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Secluded in his stronghold in southern Afghanistan, reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is the cornerstone of the movement that has ruled unchallenged since reclaiming power in 2021, strictly enforcing Islamic law. While he has...
Doha meetings focus on Afghan private sector support
Pajhwok Afghan News
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July 8, 2025
KABUL (Pajhwok): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says recent Doha working group meetings have focused on supporting the private sector, counter-narcotics efforts, role of women in society and Afghanistan’s...
'Afghanistan must not become breeding ground for terrorists', Pakistan tells UN
The News International
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Reiterating Pakistan's principled stance against the proliferation of terrorism from Afghanistan-based groups, Pakistan has once again urged the United Nations to prevent the war-torn country from becoming a hub for terror, while terming the...
IEA reacts to UNGA resolution on Afghanistan
Pajhwok Afghan News
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July 8, 2025
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has welcomed parts of a recently adopted United Nations General Assembly’s resolution concerning the country. However, the caretaker government expressed concern over the lack of...
Afghan Repatriations from Iran Increase
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN) In just over a month, close to half a million Afghans have made their way back from Iran, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which relayed this information to a news agency on Monday. This wave of returns...
Pakistan: Afghan refugees urge for resumption of US Refugees Admission Programme
Tuscaloosa Times - Alabama
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Islamabad [Pakistan], July 8 (ANI): Afghan refugees in Pakistan have urged the US to resume the USRAP resettlement programme, noting that the delays have left them stranded and increasingly vulnerable, as reported by Khaama Press. Khaama Press...
Hundreds of Afghan special forces wrongly rejected for sanctuary due to poor MoD decisions, High Court judge finds
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 8, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
ICC chairman, Afghan cricketers mourn Shinwari’s death
Pajhwok Afghan News
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July 8, 2025
KABUL (Pajhwok): The International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and several senior national team players have expressed deep sorrow over the passing of Afghan international umpire Bismillah Jan Shinwari,...
Sikhs, British and Afghans: The 19th century struggle for India's north-west
India Today
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July 8, 2025
Sher-e-Punjab, as he is famously known in history, Maharaja Ranjit Singh ruled a territory that stretched from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in present-day Pakistan to Tibet in the east. The influence of the Sikh ruler and founder of the Sikh Empire was so...
How a Shadowy Online Blacklist Became a Legal Threat to Pro-Palestinian Activists
Mother Jones
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July 8, 2025
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On March 25, six people in masks approached Rümeysa Öztürk on a Somerville, Massachusetts street. The group surrounded the Tufts PhD...
UNGA condemns ‘systematic oppression’ of women in Afghanistan
Bangladesh Post
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The United Nations General Assembly on Monday denounced the "systematic oppression" of women and girls in Afghanistan by the country's Taliban authorities. The resolution was adopted by 116 votes in favor versus the United States and Israel...
Pakistan urges UN action over Afghan-based terror threats to key infrastructure
Tuscaloosa Times - Alabama
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New York [US], July 8 (ANI): Pakistan has informed the United Nations that it possesses credible evidence of growing collaboration between banned terrorist outfits including Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA),...
ICC seeks arrest of Taliban supremo, Afghan chief justice over persecution of women
Dawn
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July 8, 2025
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan over the persecution of women, a crime against humanity. ICC judges said in a statement there were “reasonable grounds” to suspect...
Germany Must Honor Visa Obligations to Afghan Refugees, Rules Court
Asharq Al-Awsat
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July 8, 2025
A German court ruled on Tuesday that the government is obliged to issue visas to Afghan nationals and their family members who were accepted into a humanitarian admissions program that the new center-right coalition intends to shut down. A foreign...
German court rules at-risk Afghan family must be given visas
The Standard
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July 8, 2025
08 July 2025, Berlin: Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) follows the speech by Lars Klingbeil (SPD), Federal Minister of Finance, in the Bundestag during the budget consultations on the introduction of the draft federal budget for 2025....