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Taliban’s new diktat: No smartphones for Afghan government employees

Government employees across Afghanistan began powering down their smartphones on Wednesday following an order attributed to Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada.

The Times of India

Afghan government staff told to abandon smartphones or face prison sentence

How widely the rule is being implemented across Afghanistan and the scale of its impact were not entirely clear.

Euronews

Russian teenager fined £100 for social media post insulting Taliban, report says

Court rules comment amounts to incitement of ethnic hatred

The Independent UK

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UN calls on Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to reverse crackdown on women

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their crackdown on women

The Independent UK

Kidnapped US journalist faces Taliban captor in court as 42-year sentence caps long saga

Haji Najibullah imprisoned for role in capture of David Rohde, New York Times journalist held for months in 2008

The Guardian - US

‘We can’t give up on Afghans’: Lyse Doucet on the remarkable ‘people’s history’ that won her the Women’s prize

The BBC’s chief international correspondent was awarded the prestigious nonfiction prize for The Finest Hotel in Kabul – which she hopes will bring more attention to the Taliban’s draconian treatment of women

The Guardian - UK

MSF says one of its staff was among women detained in Afghanistan for violating dress code rules

Doctors Without Borders has said that one of its paramedic was among women arrested in Afghanistan for alleged dress code violations

The Independent UK

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UN Confirms Child Killed After Taliban Open Fire on Rare Women's Rights Rally

A child was killed in Herat, Afghanistan, as Taliban forces fired on protesters demanding the release of women arrested for hijab violations. The crackdown highlights ongoing repression under Taliban rule.

International Business Times UK

Women’s prize for non-fiction winner, The Finest Hotel in Kabul, gives voice to the people of Afghanistan

The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan is about an institution tasked with the job of housing strangers – Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel. Through this hotel, which sits high on a hill, and the people within it, seasoned BBC journalist and current foreign affairs editor, Lyse Doucet, attempts…

The Conversation

Escaping Kabul: The secret operation to exfiltrate the Afghan women's cycling team

Nearly five years ago, the Taliban seized control of Kabul and imposed Sharia law in Afghanistan. The women's cycling team, which was due to take part in international competitions, found itself more threatened than ever before. An unprecedented plan was put in place to smuggle the professional cyclists out of…

France 24

Taliban arrest 30 women for violating hijab rules in Afghanistan

KABUL — Authorities ⁠in Afghanistan's western city of Herat arrested at least 30 women, accusing them of ‌violating dress rules imposed by the Taliban government, the United Nations (UN) agency for women's rights said, but added that some were later released.

Bangkok Post

UN experts, MSF condemn crackdown on women by Afghan morality police

KABUL - A group of UN experts on Thursday denounced a crackdown on women by the Taliban morality police in the western Afghan city of Herat, saying at least two people had been killed and more than 20 injured during recent protests against the restrictions.

Bangkok Post

No option but to talk to Taliban about migrant returns, EU's migration commissoner says

EU countries received about a million asylum applications filed by Afghans between 2013-2024, according to the bloc's data agency.

Euronews

Sold for Survival: Afghans Are Selling Their Child Daughters for $3,200 as Famine Hits Majority of Population

In Afghanistan, families are selling young daughters for survival as famine and economic collapse worsen. Aid cuts and unemployment worsen the crisis, affecting millions under Taliban rule.

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The Independent UK

Afghan women describe ‘straight hell’ of new Taliban crackdown on what they can wear

IN FOCUS: Taliban officials are stopping Afghan women in markets and on the streets for not wearing gloves, socks and veils to fully cover up their bodies – and shooting protesters who object. Arpan Rai reports

The Independent UK

UN mission in Afghanistan confirms death toll of 13 civilians in Pakistani airstrikes

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan says it has documented the deaths of 13 civilians, mainly children and women, from Pakistani airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

The EU is inviting the Taliban to Brussels. Europe’s credibility lies in tatters

As ICE-style deportation rules come into force, the unsavoury circle the EU wants migrant deals with includes the Afghan regime. This is a nadir, says Shada Islam, a Brussels-based commentator on EU affairs

The Independent UK

U.N. says at least 1 killed in crackdown on protests against the arrest of women in Afghanistan

The United Nations say that a violent crackdown on a protest in western Afghanistan has left at least one person dead

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The Independent UK

Deadly Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan end a month of calm

Pakistan has launched new airstrikes on Afghanistan, ending a month of calm and escalating what Islamabad previously called “open war” between the neighbors

The Times of India

Who is Haji Najibullah? Ex-Taliban commander sentenced to 42 years for killings of US soldiers, kidnapping of journalists

A former Taliban commander has been sentenced to 42 years in prison for supporting attacks that killed three US soldiers and for his role in the kidnapping of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Rohde and two others in Afghanistan.

Bangkok Post

Pakistan launches deadly strikes on Afghanistan

KHOST (AFGHANISTAN) - Pakistan has renewed deadly airstrikes on neighbouring Afghanistan, officials in both countries said Wednesday, in the worst violence in weeks following a period of relative calm.

The Economic Times

Pakistan says carried out air strikes at terror hideouts in Afghanistan, 26 killed

Pakistan conducted "precise and calibrated" overnight air strikes targeting alleged terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan, claiming to have killed 26 individuals. This action follows recent terror incidents in Pakistan and comes amid ongoing tensions and diplomatic efforts between the two nations. The Afghan government reported casualties from the strikes, accusing Pakistan…

France 24

Pakistan renews air strikes on Afghanistan, killing dozens

Pakistan on Wednesday launched deadly air strikes on Afghanistan after a period of relative calm following months of fighting at the beginning of the year. Pakistan's government said 26 "militants" were killed while Afghan authorities said at least 12 people, including children, died in provinces near the border.

The Guardian - UK

Two killed in rare street demonstration over women’s rights in Afghanistan

A child reported among those killed when Taliban forces fired on crowds in Herat, who were protesting over arrests of women accused of violating hijab dress code

The Times of India

Pakistan strikes Afghanistan again: At least 26 killed in fresh escalation

Pakistan on Wednesday carried out fresh airstrikes inside Afghanistan, claiming to have killed at least 26 "khawarijs" (militants).

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