Afghanistan
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WHO warns of health crisis ‘unfolding in real time’ across Middle East
Hostilities should halt and healthcare facilities must be treated as ‘safe havens’, WHO’s regional chief has s…
- Afghanistan, Gaza, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Sudan, US-Israel war on Iran, World Health Organization, World news
WHO warns of health crisis ‘unfolding in real time’ across Middle East
Hostilities should halt and healthcare facilities must be treated as ‘safe havens’, WHO’s regional chief has s…
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Taliban release US academic held in detention for more than a year
Marco Rubio welcomes release of Dennis Coyle, who was detained in January last year for violating unspecified …
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‘This is the saddest moment’: families search for loved ones on Eid after Kabul hospital strike
At least 400 killed in Pakistan’s strike on drug rehab centre, Taliban say, with families searching unmarked m…
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Pakistan to pause Afghan strikes for Eid, two days after deadly Kabul attack
Five-day cessation announced as mass funeral held for some of hundreds of victims of airstrike on rehab centre…
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Pakistan hopes steep cost of airstrikes on Taliban targets will protect against terror attacks
Experts say attacks on Afghanistan are ‘defensive, not offensive’ but carry a risk of spiralling cycle of viol…
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‘Everything was burning, people were burning’: witnesses describe strike on Kabul drug rehab centre
Pakistani strike on Afghan capital kills 400 people, who burned in their beds or were crushed by collapsing wa…
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Aftermath of airstrike on drug treatment facility in Afghanistan – video
An airstrike hit a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul on Tuesday, killing hundreds. Afghan officials blamed…
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Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of deadly strike on Kabul hospital
Afghanistan’s deputy government spokesman says death toll has reached 400 people ‘so far’ as Islamabad denies …
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Pakistan targets militant hideouts in Afghanistan as conflict continues
Afghan government reports zero casualties and accuses neighbouring country of wanting to ‘fuel the fire of war…
- Afghanistan, Domestic violence, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Violence against women and girls, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘A few beatings won’t kill you’: judge rejects divorce request of woman abused by husband in Afghanistan
Under new Taliban laws, a husband is allowed to beat his wife as long as it is not done with ‘obscene force’, …
- Afghanistan, Conflict and arms, Migration and development, Pakistan, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Taliban, World news
‘Now they only deport’: Afghans trapped in Pakistan arrested and sent back after ‘open war’ breaks out
Journalists and activists who fled Taliban rule are living in fear as Pakistani police hunt and deport refugee…
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Afghanistan says it thwarted Pakistan airstrikes on Bagram airbase
Sporadic clashes reported in several provinces in Afghanistan as both sides give conflicting death tollsAfghan…
- Afghanistan, European commission, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Trump administration, US news, World news
US backs Pakistan’s ‘right to defend itself’ against Taliban after strikes on Afghanistan
Taliban offer to resolve dispute via dialogue after Pakistan bombed cities in Afghanistan in latest escalation…
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Pakistan bombs Kabul in latest escalation with Afghanistan – video
Pakistani security sources released a video showing what they say are airstrikes on Afghanistan’s capital of K…