カテゴリー: Conflict and arms
About 250,000 Afghan asylum seekers have arrived in Pakistan since August 2021, but a migrant crackdown has left many of them in fear of being jailed or deportedMore than 600 Afghans have been deported from Pakistan in the past three days, and hundreds…
Myanmar’s crackdown in 2017 forced a vast wave of refugees across the border into already crowded and unsafe camps – the result of decades of international political paralysis In the 31 years since Anuara Begum’s family moved into their bamboo shelter …
As a journalist in a conflict zone I was used to covering deaths. But then a young insurgent who had laid down his weapons and become a friend was killedI first met Korsa Joga in March 2013 – a chance encounter in the intelligence department of the Chh…
Escalating tensions erupt into regime-backed violence against the minority group in the autonomous region of Gorno-Badakhshan At least 25 people were killed on Wednesday by security forces in Tajikistan during a protest in the autonomous region of Gorn…
Spurred on by military atrocities, young people are turning to armed struggle against the regime – leaving supportive but fearful families behindRead more in our Reporting Myanmar seriesWhen Peh Reh’s* mother, Mi Nya*, lost contact with him in Septembe…
Advisory group say military has destroyed supplies, killed livestock and cut off roads used to transport food since February coupMyanmar’s military junta has been accused of forcing people to the brink of starvation with repeated offensives since it se…
Tributes paid to doctor whose NGO set up world-class hospitals in war zones such as Iraq, Yemen and SudanTributes have been paid to Gino Strada, the Italian surgeon and “maestro of humanity” known for setting up world-class hospitals for the victims of…
The number of civilians reported killed in explosions nearly halved in 2020 to the lowest level in a decadeThe number of civilian casualties in conflicts around the world plummeted during the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report shows.Last year, an average …
Villages in southern Afghanistan have become frontline of conflict as peace talks stall and uncertainty surrounds US withdrawalThe people who lived in Spairwan village spent two days huddled in their homes, besieged by fighting, before the Taliban came…
Saba Sahar, who returned fire while protecting her daughter, survived one of a wave of recent assassination attempts that have killed six policewomenIt was just after 7am when the car carrying Colonel Saba Sahar, one of Afghanistan’s most senior female…
Message from the US embassy comes during long-postponed direct talks between the government and the TalibanThe United States has warned women in Afghanistan that they are at increased risk of attack by extremist groups.The US embassy in Kabul warned on…
The Afghan government is facing hard decisions over the futures of hundreds of detained radicalised women and their childrenThe “Daesh wives” from the Afghan branch of Islamic State look very young. Most are already mothers.Hundreds of them have fled c…
Residents of Afghanistan’s capital face stark choice between providing food for their families and limiting risk of coronavirusAfghanistan braces for coronavirus surge as migrants pour back from IranSee all our coronavirus coverageThe streets of Afghan…
Lone Kabul laboratory preparing to treat patients in the midst of political turmoil and tentative peace talks, as border with Iran closedCoronavirus – latest updatesPreparations for an outbreak of coronavirus were underway in Afghanistan as the country…
Humanitarian agencies say Rohingya people displaced by violence in Rakhine state are forced to live in squalid conditionsThe UK has broken ranks with the UN and will keep funding “closed” Rohingya camps inside Myanmar despite fears that doing so may en…