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Afghan journalists describe violent Taliban beatings when reporting on protests – video
Two reporters from Kabul have said they were beaten for about 10 minutes by at least six men then locked in a …
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UK scrambling to find way to send aid to Afghanistan without violating sanctions
• Taliban officials, many now in government, named in sanctions• Foreign Office meets banks, financial institu…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Poverty, South and Central Asia, Taliban, United Nations, World news
Afghans at risk of near-universal poverty, UN report warns
Study suggests a worst-case scenario where 97% of Afghans would sink below poverty line by 2022Afghanistan’s p…
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Violent attacks on Afghan journalists by Taliban prompt growing alarm
As images circulate of the brutal flogging of two reporters, a senior Afghan journalist declares ‘press freedo…
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Jonathan Mirsky obituary
Journalist and historian of China who went from admiring the regime to being one of its sternest criticsJonath…