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'Cricket is the only source of happiness back home': Afghans celebrate big win
BBC via Yahoo Sports· 16 hours ago"Cricket is the only source of happiness back home, you all know that," he said. The first recorded...
UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with the Taliban in Qatar -...
ABC17 NEWS· 2 days agoThe United Nations’ top official in Afghanistan is defending the failure to include Afghan women in the upcoming first meeting between the Taliban and envoys from 22 countries ...
Minister: Special forces had veto on Afghan troops
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe veto was controversial because it gave UK Special Forces decision-making power at a time when the Afghan commandos were potential witnesses to a war...
UN-led Doha meeting with Taliban sparks outcry over women's rights
Reuters via AOL· 14 hours agoAfghanistan's Taliban government is due to send officials to Qatar next weekend to meet top U.N....
MoD accused of burying admission that UK special forces had power over Afghan sanctuary claims
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe Ministry of Defence has been accused of trying to bury an admission that the special forces had...
Readers sound off on Afghans under threat, starvation in Gaza and city retiree organizing
New York Daily News· 1 day agoKhost Province, Afghanistan: We are six sisters, three brothers and one mother. The Taliban do not...
UK Special Forces veto immigration applications for Afghan troops they fought with
Boing Boing· 2 days agoBack in February 2024, the BBC reported that the United Kingdom had rejected resettlement...
This creative capital city deserves a lot more attention
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoArts, culture and culinary creations are on display in dynamic neighborhoods across Richmond. And...
Battlefield Commander’s Case Goes to Guantánamo Jury
New York Times· 4 days agoThe panel is deciding a sentence for a prisoner who pleaded guilty to commanding Qaeda and Taliban forces in Afghanistan that carried out war crimes. A...
Joe Biden isn’t doing enough to empower women in world diplomacy
The Hill· 12 hours agoWomen are missing from the biggest high-level political negotiations happening right now to try to...