Exceptions to Trump's travel bans and restrictions | AP News
The new travel ban on citizens of 12 countries that restricted access to people from seven others includes some exceptions.| AP News
The new travel ban on citizens of 12 countries that restricted access to people from seven others includes some exceptions.| AP News
President Donald Trump is again banning people from countries his administration deems dangerous from coming to America.| AP News
The Taliban have seized power in Afghanistan two weeks before the U.S. is set to complete its troop withdrawal after a costly two-decade war.| AP News
Pakistan wants to expel more than 3 million Afghans this year as part of a crackdown on foreigners it says are in the country illegally.| AP News
Australia’s highest court has removed the last chance for highly decorated veteran Ben Roberts-Smith to clear his name.| AP News
The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021 as U.S and NATO forces withdrew from the country after more than two decades of war.| AP News
The Taliban swept into Afghanistan’s capital after the embattled president joined the exodus of his fellow citizens and foreigners.| AP News
The Taliban say the U.S. has lifted bounties on three senior Taliban figures, including the interior minister who also heads a powerful network blamed for bloody attacks against Afghanistan’s former Western-backed government.| AP News
When President Donald Trump returned to the White House, among the numerous immigration-related executive orders he signed was one suspending the country’s refugee program.| AP News
Aid agencies say the international community must increase funding to Afghanistan. That's after a deadly earthquake killed at least 1,400 and injured thousands more.| AP News
A Taliban government spokesman says the death toll from a major earthquake in Afghanistan has risen to 2,205.| AP News
Islam is dying on its own. The West needs to get out of the way and let it happen. No modern day crusade is needed. The post No Crusade Needed: Time to Help Islam Die Already appeared first on Orthodox Reflections.| Orthodox Reflections
Thousands of Afghans are returning home from Pakistan after Islamabad imposed an August 31 deadline for them to return or face forcible repatriation. The exodus comes despite a 6.0-magnitude earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that killed more than 1,400 people and left many more homeless.| Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Sola lost eight members of her family, including all her male relatives, in Afghanistan’s worst earthquake in years.| Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
The death toll in a massive earthquake in Afghanistan last week has been nearly doubled to 2,205 as rescue workers continue to trickle into the remote mountainous area flattened by the disaster.| Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
The Afghan Taliban’s demolition of a memorial of Alisher Navoi in Mazar-e Sharif sparked outrage among Uzbeks. The move was reversed after backlash, with promises to rebuild. The incident reveals how Taliban's rigid ideology can yield to diplomacy and economic ties, especially with Uzbekistan.| Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Wazir Khan lost 10 members of his family in the deadly earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan on August 31.| Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Families in eastern Afghanistan continue to recover their dead after an earthquake struck on August 31, killing more than 1,400 people. RFE/RL's Radio Azadi spoke to a man in Kunar Province who lost 10 family members. He and fellow survivors are sheltering under tents near their destroyed homes.| Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Dozens of Afghan commandos are being airdropped into a remote mountainous region along the eastern border with Pakistan to help in the race to rescue victims of an earthquake late last week that has claimed the lives of more than 1,400 people, according to Taliban authorities.| Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
For September, in which the Republic of Korea is president of the UN Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on the situations in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Haiti. The post Monthly Action Points (MAP) for the Security Council: September 2025 appeared first on NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security.| NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
केंद्रीय गृह मंत्रालय द्वारा जारी आदेश में कहा गया है कि अफ़ग़ानिस्तान, बांग्लादेश और पाकिस्तान से आए हिंदू, सिख, बौद्ध, जैन, पारसी और ईसाई समुदाय के लोग- जो धार्मिक उत्पीड़न से बचने के लिए 31 दिस...| The Wire – Hindi
100,000 euros from an emergency aid fund will be made available for this purpose| Welthungerhilfe.de - Für eine Welt ohne Hunger und Armut
Impakter Drug Developers to Reduce Animal Testing With AI Today’s ESG Updates AI to Replace Animal Testing in Drug Production: The U.S. FDA plans to phase out animal testing, with biotech firms adopting AI to cut drug development time in half European Socialists Reject Trump-EU Trade Deal: The European Parliament’s S&D group denounces the July agreement, warning it could enable Trump to escalate trade […] The post Drug Developers to Reduce Animal Testing With AI appeared first on Impakt...| Impakter
Increasingly desperate attempts are still underway to pull out those trapped beneath their collapsed homes after the earthquake struck in eastern Afghanistan late last night.| Channel 4 News
Bamyan Travel Guide – Lakes, Mountains & Ancient Sites Updated August 2025, The Bamyan Travel Guide – Lakes, Mountains & Ancient Sites was originally written in February 2019 We weren’t supposed to get here (safely, anyway) according to my research prior to our arrival in Kabul. Thanks to a terroristic act on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul carried […]| The Adventures of Nicole
Lunar Landscapes & Lapis Lakes of Band-e Amir, Afghanistan Updated August 2025, The Lunar Landscapes & Lapis Lazuli Lakes of Band e Amir, Afghanistan was originally written in January 2019 The brakes screeched as the Sakhi shifted to a halt. Suddenly, the glimmers of blue began popping through the settling dust around us. We’d made it– […]| The Adventures of Nicole
This was first published as a Radio War Nerd subscriber newsletter on May 21, 2021. But with the total collapse of the US-backed Kabul regime, it’s even more relevant now to ask: What was the strategy? Was there ever a plan there?...| THE EXILED – MANKIND'S ONLY ALTERNATIVE
Airlines are running out of viable routes between Europe and Asia. But one safehaven has emerged: Afghanistan. Their skies were once avoided during decades of war but are now relatively low risk (!) with the Taliban offering stability. Continue reading Airlines Now Pay The Taliban $700 A Flight—Their New Cash Cow For ‘Safe Passage’ Over Afghanistan...| View from the Wing
I LOVE the Frankie Elkin series. Lisa Gardner has long been an author I have enjoyed and I am thrilled with this newer series. Here’s what I had to say in earlier reviews which gives you a foundation about Frankie: … Frankie is a recovering alcoholic with no special skills beyond tenacity and the fortitude to […]| Books of My Heart
Dive into these first-hand accounts of smuggling hash across Europe and Asia, a nod to an era long since passed.| High Times
August 15 marks four years since the world watched as the Taliban swept back into Kabul and reclaimed power in Afghanistan. The U.S. withdrawal marked the end of a twenty-year chapter, but for Afghan women and girls, it began an era of relentless rollbacks that has touched every part of their lives. What began as […]| Feminist Majority Foundation
This resource provides a comparison of the experience of judicial independence across three nations - Australia, Poland and Afghanistan, examining the role of the constitution and the associated the impacts of constitutional changes on judicial discretion and power, and therefore the achievement of the Rule of Law.| Rule of Law Education Centre
Der CSD in Bremen: Tausende Teilnehmer, Verkehrsbehinderungen und eine wieder grundsätzlichere politische Botschaft für die Rechte von queeren Menschen.| weser-kurier-de
They banned "The Kite Runner," "Sapiens," and "Brave, Not Perfect." One young couple sells them anyway| Ideas Beyond Borders
Stay informed with the latest breaking news from Afghanistan. Politics, business, sports, and culture updates in English – all in one place.| Ariana News
Like any totalitarian regime, the Taliban aims to moralize its ideology to such an extent that domestic opposition becomes highly improbable--but not impossible. The post Taliban Rule is Not Authoritarian but Despotic Totalitarianism appeared first on Foreign Policy In Focus.| Foreign Policy In Focus
When the Taliban swept back into power in August 2021, they did more than reclaim Kabul—they began a radical experiment in governance. At its helm sits an elusive figure, Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, whose influence is felt more through edicts than appearances. From the corridors of power to the dusty streets of provincial towns, a […] The post Afghanistan’s Experiment: Progress and Peril Under Taliban Rule appeared first on MuslimMatters.org.| MuslimMatters.org
Tre persone su cinque in Afghanistan non possono pagare le cure e per ottenerle spesso si indebitano, chiedendo denaro in prestito o vendendo i propri beni. Una su quattro invece deve posticipare o annullare un intervento chirurgico perché non può permettersi di pagarlo. Per le donne la situazione continua a essere molto critica, soprattutto per quanto riguarda la sfera della maternità. Sono i principali risultati che emergono dal report"Accesso alle cure d’urgenza, critiche e chirurgich...| Altreconomia
Today in Afghanistan, public squares and sports stadiums have become sites of fear, humiliation, and state-enforced cruelty. Since returning to power in 2021, the Taliban have revived one of their most archaic and oppressive tools of control– public flogging. Men and women alike are whipped in front of crowds, often accused of “moral crimes” or […] The post Flogged into Silence: Taliban’s Public Brutality Targets Afghan Women and Society appeared first on Feminist Majority Foundatio...| Feminist Majority Foundation
Het zijn verschillende tweelingbroers. Ze verschillen en staan tegenover elkaar in ideologie, cultuur en politieke tradities, verdeeld door verschillende historische achtergronden die tot verschillende sociale kenmerken hebben geleid. Maar wanneer ze antwoord moeten geven op bepaalde kritieke situaties, vertonen de politieke leiders van de Verenigde Staten en Iran een opmerkelijke gelijkenis, die voortkomt uit hun […]| arbeidersstemmen
From Syria’s warlords scrambling for power to Afghan entrepreneurs defying the Taliban, July was a month where real stories broke through the noise.| Ideas Beyond Borders
With a simple glass device, the London-based Pakistani-Bengali artist turns archival photo books into sinister revelations on British colonial histories The post Mohammad Tariq intervenes in found imagery to reveal colonial complicity appeared first on 1854 Photography.| 1854 Photography
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Annual Report for 2024/25 released last week sadly provides evidence of a severe […]| UK Constitutional Law Association
Stay informed with the latest breaking news from Afghanistan. Politics, business, sports, and culture updates in English – all in one place.| Ariana News
Afghanistan’s Taliban recently suspended chess over concerns that it encourages gambling, which is banned in Islam, a move that takes away yet another activity from the country's population.| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Since returning to power in 2021, the Taliban have sought to completely eradicate the opium market by banning poppy cultivation in Afghanistan. The ban, enacted in April 2022, has successfully decreased opium production by an estimated 95% by 2023. While there were roughly 233,000 hectares of planted poppies to produce opium in 2022, cultivation dropped... The post The Opium Balloon: Taliban Crackdown Moves Opium Market to Pakistan appeared first on TalkingDrugs.| TalkingDrugs
In the latest crackdown on Afghan women’s basic freedoms, the Taliban have launched a sweeping campaign of arrests, abductions, and abuse across Kabul—targeting women and girls for their clothing, visibility, and defiance. Human rights defenders are calling the campaign a calculated assault on dignity and a defining feature of Afghanistan’s entrenched system of gender apartheid. […]| Feminist Majority Foundation
In a deeply troubling move, the U.S. Department of State has notified Congress that it will eliminate the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts (CARE), which is the only dedicated office tasked with supporting Afghans left behind following the Afghan evacuation in 2021. This change is set to take effect July 1, 2025, unless Congress intervenes. […]| Feminist Majority Foundation
The Summer 2025 issue of Index on Censorship looks at how's Trump's second administration is eroding free speech at home and overseas| Index on Censorship
Amid the wave of expulsions from Iran, Afghans have mobilized mutual aid to support deportees. These networks fill a crucial need and highlight the foundational role that grassroots solidarity plays in Afghanistan’s society. View Post The post Solidarity at the Border: Afghan Mutual Aid Networks Mobilize Amid Mass Deportation appeared first on Ajam Media Collective.| Ajam Media Collective
From Palestine to Iraq, from Lebanon to Syria and Afghanistan, seven women recount how foreign powers promised liberation—only to deliver devastation, blood, and betrayal.| Untold Mag
Data leaks and deportations show that more protection is needed| Index on Censorship
While conflict and political dysfunction dominate most headlines about the Middle East, another story is unfolding—one shaped by educators, translators, entrepreneurs, and everyday citizens working to rebuild in overlooked corners of the region. Here’s what that looked like in the second quarter of 2025.| Ideas Beyond Borders
In a country where the state has failed, entrepreneurs are stepping in to create order, value, and opportunity| Ideas Beyond Borders
In a region where censorship, conflict, and authoritarianism often dominate the headlines, everyday people are quietly rewriting the narrative. From Kabul to Beirut, the first quarter of 2025 saw i…| Ideas Beyond Borders
Stay informed with the latest breaking news from Afghanistan. Politics, business, sports, and culture updates in English – all in one place.| Ariana News
Stay informed with the latest breaking news from Afghanistan. Politics, business, sports, and culture updates in English – all in one place.| Ariana News
Stay informed with the latest breaking news from Afghanistan. Politics, business, sports, and culture updates in English – all in one place.| Ariana News
Stay informed with the latest breaking news from Afghanistan. Politics, business, sports, and culture updates in English – all in one place.| Ariana News
PRO ASYL und die Flüchtlingsräte der Länder fordern die Bundesregierung auf, jegliche weitere direkte oder indirekte Gespräche mit der afghanischen Regierung sofort einzustellen und einen förmlichen Abschiebungsstopp für das Land Afghanistan zu verhängen. Obwohl in Afghanistan die Taliban seit fast vier Jahren mit eiserner Hand ihre eigene Bevölkerung unterdrücken, will die deutsche Bundesregierung den Kontakt ... Weiterlesen| Flüchtlingsrat Niedersachsen
The third commentary in this week’s symposium on Katharine Millar’s Support the Troops: Military Obligation, Gender, and the Making of Political Community, from Cian O’Driscoll. Cian is…| The Disorder Of Things
Online courses could offer a lifeline for Afghan women and girls seeking to continue their education after the Taliban's return to power, but internet access remains low in Afghanistan, particularly for women.| Gallup.com
The renowned journalist Peter Scholl-Latour, who died in 2014, was listed as a source by the German foreign secret service for decades and received commissions. The German Federal Secret Service (BND) used journalists as sources for decades – sometimes even paid them – and thereby violated its own regulations. The extent of this co-operation became […] Der Beitrag Journalist Peter Scholl-Latour worked for German foreign secret service, archive files prove erschien zuerst auf Matthias Mo...| Matthias Monroy
The Afghanistan Wakhan Corridor and Pamir Mountains are the ultimate off the beaten path adventure. This will show you how to do it.| Backpackingman
The Trump administration has been clear that its America First foreign policy prioritizes making America safer, stronger, and more prosperous. However, it has not articulated how those objectives apply to Afghanistan policy beyond expressing priority interests in countering terrorism and securing the release of American detainees. But is there a viable way for Afghanistan to| Center for the National Interest
Russia on Thursday became the first country to formally recognise the Taliban's government in Afghanistan since it seized power in 2021, after Moscow removed the group from its list of outlawed organisations.| Kashmir Observer
India has abstained in the UN General Assembly on a draft resolution on Afghanistan, noting that a “business as usual” approach is unlikely to deliver outcomes that the global community envisions for the Afghan people.| Kashmir Observer
Door F.A. (Internationalist Voice), met een commentaar van Aníbal en F.C. Spanish Een nieuwe golf van xenofobie en racisme verspreidt zich over de hele wereld – van Iran tot Duitsland, van Groot-Brittannië tot de Verenigde Staten, van Japan tot andere delen van de wereld. In twee landen in het bijzonder – Iran en de Verenigde […]| arbeidersstemmen
Afghanistan's women are in the grip of a mental health crisis.| The Persistent
Israel's war on Iran, another step by the USA & Global West, Russia, the silence of China and the Global South to establish 'Greater Israel'.| Syria News
The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons| Inter Press Service
On 3 February 2025, the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC) hosted the former commander of U.S. Central Command, General Frank McKenzie, USMC, Retired, to discuss his book "The Melting Point: High Command and War in the 21st Century." Joined by Tom Spahr on stage they discussed his experience as a combatant commander and the challenges of leadership in wartime. Their conversation emphasized the importance of history and its influence on senior leader decision-making. The presenta...| A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast
The first episode of our three-part series on Afghanistan lessons discussed building armies. This episode focuses exclusively on assessing them. In the studio for this second episode are LTG (R) Eric Wesley, who brings experience from both the National Security Council Staff and the International Security Assistance Force, and Dr. Ben Connable, author of a RAND monograph entitled, Embracing the Fog of War: Assessment and Metrics in Counterinsurgency, They join guest host and U.S. Army War Col...| A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast
Twelve years ago last week, on May 2, 2011, the U.S. military conducted a raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan that killed Usama bin Laden. Once the mission was accomplished, the SEAL team conducted sensitive site exploitation and gathered up and returned with all of the materials and equipment they discovered in the compound. Nelly Lahoud and her team sorted through some 97,000 files and 6,000 pages of declassified documents, all in Arabic, to discover the truth about bin Laden and the al-Qaeda netw...| A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast
The United States spent over 20 years in Afghanistan and while a lot has been written about the missteps, there is much to be written about the solutions that would have lent to better outcomes. This is the first of a three-part series on Afghanistan and its lessons. Guest host and U.S. Army War College Fellow LTC Ranjini Danaraj and MG Donn Hill, the Commander of Security Force Assistance Command, have a candid discussion on what the U.S. Army has learned about security force assistance, bui...| A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast
Which are the 10 least peaceful countries in 2025, and what conditions drive their low rankings? Insights from the Global Peace Index 2025.| Vision of Humanity
Reproduction of a Side Table designed by Tage Frid – Walnut It’s been over a week since the B-2 strike force, armed with GBU-57 “bunker buster” bombs, took off from Whiteman AFB, flying some crazy mileage to and from sites in Iran (Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan) and dropping some specified load literally down the ventilation … Continue reading The Iran Bombing and the Detox from National Gaslighting| It's About Empathy – Connection Ties Us Together
Flash floods hit Maidan Wardak and Logar provinces in central Afghanistan on June 29, 2025, after heavy rain swept through the region. Four people were killed, including three children…| The Watchers
This Week’s Snapshot of Planetary Phase Shift Signals| Age of Transformation
Ogni settimana, scelti dalla redazione di Q Code, una selezione di articoli della stampa internazionale che approfondiscono temi urgenti con linguaggi differenti Mondo Soumoud : un convoi bloqué, une vérité en marche Partito da Tunisi il 9 giugno, il convoglio civile Sumud (resilienza/perserveranza in arabo) ha marciato verso il valico di Rafah prima di essere […]| Q Code Magazine
Er war in allen Kriegen unterwegs, kennt den Nahen Osten gut. Politiker, Jurist, Publizist und Medienmanager Dr. Jürgen Todenhöfer sagt: "Israels Premier Netanjahu kämpft um sein politisches Überleben. Er braucht Kriege, auch um nicht im Knast zu landen. Wenn es nötig wird, geht er auch in einen Krieg mit dem Iran." Ein Gespräch auch über Angela Merkel, die die Flüchtlingskrise 2015 hätte beenden können, aber nicht mit Syriens Assad sprechen wollte, das komplette Desinteresse des Ka...| PUNKT.PRERADOVIC
The Society held a ceremony to award its inaugural Charles H. Norchi Prize yesterday evening. It was a joyful occasion filled with engaging discussions, celebrations and drinks, and the event was well-attended by friends of the Society, scholars in the field and other guests both in-person and online. The Society would particularly like to thank…| Royal Asiatic Society
Cultural books open windows into diverse lives, offering powerful stories that spark empathy, challenge views, and connect us across borders and backgrounds. The post 10 Vibrant Cultural Books That Inspire Connection and Conversation appeared first on The Culture Ties.| The Culture Ties
L’8 e il 9 giugno è necessario un sì, per poter cambiare materialmente la vita di migliaia di donne| Coordinamento Migranti
n 2016, Gol Agha, a ball boy and worker at a private tennis club in Tajrish—an affluent neighborhood in northern Tehran—went to an administrative office in Karaj to receive a […] The post Courts of Exclusion—Working-Class Masculinity and Anti-Afghan Racism in Iran appeared first on MERIP.| MERIP
Review by Alexandra Chinchilla, Texas A&M University 3 June 2025 | PDF: http://issforum.org/to/RE127 | Website: rjissf.org | X: @HDiplo Editor: Diane Labrosse Commissioning Editor: Daniel R.| H-Diplo|RJISSF
Comforting and loaded with flavors, this Afghan borani banjan is made with roasted eggplant slices, spicy tomato gravy, and onions served with garlicky yogurt sauce. The post Afghan Roasted Eggplant (Borani Banjan) appeared first on All that's Jas - International Recipes.| All that's Jas - International Recipes
For June, in which Guyana has the presidency of the UN Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on the situations in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Israel/Palestine. The post Monthly Action Points (MAP) for the Security Council: June 2025 appeared first on NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security.| NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
ISKP’s War On Baloch Separatists Deepens Pakistan’s Multi-Front Crisis By Uriel Araujo The Islamic State Khorasan Province’s (ISKP) declaration of war against Baloch separatists intensi…| Voice of East
Background The Taliban’s assault on human rights and fundamental freedoms, neglect of a metastasizing humanitarian crisis, and systematic exclusion of women and girls from Afghan society are making life increasingly unbearable for Afghans. The Taliban have removed women from all aspects of public life–from government and businesses to classrooms and universities–through hundreds of draconian edicts. […]| GIWPS
Bei einem Kursus erhalten migrantische Frauen die Möglichkeit, Fahrrad fahren zu lernen und so ein Stück weit mehr Mobilität und Eigenständigkeit zu erreichen.| weser-kurier-de
The Taliban’s Return To The Global Stage: Stakes For India, Pakistan, Iran, Russia, China, And The US By Andrew Korybko Given the renewed interest that major stakeholders – India, Pakistan, Iran, R…| Voice of East
Afghanistan's hard-line Taliban rulers have detained several Islamic clerics. Most of those incarcerated have publicly criticized the Taliban government or offered advice on how to change or improve vital policies.| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
The Trump administration’s travel ban on people from Afghanistan is sending ripples of concern across the Afghan community and their supporters.| AP News
L'hijab islamico è il velo indossato da alcune donne musulmane per coprire i capelli e, solitamente, orecchie, collo e parte del petto. È la versione più| FeministPost
L'hijab islamico è il velo indossato da alcune donne musulmane per coprire i capelli e, solitamente, orecchie, collo e parte del petto. È la versione più| FeministPost
The Taliban must alter their zero-sum mentality and seriously commit to bringing peace to Afghanistan before it is too late. The post Why Do Taliban Continue to Kill If They Are Serious about Peace? appeared first on Foreign Policy Journal.| Foreign Policy Journal
The current political crisis in Afghanistan is actually an important step towards a realistic peaceful solution: a political “unsettlement”. The post Afghan Peace is Now About the Art of the Possible, Not the Perfect appeared first on Foreign Policy Journal.| Foreign Policy Journal
Welcome to another Eat the World recipe challenge. This month we are traveling to Afghanistan via kitchen whisk, which sadly is the only real way to explore Afghanistan at the moment. I hear it looks similar to New Mexico, which I thought was beautiful. Or that least that's what I started to write and then never got back to it. I had meant to get this| Pandemonium Noshery
Together, we can make a meaningful difference in the lives of countless families through the unforgiving winter months.| WF AID
