The Independent (UK): The US government has warned a Virginia judge that allowing an American Marine to keep an Afghan war orphan as his child risks violating international law. Marine Major Joshua Mast and his wife were accused of abducting the baby girl after her entire family was killed in a US special forces raid.
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 16, 2023 Local officials in the central Afghan province where the Taliban detained 18 staffers for a long-serving humanitarian NGO earlier this month suggest the group was suspected of spreading Christianity, RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi has learned. Taliban intelligence and other officials in Kabul have remained silent over the detentions. The International
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 5, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Pakistani police arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday, minutes after a federal court sentenced him to three years in prison on charges of illegally selling state gifts. The popular 70-year-old politician was taken into custody in the eastern city of Lahore and was being taken
Ariana: Afghanistan ranked the weakest in the Henley Passport Index 2023 which includes 199 passports worldwide. Japan, which was sitting in the No.1 position in the index for five years, has fallen to third place. The No.1 position is now held by Singapore. Citizens of Afghanistan are only able to visit 27 destinations without a
Ariana: In the 2022 survey by Gallup – conducted one year after the IEA’s [Taliban] return to power and amid an ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan – 98% of Afghans described their life as poor enough to be considered suffering. This number is even higher than it was in the immediate aftermath of the IEA’s
Khaama: The US Department of State on Thursday published its annual report on the situation of human trafficking around the world, in which Afghanistan is among the worst countries in human trafficking. Meanwhile, due to the late regime change, prolonged political instability, economic and security issues, Afghan nationals are considered to be the most vulnerable
This Taliban YouTuber, named Jamil Qaderi, who is now to be tried in Belgium for supporting terrorism and violence (murder) against Taliban opponents, says in this video to his Taliban supporters that he hopes to one day conquer Frankfurt (Europe) with the Mujahideen, and there,… pic.twitter.com/FqjpLa7Lvp — Natiq Malikzada (@natiqmalikzada) June 13, 2023 Khaama: Authorities
Khaama: The Austrian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that an Austrian man who visited Afghanistan early this year is currently being detained in the country. According to the report, he has been detained for a few weeks since a far-right publication published an article titled “Vacation with the Taliban”, in which he presented a favourable
AFP: In Afghanistan, Corollas are virtually ubiquitous. Corollas flooded Afghanistan after the withdrawal of Soviet forces in 1989 and the subsequent collapse of the USSR — before which Moscow’s state-owned Lada brand dominated the market. They have had a background role in national history ever since. Click here to read more (external link).
AP: In a highly unusual ruling, a state court judge on Thursday voided a U.S. Marine’s [Joshua Mast] adoption of an Afghan war orphan, more than a year after he took the little girl away from the Afghan couple raising her. But her future remains uncertain. Click here to read more (external link).