Ariana: Germany has pledged to admit 25,000 Afghans deemed most at risk following the Islamic Emirate if Afghanistan (IEA) takeover in Kabul from about 40,000 such people that European Union states are to accept, according to a letter by a senior EU official. Click here to read more (external link). Related EU countries agree to
The Independent (UK): ‘Leaving the country was the only option’ says captain. ‘They have killed the soul of women and just left their bodies’. Women and girls beaten and threatened with death for playing football in Afghanistan have revealed the horror of their long and harrowing journey to safety in Britain. Click here to read
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 7, 2021 A former British foreign secretary has defended his oversight of the evacuation of troops and civilians from Afghanistan following a damning whistle-blower’s report alleging that the operation was “dysfunctional” and “chaotic” and left U.K. allies abandoned. Dominic Raab, who was transferred from the Foreign Office to his current
AP: The Afghan boxers, their coach and a top boxing federation official remained in Serbia after the AIBA World Boxing Championships finished in early November, saying they could face retribution from the Taliban if they returned home. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Azadi: A former Radio Azadi journalist recounts a tense, late-night drive through Taliban checkpoints as he flees from Kabul to Pakistan for an uncertain future. Every time I think about my Pakistani visa expiring, my heart sinks. Afghanistan is too dangerous with the Taliban hunting for people like me, so I just have to
By Abubakar Siddique RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 2, 2021 Murad, a former public prosecutor, has been living in hiding since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in August. Over the years, the attorney helped put some of Afghanistan’s most dangerous criminals behind bars, including Taliban fighters. But many of them were freed as the militant group
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 1, 2021 The United Nations refugee agency is urging Afghanistan’s neighbors to open their borders to Afghans seeking to flee their war-torn country — even if they don’t have documentation. Afghanistan’s land borders with Pakistan and Iran are currently open “almost solely” to Afghans with the required passports and visas,
AP: National Geographic magazine’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” has arrived in Italy as part of the west’s evacuation of Afghans after the Taliban takeover of the country, the Italian government has said. Click here to read more (external link).
Press TV November 23, 2021 Pakistan has refused to accept new batches of Afghan refugees since the Taliban’s takeover of the war-ravaged South Asian country in August, a report in an American news publication reveals. Foreign Policy (FP), in a report published on Tuesday, said Pakistan, which has accepted nearly 3.5 million Afghans over the
تیم ملی بوکس: افغانستان برای ما امن نیست، طالبان باعث کشتن ما خواهند شد شماری از اعضای تیم ملی بوکس کشور که در صربستان به سر میبرند، میگویند که ۵ روز به ختم ویزههای شان باقیمانده است. آنان میافزایند که «نمیخواهیم به افغانستان برگردیم، چون طالبان ما را قبول ندارند.» pic.twitter.com/TGs0HEWacX — Aamaj News (@aamajnews24)