#Afghan rights defender told she faces ‘no risk’ from #Taliban as Home Office denies asylum - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/05/afghan-rights-defender-told-she-faces-no-risk-from-taliban-as-home-office-denies-asylum UK Home Office remains an utter disgrace
#BBCNews - UK Minister: Special forces had veto on #Afghan troops
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn00d2ndnlgo
The 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 crimes inquiry investigating the SAS.
#Soleimani ’s assassination seems to have given a new impetus to the so-called #AxisOfResistance - the network of groups in the region doing #ran ’s bidding. This network is far from homogenous - each group has its own agenda.
These range from pure proxies like some #Iraqi militias and #Afghan and #Pakistani #Shia mercenary groups, which are the absolute creations of the #IRGC with little independent decision making power and ideologically absolutely line of the Islamic republic.
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#UK denies visas to the 'Breaking The Silence crew - the are young #Afghan musicians on tour in Europe, raising awareness of the situation of Afghan women and girls
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/each-note-played-for-the-women-and-girls-that-could-not-escape-the-taliban-805vnv6sh
#Afghanistan
#Afghan girls detained and lashed by #Taliban for violating #hijab rules
Girls as young as 16 arrested in shops, classes and markets in #Kabul by the Taliban, who labelled them ‘infidels’ for wearing ‘bad hijab’
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/jan/10/afghanistan-girls-detained-beaten-taliban-hijab-rules?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Some headlines v #BBCMonitoring:
#China 's Wang Yi says #Israel 's actions in #Gaza have 'gone beyond self-defence'
#Pakistan , #UAE urge 'cessation of hostilities' amid Israel- #Hamas war
Tunisian parliament considers bill criminalising normalising ties with Israel
#Afghan #Taliban condemn Israel's 'brutal' measures in Gaza
Pakistan paper warns of Israel-Hamas war turning into 'regional war'
#BBC show is a 'lifeline' for #Afghan girls, UN says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-67017945
for the colleagues who had to flee their country and are nevertheless doing a massively important job from afar
#BBCNews - #Pakistan orders #Afghan #asylum seekers out of country by November
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-67002834
#refugees #Afghanistan
Sedoy means grey haired in #Russian . #Troshev -a ret colonel- participated in the #Afghan , #Syrian and #Chechen conflicts. Yesterday #Putin met him - likely the closest to a confirmation of his significant role in the #Wagner story.
'absorption into #Redut is now one of the many options for Wagner’s future and we know that Troshev, alongside several other defectors, has been trying to lure over Wagner fighters into that military company.'
Former #Afghan interpreter's anger over 3 year old son's UK visa denial
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-66686230
#BBCNews - Five key moments in the crushing of #Afghan #women 's rights
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-66461711
By Yogita Limaye
BBC News - Tobias Ellwood: #Afghan #women slate UK MP's video praising 'country transformed'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66251947
We cannot forget the families of the #Afghan interpreters who helped my colleagues and our soldiers in #Kandahar. The bureaucratic delays are unacceptable https://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/families-of-afghan-interpreters-still-waiting-to-come-to-canada
