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UNHCR flags undignified deportations of Afghans from Iran, warns of regional instability
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 17, 2025
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative for Afghanistan, Arafat Jamal, has expressed concern over the intensifying deportation of Afghan migrants from Iran, coinciding with a...
FM Dar to sign trilateral agreement on railway project during day-long visit to Kabul
Dawn
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July 17, 2025
Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will embark on a day-long visit to Kabul to sign the Framework Agreement on Joint Feasibility Study for the Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (UAP) Railway Project, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Thursday. In 2023, the...
Pakistan FM Ishaq Dar To Visit Kabul For Railway Pact
MENAFN
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July 17, 2025
(MENAFN- Pajhwok Afghan News) KABUL (Pajhwok): Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Mohammad Ishaq Dar, is scheduled to visit Kabul on Thursday (today) to sign the Framework Agreement on a Joint Feasibility Study for the...
‘We were lucky to escape Afghanistan alive - nine months later, we’re still waiting to be brought to safety’
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 17, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Pakistan inks trilateral railway deal
The News International
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July 17, 2025
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Thursday that Pakistan has officially signed a trilateral railway agreement with Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, marking a significant step towards bolstering regional connectivity and...
Pakistan signs 'transformational' railway pact with Afghanistan, Uzbekistan
GEO TV
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DPM Dar meets Afghan FM Muttaqi to boost cooperation. Leaders reaffirm commitment to regional connectivity. Ishaq Dar calls railway project "transformational". Pakistan has signed a trilateral railway agreement with Uzbekistan and Afghanistan,...
Thousands of Afghans set to SUE MoD after data disaster - with taxpayers 'bracing for £1bn bill'
GB News
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July 17, 2025
Thousands of Afghans are poised to sue the Ministry of Defence after details of a mass data leak finally came to light this week. Almost 20,000 names of people who had applied to seek shelter from the Taliban in Britain had their names leaked by a...
World News | UNHCR Flags Undignified Deportations of Afghans from Iran, Warns of Regional Instability
Latestly
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July 17, 2025
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative for Afghanistan, Arafat Jamal, has expressed concern over the intensifying deportation of Afghan migrants from Iran, coinciding with a...
UK Law Firms Prepare to File Compensation Claims for Afghan Evacuation Applicants Affected by Data Breach
Khaama Press
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July 17, 2025
UK law firms begin registering Afghan applicants for compensation over leaked data from the government’s ARAP resettlement program. Legal action is underway in the United Kingdom after the personal data of thousands of Afghan nationals—who had...
Pakistan-Afghanistan Trade Grows Amid Security Challenges
The Diplomat
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July 16, 2025
In an encouraging development, bilateral trade volume between Pakistan and Afghanistan reached nearly $1 billion in the first half of 2025, according to a report from the Afghan Ministry of Industry and Commerce. The growth was driven by strong...
The gross incompetence of the Afghan leak knows no end
The i paper
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July 16, 2025
The blame game from the Afghan data leak disaster was in full flow at Westminster on Wednesday. The charge list is horrific: thousands of lives at risk from the Taliban in Afghanistan, a country the West already abandoned to medieval misogynists....
Kabul Presses India, Pakistan to Reopen Atari-Wagah Trade Route
TOLONews
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More than two months after the closure of the vital Atari-Wagah trade route, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced ongoing diplomatic efforts with India and Pakistan to reopen this key passage. Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting minister of foreign...
UN Adopts Resolution on Afghanistan’s Taliban Rule Over U.S. Objections
Homeland Security Today
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July 15, 2025
The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution last Monday over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse their worsening oppression of women and girls and eliminate all terrorist organizations. The 11-page resolution also...
Keir Starmer's massive blunder in Afghan asylum scandal exposed
Daily Express
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July 16, 2025
Sir Keir Starmer was reportedly given a chance to be briefed two years ago on the scandal of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) data breach and secret Afghan immigration plan but the offer was 'turned down'. The PM has been vociferous in his...
‘I needed help, I was thrown out’: British Army veteran exposes wall of silence after ‘being evicted to make way for Afghan migrants'
GB News
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July 16, 2025
British Army veteran Andrew Cook has claimed he was forced from military housing to accommodate Afghan migrants in 2023. Speaking on GB News, Cook explained he served seven tours before being medically discharged. "You get a whole bunch of...
Taliban’s Kill List Exposes Brutal Repression and Impunity in Afghanistan
ImpACT International
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The Taliban claimed in July 2025 that it has held a ‘kill list’ of Afghans for years and is actively hunting down individuals named on it. This alarming revelation—echoing widespread reports of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and...
Grant Shapps pushed for MoD Afghan superinjunction to remain in place
The Guardian
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July 16, 2025
Former defence secretary Grant Shapps insisted that the Ministry of Defence press for the continuation of an extraordinary superinjunction to prevent reporting of an embarrassing leak of personal data belonging to 18,700 Afghans. Two sources...
Morocco businesswoman purchases Lake Village artist's photo at Newton County Fair
Newsbug.info - Illinois
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The Domestic Arts Purchase Award went to a Lake Village artist this year at the Newton County Fair. Leigh Littiken, fine arts superintendent, said, “Each year during the fair a local business agrees to purchase a piece of art in the Domestic Arts...
Starmer’s fury over Afghan data breach as he warns Tories ‘have questions to answer’
The Independent
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July 16, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Iranian govt. spokesperson says regulation of foreign nationals key to economic relief
Iran Front Page
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July 16, 2025
The Iranian government’s spokesperson has said the regulation and organization of foreign nationals living in Iran has become one of the administration’s central priorities, particularly as a means of eassing economic pressure and reducing the...