2025-02-08: News Headlines

newarab (2025-02-08). Turkey ends Afghan diplomats' mission, paving way for Taliban to appoint own team. newarab.com The departing team said on X that it had handed over the embassy in Ankara to the Turkish Foreign Ministry on Thursday. The unusually strongly-worded statement said that the decision by…

Arshad Mehmood (2025-02-08). Three Years After US Withdrawal, Afghanistan Remains a Terrorist Safe Haven. themedialine.org

_____ (2025-02-08). Taliban detains 2 media workers, suspends women-run broadcaster Radio Begum. afintl.com

_____ (2025-02-07). Taliban detains 2 media workers, suspends women-run broadcaster Radio Begum. afintl.com

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2025-02-03: News Headlines

Maxime Duriez (2025-02-03). Afghanistan: International Criminal Court Prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for Taliban leaders marks new milestone for gender justice. fidh.org

_____ (2025-02-03). Taliban sentences Afghan journalist Sayed Rahim Saeedi to 3 years in prison. afjc.media

Maxime Duriez (2025-02-02). Afghanistan: International Criminal Court Prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for Taliban leaders marks new milestone for gender justice. fidh.org

_____ (2025-02-02). Taliban sentences Afghan journalist Sayed Rahim Saeedi to 3 years in prison. afjc.media

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2025-02-02: News Headlines

Maxime Duriez (2025-02-02). Afghanistan: International Criminal Court Prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for Taliban leaders marks new milestone for gender justice. fidh.org

_____ (2025-02-02). Taliban sentences Afghan journalist Sayed Rahim Saeedi to 3 years in prison. afjc.media

Mike Prysner, Empire Files. (2025-02-01). Border Deployment To Insurrection Act: Trump's Illegal Military Plans. popularresistance.org The current deployment of soldiers and Marines to the US-Mexico border is illegal and immoral. The looming possibility of Trump invoking the Insurrection Act, in an attempt to paper it over, actually raises more danger of unconstitutional orders. | We have just spent 20 years being used as cannon fodder for hapless debacles in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, soldiers and Marines are being used as propaganda fodder for the oldest Commander-in-Chief ever, taking office with the worst approval rating in modern history. | Conventional, active-duty units from the 82nd Airborne Division and the 1st Marine Expeditionary Fo…

Maxime Duriez (2025-02-01). Afghanistan: International Criminal Court Prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for Taliban leaders marks new milestone for gender justice. fidh.org

aljazeera (2025-02-01). Trump at odds with US military veterans over snarled Afghan relocations. aljazeera.com Advocates say broad executive orders have hurt Afghans seeking to flee to the US after aiding its military and groups.

aljazeera (2025-02-01). Trump at odds with US military veterans over snarled Afghan relocations. aljazeera.com Advocates say broad executive orders have hurt Afghans seeking to flee to the US after aiding its military and groups.

_____ (2025-02-01). Taliban sentences Afghan journalist Sayed Rahim Saeedi to 3 years in prison. afjc.media

newarab (2025-02-01). Afghan female cricketers play first match since fleeing Taliban. newarab.com Afghanistan's women cricketers played their first game since Hundreds of women athletes fled Afghanistan as the Taliban took over in August 2021, escaping a hardline stance that essentially banned women's sports and education. | Most of the national women's cricket side settled as refugees in Australia, where they reunited for the first time on 30 January to play a charity match in Melb…

aljazeera (2025-02-01). Dozens of soldiers, fighters killed in Baloch separatist attack in Pakistan. aljazeera.com Fighters reportedly fire at a vehicle carrying Frontier Corps paramilitaries trying to dismantle a roadblock.

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2025-02-01: News Headlines

Mike Prysner, Empire Files. (2025-02-01). Border Deployment To Insurrection Act: Trump's Illegal Military Plans. popularresistance.org The current deployment of soldiers and Marines to the US-Mexico border is illegal and immoral. The looming possibility of Trump invoking the Insurrection Act, in an attempt to paper it over, actually raises more danger of unconstitutional orders. | We have just spent 20 years being used as cannon fodder for hapless debacles in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, soldiers and Marines are being used as propaganda fodder for the oldest Commander-in-Chief ever, taking office with the worst approval rating in modern history. | Conventional, active-duty units from the 82nd Airborne Division and the 1st Marine Expeditionary Fo…

Maxime Duriez (2025-02-01). Afghanistan: International Criminal Court Prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for Taliban leaders marks new milestone for gender justice. fidh.org

aljazeera (2025-02-01). Trump at odds with US military veterans over snarled Afghan relocations. aljazeera.com Advocates say broad executive orders have hurt Afghans seeking to flee to the US after aiding its military and groups.

aljazeera (2025-02-01). Trump at odds with US military veterans over snarled Afghan relocations. aljazeera.com Advocates say broad executive orders have hurt Afghans seeking to flee to the US after aiding its military and groups.

_____ (2025-02-01). Taliban sentences Afghan journalist Sayed Rahim Saeedi to 3 years in prison. afjc.media

newarab (2025-02-01). Afghan female cricketers play first match since fleeing Taliban. newarab.com Afghanistan's women cricketers played their first game since Hundreds of women athletes fled Afghanistan as the Taliban took over in August 2021, escaping a hardline stance that essentially banned women's sports and education. | Most of the national women's cricket side settled as refugees in Australia, where they reunited for the first time on 30 January to play a charity match in Melb…

aljazeera (2025-02-01). Dozens of soldiers, fighters killed in Baloch separatist attack in Pakistan. aljazeera.com Fighters reportedly fire at a vehicle carrying Frontier Corps paramilitaries trying to dismantle a roadblock.

Maxime Duriez (2025-01-31). Afghanistan: International Criminal Court Prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for Taliban leaders marks new milestone for gender justice. fidh.org

_____ (2025-01-31). Taliban sentences Afghan journalist Sayed Rahim Saeedi to 3 years in prison. afjc.media

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2025-01-28: News Headlines

Maxime Duriez (2025-01-28). Afghanistan: International Criminal Court Prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for Taliban leaders marks new milestone for gender justice. fidh.org

Maxime Duriez (2025-01-27). Afghanistan: International Criminal Court Prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for Taliban leaders marks new milestone for gender justice. fidh.org

tn.ai (2025-01-27). Iran, Afghanistan Arrange Plans to Ensure Border Security, Combat Terrorism. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Iranian foreign minister and the acting defense minister of Afghanistan coordinated efforts by the two neighbors to maintain security along the common border and fight against terrorism.

Staff (2025-01-27). Trump Halts Refugee Admissions, Stranding Thousands Approved to Enter U.S., Fleeing War, Persecution. democracynow.org We look at the impact of President Trump's halting of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program with Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Global Refuge, a faith-based nonprofit that helps place and resource refugees upon their arrival in the U.S. as part of the program. Some 100,000 refugees were settled in the United States last year under the highly selective program, which has enjoyed bipartisan support for decades. Now thousands of people already approved to come to the United States are stranded in unstable situations, with uncertain legal status in the U.S., or unable to leave dangerous condi…

newarab (2025-01-27). Canadian ex-soldier detained by Afghan Taliban freed. newarab.com A Canadian ex-soldier detained by the

A A (2025-01-27). Auschwitz's hierarchies of villains and victims. strategic-culture.su It is necessary to remember all the victims of imperialism, not only in Auschwitz but also in Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola and countless other places like Bengal and Vietnam, Declan Hayes writes. | Join us on , , and .

newarab (2025-01-27). Iran FM arrives in Kabul in first visit after Taliban's takeover. newarab.com The one-day visit is part of an effort to bolster relations between the

newarab (2025-01-27). US may put 'very big bounty' on Taliban leaders: Marco Rubio. newarab.com The U.S. may place a "very big bounty" on the top leaders of the "Just hearing the Taliban is holding more American hostages than has been reported," Rubio said in a post on social media platform X. | "If this is true, we will have to immediately place a VERY BIG bounty on t…

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2025-01-26: News Headlines

tn.ai (2025-01-26). Iranian Foreign Minister in Afghanistan for Talks. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Heading a political and economic delegation, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi traveled to Afghanistan on Sunday for talks with the Taliban.

tn.ai (2025-01-26). Iran, Afghanistan Discuss Promotion of Relations. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — High-ranking delegations from Iran and Afghanistan weighed plans to expand ties between the two neighbors in various fields.

tn.ai (2025-01-26). Taliban Vows Not to Harm Iran over Water Share. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The acting prime minister of Afghanistan gave an assurance that his country has no intention of harming Iran when it comes to the issue of share of water from the joint resources.

presstv.ir (2025-01-26). Iran FM calls for expansion of economic ties with Afghanistan. presstv.ir Iran's foreign minister has lauded neighborly relations between Tehran and Kabul, calling for the expansion of economic ties to secure the national interests of the two countries.

presstv.ir (2025-01-26). US threatens Taliban leaders with 'big bounty' over detained Americans. presstv.ir The US has threatened to place significant bounties on the Taliban leaders amid allegations that more Americans are detained in Afghanistan than previously reported.

EDWIN (2025-01-26). Gauteng police rescue kidnapped nine-year-old boy. sanews.gov.za Gauteng police rescue kidnapped nine-year-old boy | Police in Gauteng, together with private security companies, on Friday rescued a nine-year-old boy who had been kidnapped for four days in Laudium, in Tshwane. | Five suspects, who are Pakistan and Afghanistan nationals aged between 24 and 37, were arrested. | The suspects are expected to appear before the Atteridgeville Magistrate's Court on Monday. | The boy, whose parents are from Afghanistan, was forcefully taken from the house of the father's friend in Laudium on Tuesday. | The suspects called the parents demanding a ransom. | "A team comprising of South A…

presstv.ir (2025-01-26). Iran urges cooperation to resolve water, refugee disputes with Afghanistan. presstv.ir The Iranian foreign minister urges the settlement of the disputes with Afghanistan over shared water resources and refugees.

newarab (2025-01-26). Iran FM arrives in Kabul in first visit after Taliban's takeover. newarab.com The one-day visit is part of an effort to bolster relations between the

newarab (2025-01-26). US may put 'very big bounty' on Taliban leaders: Marco Rubio. newarab.com The U.S. may place a "very big bounty" on the top leaders of the "Just hearing the Taliban is holding more American hostages than has been reported," Rubio said in a post on social media platform X. | "If this is true, we will have to immediately place a VERY BIG bounty on t…

Maxime Duriez (2025-01-25). Afghanistan: International Criminal Court Prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for Taliban leaders marks new milestone for gender justice. fidh.org

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2025-01-25: News Headlines

Maxime Duriez (2025-01-25). Afghanistan: International Criminal Court Prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for Taliban leaders marks new milestone for gender justice. fidh.org

Maxime Duriez (2025-01-24). Afghanistan: International Criminal Court Prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for Taliban leaders marks new milestone for gender justice. fidh.org

newarab (2025-01-24). ICC prosecutor requests warrants for Afghan Taliban leaders. newarab.com Karim Khan said in a statement he asked judges to approve warrants for the group's supreme leader,

aljazeera (2025-01-24). ICC lawyer seeks arrest of Taliban leaders over persecution of women. aljazeera.com The ICC's chief prosecutor announced he is seeking arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders.

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2025-01-24: News Headlines

newarab (2025-01-24). ICC prosecutor requests warrants for Afghan Taliban leaders. newarab.com Karim Khan said in a statement he asked judges to approve warrants for the group's supreme leader,

aljazeera (2025-01-24). ICC lawyer seeks arrest of Taliban leaders over persecution of women. aljazeera.com The ICC's chief prosecutor announced he is seeking arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders.

Mike Ludwig (2025-01-23). Betrayed by US Again, Afghan Evacuees Stranded After Refugee Program Suspension. truthout.org Back in 2020, President Donald Trump inked a deal with the Taliban for the eventual withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. The deal was noteworthy for a variety of reasons, among them Trump's bypassing of the U.S.-backed Afghan government at the time. Many critics — including top U.S. military brass — would later say the deal set conditions for a botched U.S. withdrawal in 2021 and the… |

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