5 h. ago American porn star Whitney Wright visits Afghanistan despite Taliban control

Whitney Wright caused uproar with a visit to Iran last year

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34 h. ago How boy slaves are being dressed as girls and forced to dance for leering Taliban men... before being raped: DAVID PATRIKARAKOS reveals horrifying tribal custom flourishing in Afghanistan

Young boys gyrate awkwardly to the music. Their faces are impassive, drained of feeling.

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3 d. ago Taliban says ‘misunderstanding’ led to arrest of British couple in Afghanistan

After an evaluation a Taliban spokesperson said Peter and Barbie Reynolds would be released as soon as possibleA British couple were arrested in Afghanistan due to a “misunderstanding” that they had fake Afghan passports, the Taliban said on Tuesday.Peter and Barbie Reynolds, 79 and 75, were detained by the Taliban’s interior ministry on 1 February while returning to their home in the central province of Bamiyan. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trott defends Afghanistan’s men with cloud hanging over England game

Taliban’s ban on women playing cricket has led to calls for a boycott by the ECB, but Champions Trophy match proceedsA day out from what is a must-win game for both Afghanistan and England, Jonathan Trott, head coach of the former, addressed the issue that is impossible to ignore during this Champions Trophy. The Taliban continues its brutal clampdown on women’s rights back in Afghanistan and Trott outlined the position his players find themselves in.“They know the difference between right and wrong,” said Trott, drawing a distinction between a team that play their cricket in exile under the previous Afghan flag and the regime at home. “They are under no illusions about where they have come from and they’re very courageous. You see that in their cricket and that’s the one thing I’ve not tried to change at all. They know who they are playing for and representing.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Taliban will release British teacher, 79, and his wife in Afghanistan 'as soon as possible' after couple were arrested for 'engaging in religious proselytising'

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were both arrested on February 1 upon returning to their home in Afghanistan 's Bamiyan province.

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4 d. ago Taliban ‘will try to release arrested British couple as soon as possible’

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, have run school training programmes in Afghanistan for 18 years.

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4 d. ago Fears British teacher, 79, arrested with wife in Afghanistan for 'engaging in religious proselytising' could die as Taliban withhold vital heart medication

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were detained as they travelled to their home in the country's Bamyan province on February 1.

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4 d. ago Fears British teacher, 79, arrested with wife in Afghanistan could die as Taliban 'withhold vital heart medication'

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were detained as they travelled to their home in the country's Bamyan province on February 1.

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5 d. ago British couple in their 70s arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan

Peter and Barbie Reynolds were detained in Bamiyan provice for ‘teaching mothers parenting with children’The Taliban have arrested a British couple in their 70s for “teaching mothers parenting with children”.Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife, Barbie, 75, were detained when returning to their home in the Bamiyan province on 1 February. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Children of UK couple arrested in Afghanistan appeal to Taliban for release

The Taliban has severely restricted women’s education and activities

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9 d. ago Foreign Office whistleblower hopes tribunal win ‘establishes precedent’

Josie Stewart was sacked by the FCDO in 2022 after being accidentally identified as a confidential source by a BBC journalist.

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9 d. ago Gunmen kill police officer assigned to guard polio workers in northwestern Pakistan

Pakistani police say suspected militants riding on a motorcycle shot and killed a police officer assigned to protect polio workers in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in a region in the country's northwest bordering Afghanistan

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9 d. ago Off air: One by one, the Taliban are removing women’s voices from Afghan radio

As one of the last female-run stations in the country is silenced, a former broadcaster gives an inside view of the crackdown on women working in the mediaWhen the Taliban began marching towards cities across Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, Alia*, a 22-year-old Afghan journalist, found herself doing some of the most important work of her short life and career.In the weeks leading up to the Taliban takeover in August, Alia’s voice on the radio became familiar to many in northern Afghanistan. She reported on the withdrawal of foreign troops, the siege of government offices and on the detention of former officials in her province. Above all, Alia reported on the situation for women and their fears and concerns – emotions she was experiencing herself. As the Taliban gradually began imposing restrictions on them, Alia was documenting history repeating itself. Continue reading...

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