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RFE/RL: Taliban uses force to push hundreds of Afghans from Tajik border

Thousands of Afghans camped out in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan Province on the border with Tajikistan hope to leave their country and Taliban rule. Many …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Russia says it will protect Tajikistan in case of incursion from Afghanistan

Russia is ready to protect its ally Tajikistan in the event of any incursions from neighboring Afghanistan, a senior diplomat was quoted on October 8 …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Uzbek foreign minister discusses cooperation with Taliban leaders

TASHKENT – During a visit to Kabul, Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov discussed economic cooperation with the Taliban leadership and said he …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: US to hold talks with Taliban over easing evacuations

The U.S. officials will meet senior Taliban figures this weekend for talks aimed at easing the evacuation of foreign citizens and at-risk Afghans from …
Associated Press

Reuters: Moscow invites Taliban to Afghanistan talks on Oct. 20

MOSCOW – Russia will invite representatives of the Taliban to international talks on Afghanistan that it plans to host in Moscow on Oct. 20, President …
Reuters

UkrInform: Inteligence says Russia tried to disrupt evacuation of Ukrainians from Afghanistan

Russian intelligence agencies tried to disrupt the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens from Afghanistan, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the …
UkrInform

RFE/RL: Kyiv urged to evacuate Ukrainian passport-holders when Kabul flights resume

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling on Ukraine’s government to evacuate Ukrainian passport-holders from Afghanistan as soon as flights from Kabul …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Human Rights Watch: Ukrainian families stranded in Afghanistan

As governments scrambled to evacuate their nationals and Afghans at risk from Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover in August, Ukraine made …
Human Rights Watch

Trudy Rubin: A new prison

The lack of clear U.S. laws means Afghan refugees are stuck on U.S. military bases and in Gulf countries. Read more here.
Trudy Rubin

Agence France-Presse: Taliban rally outside Kabul as they consolidate rule

Around 1,000 Taliban supporters attended a rally on October 3 in a vast field to the north of Kabul, in a show of strength as they consolidate their …
Agence France-Presse

Deutsche Welle: A mortal danger under the Taliban

Danish has been living in semidarkness for weeks. Since the Taliban’s takeover in mid-August, he has been hiding in the windowless back room of a …
Deutsche Welle

Human Rights Watch: Taliban severely restrict media

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have imposed wide-ranging restrictions on media and free speech that are already stifling criticism and dissent, …
Human Rights Watch

RFE/RL: Russian official urges Tajikistan, Taliban to avoid confrontation

Russia has urged Tajikistan and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan to take “mutually acceptable measures” to resolve tensions along the Tajik-Afghan border …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Marco Levytsky: Ukraine boldly goes where no NATO member dared go

Last month, Ukrainian special forces conducted a daring operation in Kabul to rescue 19 Afghan refugees, among them translators, including one whom …
Marco Levytsky

Politico: US sought ‘clarification’ from Kremlin on offer to use Russian bases in Central Asia

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told senators on Sept. 28 that the nation’s top military officer, Gen. Mark Milley, spoke to his Russian …
POLITICO

BBC: Female Afghan judges hunted by the murderers they convicted

They were the trailblazers of women’s rights in Afghanistan. They were the staunch defenders of the law, seeking justice for their country’s most …
BBC

RFE/RL: Taliban hangs bodies as ‘lesson’ to others

Taliban authorities have hung four bodies of alleged kidnappers in a public square in the western Afghan city of Herat.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

New York Times: How Ukraine negotiated with the Taliban and rescued 96 Afghans

Before departing for Afghanistan, an elite team of Ukrainian troops gathered in a circle outside the airport and passed around a bottle of whiskey, a …
New York Times
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