A Pakistani Aid Worker Responds to Her Country’s Dire Needs
Dealing with refugees and record flooding, Shabnam Baloch is leading efforts in Pakistan for the International Rescue Committee.
Afghanistan
Anger grows over Afghan journalists still stranded by Home Office inaction
Press members living under the Taliban, and living uncertain lives in Pakistan, must be given clarity say campaign groupsHundreds of Afghan journalists remain stranded in increasingly “dire” circumstances as frustration mounts over the UK government’s …
Scott Morrison’s secret ministries used as grounds for Afghan man’s cancelled visa case
In court challenge, man argues decision by ex-home affairs minister Karen Andrews was not valid as Morrison had displaced herGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn Afghan man has challenged Karen Andrews’s decision …
Pakistan crackdown on Afghan refugees leaves ‘four dead’ and thousands in cells
Asylum seekers in Karachi tell of terror of being sent back to the Taliban and despair at being shackled and held in Pakistani jailsRefugees are reportedly dying in Pakistani prisons, and children are being arrested and tied together with ropes, as a w…
Dying Children and Frozen Flocks in Afghanistan’s Bitter Winter of Crisis
Hundreds have died in plunging temperatures, and malnutrition has been rampant, even as the Taliban government’s ban on female workers has hampered international aid.
Only 22 Afghans resettled in UK under ‘pathway’ to help vulnerable refugees
Charity says disparity with 8,633 Afghans who arrived in small boats last year shows lack of functioning routeOnly 22 Afghan people, including eight children, have been resettled in the UK under part of a government scheme that promised to help vulnera…
UK defence secretary accuses Prince Harry of ‘boasting’ about war killings
Ben Wallace says success in armed forces is not measured by ‘who can shoot the most’The UK defence secretary, Ben Wallace, has accused Prince Harry of “boasting” about the number of people he killed while on tour in Afghanistan and “letting down” his f…
Judge Rejects Bid by Sept. 11 Families to Seize Frozen Afghan Central Bank Funds
A lawyer for the lead group of victim relatives who had sought $3.5 billion in frozen assets said they would appeal.
Militants Wage Deadly Battle in Karachi Police Headquarters
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the assault, the latest in a string of attacks from the group that have shaken many Pakistanis’ sense of security in recent months.
Taliban bans contraception calling use a ‘western conspiracy’
Reports that fighters have threatened those issuing birth control medicines come as Afghan midwives and activists warn of impact on women’s health and rightsTaliban fighters have stopped the sale of contraceptives in two of Afghanistan’s main cities, c…