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Taliban cuts internet access in Afghan province to stop 'immorality'

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Death toll from earthquake in Afghanistan passes 1,400, Taliban says

Rescue teams continued to scour the mountainous eastern regions impacted by the earthquake in a scramble for survivors.

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Desperate search for survivors after deadly Afghan quake

A powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 800 people and injured more than 2,500, the Taliban government said on Monday.

Afghanistan

More than 800 killed after 6.0 magnitude quake rocks Afghanistan

Local officials warned that the death toll was likely to rise further in the eastern part of the country that borders Pakistan.

Bulgaria

Smugglers in Bulgaria nearly kill migrants paying €4,000 to reach EU

The 24 migrants from Afghanistan were found in a van in Lozenets, a village situated on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast and near the Turkish border.

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Afghanistan

Bus crash in Afghanistan kills dozens of migrants returning from Iran

A collision between a bus and two other vehicles killed at least 79 people, including 19 children, in northwestern Afghanistan, local media reported.

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How this Gen Z solo traveller visited 118 countries by 19

Euronews Travel spoke to solo-traveller Arjun Malaviya about his experiences, from navigating dangerous conflict areas and warzones, to negotiating with customs officials and reaching some of the remotest parts of the world.

Afghanistan

Taliban leader threatens 'ungrateful' Afghans on takeover anniversary

Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada marked the fourth anniversary of their return to power by warning Afghans of "divine punishment" if they are ungrateful for the group's rule.

Afghanistan

Taliban deny using force to divert international aid in Afghanistan

Aid agencies say more than half of Afghanistan’s population, roughly 23 million people, need humanitarian assistance.

Afghanistan

Taliban registers 1,800 unemployed Afghan refugees for jobs in Qatar

Rights groups and the UN have repeatedly warned that some Afghans returning are at risk of persecution because of their gender, profession or links to the former Western-backed administration.

Tech News

Afghan women under Taliban rule turn to online courses to learn coding

With girls banned from high school and universities, many are turning to religious schools known as madrassas instead. The only other option they have is to try to learn online, clandestinely.

Pakistan

Pakistan extends Afghan refugee deportation deadline to 1 September

Afghans have fled to Pakistan over the past four decades to escape war, political instability and economic hardship in their homeland.

Pakistan

Pakistan resumes expulsions of Afghan refugees despite UN concerns

Repatriations on such a massive scale have the potential to destabilise the fragile situation in Afghanistan, where the Taliban government came into power in 2021.

Afghanistan

Taliban tortured Afghans expelled from Pakistan and Iran, UN says

Afghan authorities have urged nationals to return, pledging amnesty for anyone who left after the Taliban returned to power in 2021.

Afghanistan

Taliban deny British couple held in Afghan prison are being mistreated

UN rights experts have demanded the release of Peter and Barbie Reynolds, warning that the couple are at risk of irreparable harm or even death.

USA

Trump administration can end deportation protections for Afghans

The federal appeals court's ruling lifts Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for thousands of people from Afghanistan and Cameroon residing in the US.

Afghanistan

UN concerned by Taliban's arrest of women for dress code violations

The Taliban, which returned to power in 2021, has cracked down on the way women dress and behave in public, notably through so-called morality laws forbidding them from showing their faces outside the home.

Europe News

Germany deports 81 Afghans under tougher migration policy

Coordinated with Qatar, the flight departed on Friday as Berlin toughens migration policy. Officials said all deportees had criminal records and were required by law to leave.

Afghanistan

Terror to tourism? Hostage-style video invites visitors to Afghanistan

Darkly comic videos made by a tour agency and shared by Taliban-linked accounts on social media are encouraging people to travel to Afghanistan.

United Kingdom

UK secretly resettled thousands of Afghans after major data leak

The details of nearly 19,000 Afghans who had applied to move to the UK after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan were released in error in 2022.

Afghanistan

ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban over women's rights violations

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for the Taliban’s supreme leader and the head of Afghanistan’s supreme court, who have limited girls' education and banned women's voices from being heard in public.