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UN warns of deepening crisis in Afghanistan amid major aid shortfall
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 15, 2025
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 15 (ANI): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that an unprecedented funding shortfall is worsening the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, leaving millions...
UK Government’s Secret Plan to Relocate Over 33,000 Afghan Citizens Sparks Controversy
Khaama Press
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July 16, 2025
The UK government has launched a secret plan to relocate over 33,000 Afghan citizens, sparking widespread controversy and concerns. British media reports reveal that the UK government has secretly started a plan to relocate over 33,000 Afghan...
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Calls for Revival of SCO Contact Group on Afghanistan
Khaama Press
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July 16, 2025
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar emphasized reviving the SCO Contact Group on Afghanistan to promote regional peace, security, and pragmatic cooperation. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, Ishaq Dar, has emphasized the urgent need to revive the...
Nigel Farage brutally swipes at top Tory in Afghan asylum scandal statement: ‘Odd little figure’
GB News
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July 15, 2025
Nigel Farage has launched a scathing attack on the British government after a two-year media injunction was lifted, revealing what he called an "extraordinary" Afghan asylum scandal involving incompetence, dishonesty and threats to national...
COMMENT: In recognising Taliban, Moscow had one eye on rise in Afghanistan of terrorist ISIS-K
BNE Intellinews
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The rise of the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISIS-K, or ISKP) militant and terrorist group in Afghanistan and the growing security threats posed to Central Asia pushed Moscow toward a pragmatic re-engagement with the Taliban. That’s a key...
Pak-Afghan trade reaches $1bn in first half of 2025
Dunya News
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PESHAWAR (APP) - The trade volume between Afghanistan and Pakistan neared $1 billion in the first six months of 2025, according to the Afghan Ministry of Industry and Commerce. Officials reported that bilateral trade reached $989million during...
UK secretly resettled thousands of Afghans after huge data breach
Financial Review
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July 15, 2025
London | The UK government set up a secret multibillion-dollar scheme to relocate thousands of Afghans to Britain after a data leak put them at risk of reprisals from the Taliban – and gagged the media with a super-injunction. The names, contact...
Pakistan, Afghanistan trade hits $1b in first half of 2025
The Express Tribune
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July 15, 2025
Listen to article Due to Kabul’s assurances to Islamabad on the TTP and other key issues, trade between the two sides has reached $1 billion in the first six months of 2025. The latest report published by the Afghan Ministry of Commerce shows...
Voters don’t believe Team Trump on Epstein, may be his ‘Afghanistan’
Washington Examiner
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July 15, 2025
MAGA’s disgruntlement with President Donald Trump over his team’s dismissal of the Jeffrey Epstein affair is turning into a political crisis, and a top pollster is comparing the fallout to the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan that hobbled...
CHRIS HUGHES: 'Afghans who helped our troops deserve loyalty - they were betrayed'
The Mirror
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July 15, 2025
Chris Hughes is the Daily Mirror Defence and Security Editor. Chris won specialist journalist of the year in 2013 at the UK Press Awards. He has reported from frontlines in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Ukraine and terror attacks...
CASA hosts Cameroonian and Afghan TPS rally in Hyattsville
WTOP - District Columbia
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July 15, 2025
Dozens of Cameroonian community members and allies cheered on attorneys from CASA, the national immigrant advocacy organization with 73,000 lifetime members, at a rally in Hyattsville, Maryland, on Monday. Dozens of Cameroonian community members...
Pakistan–Afghanistan trade crosses $1 billion in H1 2025 amid cautious optimism
Profit by Pakistan Today
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July 15, 2025
Bilateral trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan has surged past $1 billion in the first half of 2025, driven by recent diplomatic engagements and Kabul’s renewed commitments on counterterrorism, particularly regarding the Tehrik-i-Taliban...
Rachel Reeves says regulations are ‘boot on the neck’ of innovation as she announces sweeping financial reforms
Radio X
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15 July 2025, 23:11 | Updated: 15 July 2025, 23:20 Rachel Reeves gives a speech at the Mansion House Financial Services dinner at the Mansion House on July 15, 2025 in London, England. Picture: Getty Rachel Reeves has unveiled “the biggest package...
MoD official responsible for catastrophic Afghan data breach that cost billions still works for government
The Independent
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July 15, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Shock as 20,000 Afghans Set to Arrive in Britain on Taxpayer-Funded Flights: What Is 'Operation Rubicon'?
International Business Times - United Kingdom
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July 15, 2025
A covert UK government evacuation programme for Afghan nationals has come to light, following the lifting of a super-injunction related to a catastrophic Ministry of Defence data breach that exposed thousands of allies to Taliban reprisals. The...
Government set up secret £850m scheme to offer Afghans asylum after data breach
City A.M.
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July 15, 2025
Tuesday 15 July 2025 12:55 pm | Updated: Tuesday 15 July 2025 5:06 pm Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email A secret asylum scheme for Afghans was set up...
Thousands offered UK asylum in secret scheme after personal data of Afghans who helped British forces leaked by mistake – as it happened
The Guardian
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July 15, 2025
Healey says 900 Afghans, and with 3,600 family members, have come to UK under secret £400m relocation schemeHealey says the leak happened when an official sent an email which he thought had the names of 150 people who were applying for...
Three key questions after Afghan data leak sparked unprecedented secret evacuation
BBC
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July 15, 2025
Frank GardnerSecurity correspondent ShareSave It has been more than three years since a British official inadvertently leaked a dataset containing the names and contact details of thousands of people who were attempting to flee possible Taliban...
The Scale of Afghans Returning from Iran is Overwhelming, Says UN Official
Asharq Al-Awsat
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July 15, 2025
The pace and scale of Afghans returning from Iran are overwhelming already fragile support systems, a senior UN official warned Tuesday, with tens of thousands of people crossing the border daily exhausted and traumatized, relying on humanitarian...
Afghanistan-Pakistan Trade Grows to Nearly 1 bln USD in H1
Tasnim News Agency
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July 13, 2025
"Afghanistan's trade with Pakistan totaled 989 million US dollars during this period, with exports valued at 277 million dollars and imports at 712 million dollars," said Akhundzada Abdul Salam Jawad, spokesperson for Afghanistan's Ministry of...