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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...
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...
Why it's time to build our own Alligator Alcatraz - it'll cut crime and might just stop the small boats: LEO McKINSTRY
Daily Mail
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July 20, 2025
George Orwell, that great chronicler of British patriotism, wrote during the Second World War that ‘the gentleness of English civilisation is its most marked characteristic’. Eight decades later, it would be absurd to use such language about our...
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...
Saar: MoIC’s achievements and challenges reviewed
Ariana News
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July 19, 2025
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) announced on Saturday that Afghanistan’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has grown by 2.7 percent over the past year, and during this period, more than 50,000 business licenses have been issued to women...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Thousands being relocated to UK in £850m scheme after personal data leak of Afghans who supported British forces – UK politics live
The Guardian
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July 15, 2025
Thousands being relocated to UK after personal data leak of AfghansThousands of people are being relocated to the UK as part of a secret £850m scheme set up after a personal data leak of Afghans who supported British forces, it can now be...
Watch live: Defence secretary addresses MPs over secret Afghan evacuation after superinjunction lifted
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...
Only 15% of Afghan refugees deported from Iran: Labor Ministry
Press TV
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Iran has deported just a fraction of Afghan refugees following the 12-day Israeli war of aggression against the country that ended on June 24, according to a senior government official responsible for labor issues. Malek Hosseini, who leads...
Climate change adversely affecting beekeeping business in KP
The Nation
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July 15, 2025
Peshawar - Climate change-induced weather patterns have begun adversely affecting the beekeeping industry in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), prompting experts to call for large-scale plantations of ber and palosa plants to prevent the possible extinction...
Kabul Water Crisis: Experts Urge Immediate Launch Of Panjsher Project
MENAFN
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July 13, 2025
(MENAFN- Pajhwok Afghan News) KABUL (Pajhwok): With a worrying decline in groundwater levels in Kabul, environmental experts warn that any delay in launching the Panjshir Water Transfer Project could push the capital into a severe water crisis....
Desperate Afghan Refugees Return To An Unfamiliar Home
Scoop
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Saturday, 12 July 2025, 4:04 pm Press Release: UN News The agency is calling for calm and cooperation to provide a dignified path forward for millions of displaced Afghans. More than 1.6 million Afghans have returned from both neighbouring...
US court briefly pauses Trump’s move to end protective status for Afghans
St. Kitts Gazette
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July 15, 2025
An appeals court has briefly extended temporary protected status (TPS) for nearly 12,000 Afghans in the United States, hours before it was to expire. Monday’s order came 60 days after the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under President...