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Afghans scrap protest plans as Herat city under tight security
10+ hour, 36+ min ago (558+ words) Herat (Afghanistan) (AFP) " Afghans scrapped protest plans in Herat on Friday as heavily armed security forces were deployed in the city, after an earlier rally against tightening restrictions on women was violently dispersed. Issued on: 12/06/2026 - 15: 53 An AFP journalist saw military…...
UN named the number of Ukrainians who left their homes due to the war
13+ hour, 59+ min ago (337+ words) Inbox. lv UN named the number of Ukrainians who left their homes due to the war According to the new Global Trends report, 5. 9 million Ukrainian refugees were outside Ukraine at the end of last year. Most of them reside in…...
Afghanistan says more than 500 prisoners transferred from Iran
13+ hour, 22+ min ago (687+ words) More than 500 Afghan prisoners serving prison terms in Iran have been transferred to Afghanistan after their identities were verified, Afghan officials said, as Kabul and Tehran continue a prisoner transfer process. Hundreds of Afghan prisoners who had spent years in…...
Nearly 118 million people were displaced by conflict and persecution last year, UN says
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (231+ words) The U. N. refugee agency said forced displacement of people due to conflict or persecution fell in 2025 for the first time in a decade. But the agency warned in its annual report Thursday that 118 million people who had to flee their homes…...
Iran Warns Afghan Refugees Against Unauthorized Protests
15+ hour, 9+ min ago (335+ words) Iranian authorities in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi have warned Afghan refugees against organizing protests or sit-ins without official authorization, saying unauthorized gatherings could lead to legal consequences. The General Directorate for Foreign Nationals and Immigrants Affairs in Khorasan…...
Afghan Resistance Leader Ahmad Massoud Backs Herat Protesters
13+ hour, 35+ min ago (325+ words) Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, reacted to the suppression of recent protests in Herat against the Taliban's stringent restrictions on women, describing these actions as a sign of "governance based on fear, humiliation, and violence....
Afghan Govt Boosts Security In Herat After Protest Calls
14+ hour, 11+ min ago (441+ words) Herat'Afghan authorities boosted security in the western city of Herat following calls for protest on Friday, after tightening restrictions on women sparked a rally that was violently dispersed. An AFP journalist saw a convoy of around 20 military vehicles and heavily…...
New Pakistani Strikes On Afghanistan Kill 13 Civilians, Taliban Says
17+ hour, 45+ min ago (14+ words) Zero Hedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero...
UN Experts Raise Alarm Over Force Against Afghan Protesters After Two Killed
17+ hour, 8+ min ago (471+ words) GENEVA: UN experts expressed grave concern over reports of excessive use of force against demonstrators protesting restrictive dress code measures imposed on women in Afghanistan, where two people, including a boy, were killed and more than twenty others were injured....
UN mission in Afghanistan confirms death toll of 13 civilians in Pakistani airstrikes
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (227+ words) The United Nations mission in Afghanistan said Thursday it had documented the deaths of 13 civilians, mainly children and women, from Pakistani airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan the previous day, conf. .....