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Taliban fighters 'have been brought to the UK on secret airlift flights' after Afghanistan data breach

Earlier this month, a database containing the details of 100,000 Afghans who had applied for sanctuary in the UK was mistakenly leaked

Evening Standard

Shackled, malnourished and suffering convulsions: son of UK couple imprisoned in Afghanistan warns situation ‘escalating’ and they could die

Barbie and Peter Reynolds, who were arrested by the Taliban in February, were kept underground for six weeks without daylight, their son says

The Guardian - UK

Afghans exposed in huge MoD data leak could get thousands in compensation

Some 18,700 Afghan applicants to UK resettlement scheme had their personal details leak in Ministry of Defence blunder

The Independent UK

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The Taliban are remaking Afghanistan in their image. It should have us all worried

COMMENT: As the Taliban turn drug rehabilitation centres into makeshift madrasas, Wajed Rohani cautions against the increasing radicalisation of Afghan institutions

The Independent UK

Taliban tortured and threatened 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.

Euronews

Taliban tortured and threatened Afghans expelled from Pakistan and Iran, UN report says

A UN report says the Taliban have tortured and threatened Afghans forcibly returned from Iran and Pakistan because of their identity or personal history

The Independent UK

UN Says Taliban Committing 'Rights Violations' Against Afghan Returnees

The United Nations said Thursday that Taliban authorities were committing human rights violations, including torture and arbitrary detention, against Afghans forced to return by Iran and Pakistan.

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Harsh conditions faced by British couple held by Taliban

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The Independent UK

UN agency calls for global pause on deportations back to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

Exclusive: Afghans who worked for the previous Nato-backed administration face beatings, torture and mock executions in prison, while women and girls are being persecuted based on their gender alone

The Independent UK

With no access to education beyond the 6th grade, girls in Afghanistan turn to religious schools

For six hours every day after school, Nahideh works in a cemetery, collecting water from a nearby shrine to sell to mourners visiting loved ones’ graves

The Independent UK

Afghan translator who worked for US military detained by Ice in Connecticut

‘Zia S’ translated for US troops in Afghanistan before fleeing Taliban takeover in 2021 and arriving stateside legally

The Guardian - US

Taliban denies mistreatment of British couple in Afghan prison

Efforts to free the pair have ‘not yet been completed’, group says

The Independent UK

Taliban deny that British couple detained 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.

Euronews

Son of British couple held by Taliban says parents were ‘chained to murderers’ in prison

Barbie Reynolds, 76, and her husband Peter, 80, were arrested by the Taliban on 1 February

The Independent UK

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Euronews

Trump administration can end deportation protections for Afghans, court rules

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

Capital & Main

Broken Promise: How the Trump Administration Dismantled Pathways to Protection for Afghans

Even for those who worked alongside the U.S. military, the Trump administration has taken away ways for Afghans to reach safety — and loved ones — in the U.S.

Evening Standard

Son of British couple imprisoned by Taliban says his parents ‘need out now’

Barbie Reynolds, 76, and her husband Peter, 80, were arrested as they travelled to their home in Bamyan province, central Afghanistan, in February.

Al Jazeera

Inside Iran’s crackdown on Afghan migrants after the war with Israel

Before the war, the official number of Afghan refugees and migrants in Iran was at least 6.1 million people.

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UN concerned by Taliban's arrest of Afghan women and girls 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.

Evening Standard

Afghan data leak inquiry to be conducted by Parliament’s security watchdog

Lord Beamish said the cross-party group would launch a probe after considering defence assessment documents related to the case.

The Guardian - UK

Elderly British couple face dying in Afghanistan detention, UN experts warn

Human rights officials demand Peter and Barbie Reynolds be moved to hospital and out of ‘degrading’ jail conditions

The Independent UK

UN concerned by Taliban’s arrest of Afghan women and girls for dress code violations

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern about the Taliban's arrest of women and girls for alleged failure to comply with the authorities’ dress code

The Independent UK

Fears elderly British couple could ‘die in custody’ in Afghanistan

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The Independent UK

Children of elderly UK couple jailed by Taliban make urgent plea for release before they ‘die in custody’

UN experts demand that the Taliban immediately transfer Barbie and Peter Reynolds to a hospital

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: How the two-year effort to keep the Afghanistan data breach secret fell apart

In today’s newsletter: Questions have been raised over whether a superinjunction was used for national security or to avert an immigration scandal

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