HISTORICAL FACTS: 9 | History Defined

From Karachi’s crowded markets and Kabul’s alleys to Australia’s vast sky: budgies are for me fragments of memory

The contrast between the captive birds of my childhood and the wild flocks of my new home has become more than an observation

The Guardian - AU · Oct 2, 2025

'I'm Breathing Again': Afghans Relieved After Internet Restored

Just before nightfall on Wednesday, the near-deserted streets of Afghanistan's capital Kabul suddenly filled with people -- mobile phones everywhere had pinged back to life.

International Business Times · Oct 1, 2025

Mobile And Data Networks Return Across Afghanistan: AFP Journalists

Mobile networks returned to several provinces across Afghanistan on Wednesday, including the capital Kabul, 48 hours after the Taliban authorities shut down telecommunications.

International Business Times · Oct 1, 2025

Taliban Impose Communications Blackout Across Afghanistan

Afghanistan faced a second day without internet and mobile phone service on Tuesday, after Taliban authorities cut the fibre optic network.

International Business Times · Sep 30, 2025

Teenage boy miraculously survives 90-minute flight hiding in plane’s landing gear

Boy, 13, snuck onto the plane at Kabul airport to flee Afghanistan but was sent back by Indian authorities just two hours after landing in Delhi

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2025

Elderly British Couple To Fly Home After Release By Taliban

An elderly British couple released after almost eight months in detention in Afghanistan are expected to fly back to the UK on Saturday.

International Business Times · Sep 20, 2025

Family tell of ‘immense joy’ at release of British couple detained in Afghanistan

Peter and Barbie Reynolds were arrested and held without charge for eight months, raising fears for their health

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2025

Taliban releases British couple held for months in Afghanistan on undisclosed charges

A spokesperson for the Taliban Foreign Ministry said the couple "violated Afghan law" and were released from prison on Friday after a court hearing, but didn't say what law they were alleged to have broken.

Euronews · Sep 19, 2025

Taliban Release Detained Elderly British Couple

An elderly British couple detained in Afghanistan for almost eight months were released on Friday, the Taliban authorities said, after pressure built to free the pair due to fears over their health.

International Business Times · Sep 19, 2025

Taliban bans key university textbooks on women’s rights, human rights and Western philosophy

Some textbooks were written by women while others were deemed ‘incompatible with Islamic sharia’

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2025