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Afghanistan making photos on women’s national ID cards optional
Biometric Update
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September 1, 2025
Afghanistan is making photos on women’s national ID cards optional, the Taliban government has proclaimed, noting that religious scholars have deemed photos of women contrary to Sharia law. The decision was announced last week after a decree...
Our French gîte: The peace of Landes is perfect escape from tourist traps
The Connexion
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September 4, 2025
L’Airial Moustey L’Airial Moustey/Nigel Bond If Nigel Bond, 56, was given a test of French vocabulary relating to the kitchen or bathroom, he would score an A. Évier, robinet, placard, plan de travail, luminaire, colle, enduit and joint all roll...
Four people arrested after third protest outside Falkirk asylum hotel
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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September 8, 2025
Four people have been arrested after protesters held a third demonstration outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Falkirk. Hundreds gathered outside the Cladhan Hotel which previously housed Afghan asylum seeker Sadeq Nikzad, jailed in June for...
Afghans allowed into Germany from Pakistan
The Express Tribune
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September 1, 2025
HANOVER, GERMANY: A group of 45 Afghans who fled the Taliban arrived in Germany on Monday after months of waiting in Pakistan until German court rulings forced Berlin to offer them refuge. The 10 families have been among more than 2,000 Afghans...
How this Afghan family ended up held by ICE in bureaucratic limbo
BBC
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September 3, 2025
Nadine YousifBBC News, Toronto ShareSave An Afghan woman in Canada says her family has been kept apart by recent changes to US asylum policies under Donald Trump. In a quiet, leafy suburb of Toronto, a 30-year-old Afghan woman spends most...
Afghanistan Vs Tajikistan Highlights, CAFA Nations Cup: AFG 0-2 TJK; Mabatshoev Caps Off Hosts' Win
Outlook India
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September 1, 2025
Afghanistan Vs Tajikistan Live Score, CAFA Nations Cup: The top two teams from both groups advance to the final. Photo: X/CAFA Match 4 of CAFA Nations Cup 2025's Group B was won comfortably by Tajikistan against Afghanistan at the Hisor Central...
Sal Khan is hopeful that AI won’t destroy education
The Verge
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September 8, 2025
Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Hank Green, cofounder of Complexly, where we make SciShow, Crash Course, and a bunch of other educational YouTube channels. I’m also an author, a TikToker, and what you might call a poster — you might have...
Afghanistan earthquake kills 800 people, with 2,500 injured
New York Daily News
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September 1, 2025
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Desperate Afghans clawed through rubble in the dead of the night in search of missing loved ones after a strong earthquake killed some 800 people and injured more than 2,500 in eastern Afghanistan, according to figures...
Earthquake in Afghanistan kills at least 1,400, and more images from around the world
Daily Maverick
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September 3, 2025
A girl stands beside a damaged house in earthquake-hit Kunar, Afghanistan, 02 September 2025. At least 1,400 people have been killed and some 2,000 injured after a shallow magnitude-6.0 earthquake and several aftershocks shook Nangarhar and Kunar...
China Condemns Trump’s New Blacklist On ‘Wrongful Detention’
Leadership
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September 8, 2025
China has stated that it “firmly opposes” a move by United States President Donald Trump to create a new blacklist of countries accused of unjustly detaining American citizens, warning that the measure unfairly targets Beijing. In an executive...
Afghanistan earthquake: What we know - and what we don't
BBC
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ShareSave Many homes in the affected areas are built with mud bricks and wood, making them highly vulnerable to collapse A 6.0 magnitude earthquake has struck Afghanistan's mountainous eastern region, with authorities saying hundreds of people...
Afghanistan earthquake: 800 dead, why the quake was so deadly
The Indian Express
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September 1, 2025
Afghanistan earthquake news: An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude struck north-east Afghanistan on Sunday night (August 31), killing more than 800 people and injuring at least 2,000. The quake’s epicentre was 27 km northeast of Jalalabad in Nangarhar...
Afghanistan Earthquake: Around 800 Killed, Over 1500 Injured After 6.3-Magnitude Quake Hits Kunar Province - Latest Developments
Free Press Journal
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September 1, 2025
Afghanistan Earthquake: Around 800 Killed, Over 1500 Injured After 6.3-Magnitude Quake Hits Kunar Province | X/UN In Afghanistan Kabul: A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan's northeastern Kunar province late Sunday night. Around 800...
Every Workplace Has Their Own Little Traditions. These Take Things Way, Way Further.
Slate Magazine
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September 8, 2025
Few people are as knee-deep in our work-related anxieties and sticky office politics as Alison Green, who has been fielding workplace questions for a decade now on her website Ask a Manager. In Direct Report, she spotlights themes from her inbox...
Afghanistan Earthquake: Over 800 dead, 1000 Injured After Powerful 6.0 Magnitude Quake
Times Now
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September 1, 2025
Afghan volunteers clean up rubble after an earthquake in Zenda Jan district in Herat province, western Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 (Representative image) Photo : AP Afghanistan earthquake: At least 800 people have been killed and 1000...
Army combat veteran who burned US flag wants to legally challenge White House order
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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Army veteran Jay Carey, 54, of North Carolina stands outside Union Station in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. Carey ignited an American flag in Lafayette Park, across from the White House, andis charged with lighting a fire in an...
Uzbekistan's passport improves position on global ranking.
Kun.uz
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September 8, 2025
Uzbekistan’s passport has ranked 72nd in the Henley Passport Index, which is compiled using International Air Transport Association data and reflects the number of countries citizens can enter without a visa. According to the index, Uzbek citizens...
Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 800, injures over 2,500
CBC/Radio-Canada
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September 1, 2025
Desperate Afghans clawed through rubble in the dead of the night in search of missing loved ones after an earthquake measuring 6.0 magnitude in eastern Afghanistan, with the Taliban government reporting Monday that at least 800 people were killed...
Afghanistan: The Enduring Stain on the British State
Royal United Services Institute
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August 31, 2025
The fourth Anglo-Afghan conflict (2001-21) is a dark period in British military history which is getting bleaker. The continuing impact of the conflict on UK national security stems from a refusal to confront and learn from the past. The 2025...
Lekhwiya's Search & Rescue group heads to Afghanistan to aid earthquake victims
I Love Qatar
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September 3, 2025
Lekhwiya, Qatar's Internal Security Force, announced on 3 September 2025 that under the directives of H.H. the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Qatari International Search and Rescue Group of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya)...