
#theguardian.com. × UK’s partial study visa ban ‘will drive people to small boats’, campaigners say. Ban affecting Sudan, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Cameroon will mean more people make Channel crossings, charity says
#Mar.04.2026

#theguardian.com. × UK puts emergency brake on study visas for four countries’ nationals. Shabana Mahmood says UK’s generosity abused as study visas halted for nationals from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan
#Mar.03.2026

#theguardian.com. × Afghanistan says it thwarted Pakistan airstrikes on Bagram airbase. Sporadic clashes reported in several provinces in Afghanistan as both sides give conflicting death tolls
#Mar.02.2026

#theguardian.com. × US backs Pakistan’s ‘right to defend itself’ against Taliban after strikes on Afghanistan. Taliban offer to resolve dispute via dialogue after Pakistan bombed cities in Afghanistan in latest escalation with its neighbour
#Feb.28.2026

#theguardian.com. × Pakistan’s patience runs out after badly miscalculating over Taliban. Military reckoned ‘good’ Afghan insurgents were separate from ‘bad’ Pakistani insurgents but distinction has blurred
#Feb.27.2026

#theguardian.com. × Pakistan declares state of ‘open war’ after bombing major Afghan cities. Wave of strikes comes after Taliban forces attack Pakistani border troops following earlier action from Islamabad
#Feb.27.2026

#theguardian.com. × ‘Our patience has now run out’: Pakistan declares ‘open war’ against Afghanistan after cross-border attack – live news. Pakistani forces launched airstrikes against military targets in the Afghan capital, Kabul, as well as other provinces close to the border
#Feb.27.2026

#theguardian.com. × Pakistan bombs Kabul after intensifying border clashes with Afghanistan. Escalation of violence between the volatile neighbours makes a Qatar-mediated ceasefire appear increasingly shaky
#Feb.27.2026

#theguardian.com. × Pakistan strikes militant hideouts on Afghan border after surge in attacks. ‘Intelligence-based, selective operations’ carried out against Pakistani Taliban camps, says information ministry
#Feb.21.2026

#theguardian.com. × Norway defence chief says Russia could invade to protect nuclear assets. Exclusive: Eirik Kristoffersen, who served in Afghanistan, rejects Trump’s claim that Nato troops stayed off frontlines
#Feb.10.2026

#theguardian.com. × Displacement Film Fund review – Cate Blanchett masterminds short film collection that brims with life and intensity. A set of shorts by film-makers from Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Syria and Somalia are shocking, funny and mysterious in equal measure
#Jan.30.2026

#theguardian.com. × Venezuela’s Maduro urges Trump to avoid Afghanistan-style ‘forever war’. Authoritarian leader calls for US to make peace amid military buildup and strikes against alleged drug smuggling boats
#Nov.14.2025

#theguardian.com. × Love & War: From frontlines to family life. Pulitzer-winning conflict photographer Lynsey Addario on the five stories that defined her career. Pulitzer-winning conflict photographer Lynsey Addario on the five stories that defined her career
#Nov.07.2025

#theguardian.com. × ‘It means death’: Afghan women’s rights activists face deportation from Pakistan. Police go door-to-door arresting Afghans as government pledges to send millions back home to Taliban rule
#Mar.30.2025

#theguardian.com. × US citizen detained in Afghanistan by Taliban released to Qatari embassy. Faye Hall had been detained since February along with a British couple before a court order led to her release
#Mar.29.2025

#theguardian.com. × US man released after being held by Taliban for more than two years. George Glezmann was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist
#Mar.20.2025

#theguardian.com. × British couple held by Taliban due in court on unknown charges, family say. Peter Reynolds, 79, and wife, Barbie, 75, expected to appear in Kabul on Thursday after detention last month
#Mar.19.2025

#theguardian.com. × Life of British man, 79, imprisoned by Taliban is in serious danger, say family. Peter Reynolds, who runs a business in Afghanistan, was held along with his wife last month and needs heart pills, says his daughter
#Mar.16.2025

#theguardian.com. × Trump administration mulling new travel restrictions on citizens from dozens of countries. New memo lists 41 countries – including Afghanistan, Cuba and Syria – that could face new restrictions, evoking first-term Muslim ban
#Mar.15.2025

#theguardian.com. × Suspect in Kabul bombing that killed 13 US soldiers to face charges in Virginia. Officials accuse Mohammad Sharifullah of being a member of the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate
#Mar.05.2025

#theguardian.com. × UK is ‘hostile environment’ for Afghans amid rise in refusal of asylum claims, lawyer says. In the last quarter of 2024, 2,000 Afghan asylum seekers had their claims refused, up from 48 in the same period in 2023
#Feb.27.2025

#theguardian.com. × Taliban says ‘misunderstanding’ led to arrest of British couple in Afghanistan. After an evaluation a Taliban spokesperson said Peter and Barbie Reynolds would be released as soon as possible
#Feb.25.2025

#theguardian.com. × Family of elderly British couple held by Taliban call for Foreign Office support. Daughter of Peter and Barbie Reynolds says government must do ‘everything in their power’ to secure their release
#Feb.24.2025

#theguardian.com. × British couple in their 70s arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Peter and Barbie Reynolds were detained in Bamiyan provice for ‘teaching mothers parenting with children’
#Feb.23.2025
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