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A young Afghan male has been arrested on suspicion of murder after three people were stabbed in Uxbridge, West London, on Monday afternoon. 

An Afghan man deemed psychologically ill faced a German court on Thursday over a deadly knife attack on a group of toddlers.

The Taliban regime in Afghanistan said on Wednesday that over a dozen civilians were killed during overnight clashes along the border with Pakistan.

The Associated Press (AP) on Wednesday retracted a story that incorrectly quoted a Taliban official denying that Afghanistan’s Internet access has been deliberately shut down.

The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Friday that China is leading the effort to prevent the United States from regaining control of Bagram air base in Afghanistan.

An elderly British couple released by the Taliban authorities after almost eight months in detention in Afghanistan arrived back in the UK on Saturday.

A senior Taliban terrorist responded to President Donald Trump announcing on Thursday that he was working to reclaim Afghanistan’s Bagram military base by rejecting the possibility of a renewed U.S. military presence in the country.

The Taliban junta in Afghanistan on Thursday condemned U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for denouncing its brutish treatment of women, claiming Guterres lacks the required credentials in Islamic sharia law to comment on the Taliban’s conduct.

President Donald Trump submitted a “Presidential Determination” document to Congress on Monday that identified 23 nations – including Afghanistan, India, China, Venezuela, and Pakistan – as major producers of illegal drugs, or important transit points on the drug supply pipeline.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he is working to regain American possession of Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan.

Senior Taliban officials emphasized a desire for normal relations with the United States during a visit from a White House delegation.

The Taliban terrorist organization running Afghanistan and the Chinese Communist Party, who have become increasingly close since the demise of the legitimate Afghan government in 2021, both condemned Israel on Tuesday and Wednesday following a “precise strike” against the jihadist group Hamas in Qatar.

The World Health Organization is pleading with the Taliban to accept female aid workers for victims of the September 1 earthquake.

An Afghanistan combat veteran who “never gave up” in his effort to overcome homelessness and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) inspired a Louisville car dealership to give him a truck.

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) was briefly caught in a physical altercation with a demonstrator Thursday near the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill. 

One of the worst earthquakes in Afghanistan’s history struck the border region with Pakistan on Sunday, killing over 800 people and injuring at least 2,800 more.

Today marks the fourth anniversary of the Abbey Gate massacre which left 13 American service members dead and 32 grievously wounded.

President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation declaring Tuesday, August 26, 2025, a day commemorating the fourth anniversary of the Abbey Gate bombing during then-President Joe Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal. 

Taliban officials urged Japan to consider recognizing the jihadist terrorist organization as the legitimate government of Afghanistan this week as they marked the fourth anniversary of seizing power.

China has been salivating over exploiting Afghanistan’s mineral wealth ever since the brutal Taliban regime seized power in 2021, and on Wednesday Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made an effort to seal the deal by offering the Taliban membership in China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

The Taliban jihadist terror organization held celebrations throughout Afghanistan on Friday to mark the four-year anniversary of its conquest of the country, flooding state propaganda outlets with images of young boys in Islamic garb celebrating, elaborate decorative bouquets, and calls to praise Allah for the Taliban’s continued stranglehold on power.

Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada says Afghans who resist his rule will be “subjected to the severe punishment of Allah Almighty.”

Top Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid demanded that Washington consider handing over the former Afghan embassy in America to the jihadist terror organization in a recent interview, lamenting the lack of a “positive response” to the request so far.

The legal and judicial system of Afghanistan has been “weaponized” by its brutal Taliban terrorist rulers to oppress women and girls in what amounts to “crimes against humanity,” a U.N. investigator on human rights reported Thursday.

Taliban fighters with “British blood on their hands” and serious criminals among those secretly flown to the UK by its own government.

Dozens of Afghans with serious criminal records were handed $1,100 in cash and put on a plane to Kabul on Friday morning.

Only a small fraction of the Afghans on the leaked Ministry of Defence document had any grounds to be bought to Britain, report claims. 

A spokesman for the Taliban junta in Afghanistan claimed that no Afghan needs to fear persecution after a data breach at the UK Ministry of Defense leaked information about thousands of Afghans. 

Members of the Russia- and China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) emphasized their collective support for “development” and “reconstruction” of Afghanistan during their meeting this week, effectively confirming collaboration with the Taliban to enrich the country under the regime.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghan migrants who were imported to the United States under former President Joe Biden.

Britain quietly earmarked £7 billion to secretly import tens of thousands of Afghans under the cover of a remarkable ‘superinjunction’.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued two arrest warrants for the “supreme leader” of the Taliban, Hibatullah Akhundzada, and the terrorists’ top judge Abdul Hakim Haqqani on Tuesday in response to the Taliban’s systematic abuse and repression of women and girls, which the court deemed a crime against humanity.

Algerian teens are 56 times more likely to be suspected of a crime than their German-born counterparts, according to new statistics.

Nearly half a million Afghans have returned from Iran since June 1, the United Nations migration office revealed.

Russia formally recognised Taliban rule of Afghanistan on Friday, becoming the first country to bow to the terrorist group since it took control in 2021. Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi hailed it as a “courageous” decision.