‘Ghosts in our own country’: Afghan women voice horror at Taliban law banning them from speaking outside the home
Women and girls are now forbidden even from calling out for a taxi, and they feel abandoned by the outside world
Women and girls are now forbidden even from calling out for a taxi, and they feel abandoned by the outside world
Qareeb Urrahman came to Ireland from Afghanistan in 2021
Trump campaign officials claim permission was given to film at US national cemetery
What kind of global mindset allows preposterous, insecure leaders in Sudan, Israel, Iran, Afghanistan, Russia and elsewhere to cock their legs on their own populations and the wider world?
Chancellor Olaf Scholz vows to tackle exploitation of system while AfD co-leader demands five-year asylum moratorium
Taliban’s first formal legislation since returning to power three years ago covers every aspect of Afghan life
It’s been a particularly dark time for Afghan media with more than 80 per cent of women journalists stopping work by the end of last year
To mark three years since the Islamist group regained control of Afghanistan, women who have fled the country are highlighting the continued oppression and violence against women
Figures just ‘the tip of the iceberg’, new data suggests
The Afghan Admission Programme allows Afghan nationals residing in Ireland since before September 1st, 2021, to apply for residency on behalf of up to four close family members. As of July this year, the programme has benefitted 896 individuals
Despite three years of severe restrictions on women, education activists remain dedicated to providing covert educational opportunities for girls across the country
Director Ibrahim Nash’at and producer Odessa Rae on their nerve-racking journey to film inside the glamorously named former American base
Aidan O’Leary was described as a ‘true leader’ by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Willie Guerin donated house for two years in 2021 and is now struggling to get it back, while a family of eight is facing homelessness
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‘Silent diplomacy will only embolden the Taliban’, says Dublin-based Afghan journalist and film-maker
Judge rejected David McBride’s argument that he did not believe he was breaking the law and was acting in national interest
Shortages of food, water and shelter reported in country considered by UN to be one of world’s most vulnerable to climate change
At least 1,000 houses destroyed and several injured as floods cause ‘significant financial losses’
This is Dublin’s only Afghan restaurant with dishes you won’t find anywhere else
Mistakes in dealing with terrorism in Northern Ireland are being repeated elsewhere, argues Prof Richard English in a new book
Some Irish soldiers - often looking for more pay - have worked in private security in overseas countries while on leave
Analysts say Isis-K — a group blamed for the recent Moscow concert hall attack — gained strength after the US withdrawal
Masterful analysis of horribly familiar case studies yields deep insights into the flawed tactics of states in their efforts to eradicate terrorists
Assistant Commissioner Justin Kelly said ‘very worrying’ drugs such as drugs fentanyl will replace heroin in Ireland when Afghan ‘heroin eradication’ hits supply chain
International Protection applicants are arriving to find themselves living on the street. But ‘at least there are no bullets’
Chaos and carnage that unfolded continues to be investigated in Congress
Many countries, including Ireland, advise against travel to the impoverished region
Afghan student Yama Hassani fled Kabul after the Taliban seized power in 2021, starting a 19-month odyssey to his sister Galway during which he survived the sinking of a migrant boat in the Mediterranean in which at least 94 people drowned
The Taliban say the restrictions are justified by their conservative interpretation of Islamic law. Unicef, the UN children’s fund, estimates the ban has affected more than 1mn girls
Women still face a spectrum starts with an almost concealed disdain, a certain contempt, an ingrained prejudice, and runs all the way to violent hatred
Businessman and devoted parent and family man left a deep impression on all those who knew him
Cultivation in Afghanistan dropped 95% after ban by Taliban in 2022
40 heroin overdoses in recent days linked to banning of opium production in Afghanistan
Order to expand border facilities could double flow of migrants being forced to return to Taliban-ruled neighbour
Deadline passes for undocumented immigrants to leave Pakistan
Islamabad’s threat has torn families apart and pushed even Afghans with valid papers to leave
Disaster follows a series of deadly quakes over the weekend which left more than 2,000 dead and entire villages flattened
At least 2,400 dead and 2,000 injured following powerful quakes, says Taliban government, with chances of finding survivors diminished
Aftershocks continue to shake affected areas, forcing people out of their homes, say officials
Country’s ministry of disasters reports 1,320 houses damaged or destroyed after 6.3 magnitude quake
Move comes after Islamabad reveals over half of 24 suicide bombings in country this year were carried out by Afghan nationals
Island has the highest number of migrants per capita in the EU, and the country’s far-right party is exploiting opposition to further arrivals
Conservative MP made comments praising the Taliban after a visit to Afghanistan in July
From Afghanistan to South Sudan and Nairobi, the practical and dauntless Mary Ellen McGrogarty of the World Food Programme focuses on respecting the dignity and individuality of people in desperate need
AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT/WFP (TV, PIX):UN food agency cuts rations to 2 million Afghans as funds dry up
New to the Parish: Manizha Khan came to Ireland from Afghanistan in 2021
Widows and divorcees among hardest-hit by strict restrictions
Róisín Ingle: The weight on my daughters’ schoolbooks has nothing on the burden placed on women and girls in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s health system under huge strain and school ban will hit future health training
The Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’ has been allowed to flourish in Afghanistan since the fall of Kabul
Taking the world in his stride, former Chicago Tribune foreign correspondent Paul Salopek paused in the Chinese capital after a 23,000km walk - so far - out of Africa retracing the footsteps of early human migration
State department says US open to technical talks with the regime on stabilising the Afghanistan economy and tackling jihadi groups in the country
Australian Jordan Bryon was determined to stay on and continue making films despite the grave danger he was placing himself in
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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