The many thousands of Afghan civilians who fled Taliban rule will find their lives at risk if they are forced to return to their homeland.

Uzbekistan is betting that cooperation with the Afghanistan and the Taliban on infrastructure projects will pay off.

Muhammad Uthayn, Commander of Hamas’ Daraj Tuffah Battalion and one of the perpetrators of the October 7 massacre, was confirmed killed by the IDF. The IDF and Shin Bet confirmed the death of a Hamas commander who was directly involved in the October 7 massacre, the military said Friday.

The 35-year-old husband and father of five was taken into custody by ICE agents outside a routine green card appointment in East Hartford.

The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse their worsening oppression of women and girls and eliminate all terrorist organizations.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has denied that his government is preparing to formally recognize the Taliban in Afghanistan. "Diplomatic recognition of the Taliban regime is not on the agenda at all.

The Taliban-led government has shut down almost all women's shelters — the last safe places for victims of domestic violence leaving victims with nowhere to go and forcing them to remain in households where they continue to endure abuse at the hands of their husbands and in-laws.

Germany deported dozens of Afghan nationals to their homeland on Friday, the second time it has done so since the Taliban returned to power and the first since a new government pledging a tougher line on migration took office in Berlin.

The former army officer said that even with "all his suffering," he does not regret helping the UK military. | ITV National News