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Get all the latest updates from Afghanistan, a country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. Afghanistan has a population of around 38.04 million (2019), and the capital city is Kabul.

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The Taliban threatened to shoot me in the head - just because I wanted to go to university

Channel: World World February 11, 2023 By Tamima Dildari
Refugee who fled the Taliban in Afghanistan with just a backpack graduates with a master's degree

I was on a rescue flight from Afghanistan and now I'm a UK master's graduate

Channel: UK UK January 31, 2023 By David Alexander
(FILES) - A file picture taken on December 12, 2012 shows Britain's Prince Harry (R) making his early morning pre-flight checks at the British controlled flight-line at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand Province, where he was serving as an Apache Helicopter Pilot/Gunner with 662 Sqd Army Air Corps. Prince Harry announced March 17, 2015 he is to leave the British army after 10 years' service that has seen him fight on the front line in Afghanistan twice. Harry, who will be pushed down to fifth in line to the throne by his brother Prince William's second child, due in April, will end his military service after a four-week secondment to the Australian Defence Force in April and May 2015. AFP PHOTO / POOL / JOHN STILLWELL / FILESJOHN STILLWELL/AFP/Getty Images

Harry accused of 'playing into Iranian regime' after Taliban body count confession

Channel: UK UK January 18, 2023 By Gergana Krasteva
Prince Harry or just plain Captain Wales as he is known in the British Army, at a mission briefing in the British controlled flight-line in Camp Bastion, southern Afghanistan, where he is serving as an Apache Helicopter Pilot/Gunner with 662 Sqd Army Air Corps, from September 2012 for four months until January 2013. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday January 22, 2013. See PA story DEFENCE Harry. Photo credit should read: John Stillwell/PA Wire. Previously unissued picture dated 01/11/2012.

Iran accuses Prince Harry of 'war crime' in row over diplomat's execution

Channel: UK UK January 18, 2023 By Aidan Radnedge
England v Afghanistan - ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Rashid Khan threatens to boycott Big Bash after Australia cancel Afghanistan series

Channel: Cricket Cricket January 12, 2023 By Louis Sealey

Anjem Choudary tells jihadis to target Brit troops after Harry's Taliban killing brag

Channel: UK UK January 8, 2023 By Liam Coleman
THE HAGUE - The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, during the Jaguar Land Rover Driving Challenge of the Invictus Games, an international sporting event for servicemen and veterans who have been psychologically or physically injured in their military service. REMKO DE WAAL (Photo by ANP via Getty Images)

Terrorists ‘may target Invictus Games’ after Prince Harry says he killed 25 people

Channel: UK UK January 8, 2023 By Joe Roberts
Prince Harry patrols the deserted town of Garmisir, close to FOB Delhi (forward operating base), while posted in Helmand Province in Southern Afghanistan.

Veteran says Harry 'shot himself in the foot' by revealing army death toll

Channel: UK UK January 7, 2023 By Kirsten Robertson
Caption: Exclusive: King Charles's former interpreter says Harry is 'unwise and un-Royal' to reveal Afghan bodycount credit: PA / getty / -

Charles's ex-interpreter says Harry's 'unwise and un-royal' to reveal Afghan bodycount

Channel: UK UK January 6, 2023 By Josh Layton
Oslo, Norway, 20220124. Taliban representative Anas Haqqani at the meeting with international special representatives and representatives from the Taliban at Soria Moria hotel in Oslo. Norway has invited representatives of the Taliban to Oslo to hold meetings with the Norwegian authorities and representatives of the international and Afghan community for negotiations. Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB / POOL

Senior member of Taliban condemns Prince Harry for killing soldiers like ‘chess pieces’

Channel: UK UK January 6, 2023 By Liam Coleman
TAUNTON, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 14: Ben McBean, 21, stands during the parade at the 40 Commando Royal Marines Operation Herrick 7 Medal Parade and Families Day, at the Norton Manor Camp on May 14 2008 in Taunton, England. The Marine, who was badly injured during a desert patrol, was described by Prince Harry as a "real hero" after they shared a flight home from the warzone in Afghanistan. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

War veteran who Prince Harry hailed as a hero tells him to 'shut up'

Channel: UK UK January 5, 2023 By Tom Sanders
File photo dated 28/2/2008 of Prince Harry sits in his position on a Spartan armoured vehicle in the Helmand province, Southern Afghanistan. The Duke of Sussex fought in Afghanistan on the frontline, but is now severing his official ties to the military as he quits royal life completely. PA Photo. Issue date: Thursday February 28, 2008. See PA story ROYAL Sussex. Photo credit should read: John Stillwell/PA Wire

Prince Harry reveals he killed 25 people in Afghanistan

Channel: UK UK January 6, 2023 By Liam Coleman
David Morrissey in a UNHCR hoodie with a landscape backdrop

We can't forget about Afghan refugees – those in the UK and abroad

Channel: World World December 28, 2022 By David Morrissey
FILE PHOTO: U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price speaks during a news conference in Washington, U.S. March 10, 2022. Manuel Balce Ceneta/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Taliban releases 2 American prisoners in 'goodwill gesture'

Channel: US US December 21, 2022 By Zachary Folk

Male Afghan students 'walk out of exams in protest' after Taliban bans women studying

Channel: World World December 21, 2022 By Jordan King
(220304) -- KABUL, March 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Afghan students are seen outside a building of Mustaqbal Pohanton University in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on March 2, 2022. At Mustaqbal Pohanton University on the eastern edge of Kabul, the new academic year has just begun. Universities in Afghanistan have been closed since August last year. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Optimistic female Afghan students attend university classes

Taliban bans women from going to study at university

Channel: World World December 20, 2022 By Liam Coleman

Taliban carry out first public execution since return to power in Afghanistan

Channel: World World December 7, 2022 By Gergana Krasteva
Map reveals most dangerous places to visit

Map reveals most dangerous places in the world to visit in 2023

Channel: World World November 30, 2022 By Josh Milton
Caption: Exclusive: Women in Afghanistan ?banned from watching World Cup in public' REUTERS / GETTY

Women in Afghanistan ‘banned from watching World Cup in public'

Channel: UK UK November 18, 2022 By Josh Layton
Caption: Exclusive: Ex-Afghan TV host now in UK says her ?heart is breaking? for Dover asylum seekers Credit : Zahra Shaheer/IRC/PA

Ex-Afghan TV host says her 'heart is breaking' for Dover asylum seekers

Channel: UK UK December 27, 2022 By Josh Layton

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