Tag: Afghan
The Afghan interpreters can get help to come to Sweden
Around 8,000 Swedish soldiers took part in the peacekeeping operation in Afghanistan, which followed a US-led invasion that ousted the Islamist Taliban regime in 2001. The Swedes had a few…
“Help the Afghan interpreters to Sweden”
Rashid, as we call him, has been forced to move with his family five times since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in the fall of 2021. The last time…
Iranian and Afghan sportswomen distinguished by the National Assembly
Mitra Hejazipour, of Iranian origin, 2023 French chess champion, and Marzieh Hamidi, Afghan taekwondo champion, received, this Wednesday, October 11, the medal of honor from the National Assembly from the…
For Afghan opponent Ahmad Massoud, “we must stop wanting to please the Taliban”
Since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, Ahmad Massoud has been trying to organize the armed struggle in Afghanistan. At 34, the son of the famous commander Massoud,…
Few more Afghan embassies open in the world – diplomats are arguing, Afghans abroad are in trouble
The Afghan Embassy in India will cease its operations. Foreign diplomats have also withdrawn from Kabul. The Taliban regime is recognized by only a few countries in the world. The…
France welcomes on its soil five Afghan women threatened by the Taliban
Five Afghan women arrived Monday, September 4 in Paris as part of an evacuation operation from Pakistan, where they had found refuge. After a long campaign for their evacuation, these…
Threatened by the Taliban, these Afghan women who count on the reception of France
This is a symbolic first: France welcomes, this Monday, September 4, a handful of Afghan women threatened by the Taliban and exiled in neighboring Pakistan. They are for the moment…
Australia: Senior officer loses libel case over Afghan war crimes
Accused of war crimes in Afghanistan by three Australian newspapers, Ben Roberts Smith, former corporal of the SAS – the special forces of the Australian army – lost this Thursday,…
An Afghan radio station run by women is allowed to continue after promising to stop playing music
A radio station operating in the Badakhshan province in the northern part of Afghanistan is allowed to continue operating after a one-week shutdown. The condition was to stop playing the…
Afghan poet, former parliamentarian keynote speaker at St. Thomas Women’s Day
A renowned poet and former Afghanistan parliamentarian, Safia Siddiqi embodies the goals of supporting and empowering women. “I believe in the ability of the women. We can do anything through…