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The U.S. Is Closing Every Door on Afghan Allies
Reason Magazine
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July 1, 2025
As the U.S. wraps up the congressionally mandated Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts (CARE) program, uncertainty for allies overseas is on the rise. Some allies who relied on CARE housing for safety while waiting on a yearslong processing...
ACB signs 10-year strategic partnership to deliver Afghanistan Premier League T20
Ariana News
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July 1, 2025
In a landmark development for Afghan cricket, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has entered into a long-term strategic partnership with ITW MEA to manage and deliver the Afghanistan Premier League (APL T20) over the next 10 editions. The...
The founder of ‘Art of Living’ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a globally respected spiritual leader
Sanatan Prabhat
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July 1, 2025
Due to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s self-development programmes, millions of people around the globe are experiencing stress relief, peace and good health. These programmes, though based on ancient yoga techniques, aredevelopedas per current...
Afghans driven out of Iran return to uncertain future
Gulf Today
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July 1, 2025
Susannah Walden and Qubad Wali Hajjar Shademani’s family waited for hours in the heat and dust after crossing the border into Afghanistan, their neat pile of suitcases all that remained of a lifetime in Iran after being deported to their homeland....
After a harrowing exit from an Iran suddenly at war, Ian Andersen still plans to bike across Afghanistan
Detroit Lakes Tribune - Minnesota
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July 1, 2025
DETROIT LAKES — After a harrowing exit from Iran, adventurer Ian Andersen found himself in Baku, Azerbaijan, trying to figure out how to get his bicycle trip across Europe and Asia back on track. That means finding a way to get to the point where...
Empowering Afghan female athletes shows ‘bravery and courage’ against the Taliban, says Malala
KEYT - California
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July 1, 2025
By George Ramsay, Amanda Davies and Aleks Klosok, CNN (CNN) — Malala Yousafzai has never stopped fighting for the rights of women, even after it almost cost the Nobel-Prize-winning activist her life. And in her latest rallying cry, Yousafzai wants...
Shadab Khan, Pakistan’s ODI and T20I Vice-Captain, Faces Lengthy Layoff Due to Shoulder Injury
Latestly
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July 1, 2025
Mumbai, July 1: Pakistan's white-ball vice-captain Shadab Khan is facing a three-month layoff because of a recurring shoulder injury that will require a surgery. A source in the Pakistan Cricket Board said on Tuesday that the PCB's medical panel...
IFRC seeks intl. aid to support Afghans deported from Iran
Tehran Times
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July 1, 2025
TEHRAN – The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has appealed for increased funding, essential supplies, and long-term support to help Afghans returning home from Iran rebuild their lives. The organization has...
UN Agencies Sound Alarm as Surging Afghan Returns from Iran Overwhelm Fragile Support Systems
Kashmir Life
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July 1, 2025
SRINAGAR: United Nations agencies are issuing urgent warnings as an unprecedented surge in Afghan migrants returning from Iran, particularly in June, overwhelms Afghanistan’s already fragile support systems. More than 700,000 Afghan migrants have...
40 Afghan Nationals Executed In Iran Amid Rising Human Rights Violations
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaama Press) The Hengaw Human Rights Organization reported that Iran executed at least 617 people in the first half of 2025, including 40 Afghans. The Hengaw Human Rights Organization reported on Tuesday, July 1, that the Iranian...
An Afghan-American Muslim and an Indian-American Sikh collaborate to revive the rabab
The Hindu
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July 1, 2025
The earliest-known bowed instrument, rabab, has joined forces with the trumpet, through an unusually refreshing alliance between musicians Qais Essar, an Afghan-American Muslim, and Sonny Singh, an Indian-American Sikh. Together, they are...
Pakistan, China and Bangladesh planning big move against India - Nepal, Afghanistan Will Now...
India Herald
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China and pakistan, who are upset about India's long-standing "boycott" of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) because of the presence of a country that sponsors terrorism, are reportedly collaborating to create a new regional...
Ukraine Is Afghanistan 2.0 For Russia! How Moscow Is Rapidly Losing Power & Prestige That It Once Boasted!
The Eurasian Times
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July 1, 2025
There is an old English proverb, “You can’t be in two places at once.” Not unless you’re a global superpower. For Russia, this rings painfully true as its entanglement in the Ukraine war since February 2022 has stretched its resources and...
More than 250,000 Afghans left Iran in June, UN says
Ghanaian Times
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July 1, 2025
More than 250,000 Afghans left Iran in June alone, marking a surge in returns to Afghanistan since Tehran set a hard deadline for repatriations, the UN’s migration agency said. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) recorded as many as...
Art and tea – A new pairing
Our Town - Oregon
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June 30, 2025
When Pauli Bailey moved from California to Silverton in 2021, she began looking for an Oregon-based gallery to display her paintings. “I was in the Elsinore Artists in Action [Gallery],” Bailey said. “But I had to drive to Salem all the time.”...
MDS vs MPS Dream11 Prediction Today Match, Dream11 Team Today, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report, Injury Update- Afghanistan National T20 Cup 2025, Match 5
CricketAddictor
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July 1, 2025
At 10:00 AM IST on 1st July, Maiwand Champions will challenge Mahipar Stars in the fifth match of the Afghanistan National T20 Cup 2025 at the Kunduz Cricket Stadium, Kunduz. Get the best MDS vs MPS Dream11 prediction, fantasy cricket tips,...
Afghan Ally Who Was Detained by ICE Now Facing Fast-Tracked Deportation
Military.com
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June 30, 2025
An Afghan man who helped the U.S. military during America's longest war is now being fast-tracked for deportation after being arrested by immigration officials earlier this month, his lawyer and supporters said Monday. Sayed Naser Noori, whose...
Canada Day: A chance for Afghan women to continue learning in Sudbury
The Community Press
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Breadcrumb Trail Links Health Life 'Here, no Taliban. I make my own decisions that reflect the traditions of my people' Khadija Tawakkuly is an engineering student from Afghanistan studying at Laurentian University in Sudbury. For her, being in...
Afghanistan: Surging Returns From Iran Overwhelm Fragile Support Systems, UN Agencies Warn
Scoop
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Tuesday, 1 July 2025, 8:06 am Press Release: UN News 30 June 2025 Ninety-nine per cent of the returnees were undocumented, and 70 per cent were forcibly returned, with a steep rise in families being deported – a shift from earlier months, when...
Taliban’s Oil Deal Divorce With China Tests Beijing’s Checkbook Diplomacy: Analysts
The Epoch Times
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July 1, 2025
Afghanistan's acting deputy prime minister, Abdul Ghani Baradar, speaks during the inauguration ceremony of a Mes Aynak copper deposit mining project, in Shast Bandari area of Mohammad Agha district at Logar province, Afghanistan, on July 24,...