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Pakistan operation to free hostages after train hijacking ends with dozens killed
Security services claim to have rescued about 190 people being held by Baloch Liberation Army in remote area. An operation to rescue hundreds of people taken hostage when a train was hijacked by ...The Guardian - Mar. 12 -
'Killed in front of our eyes': How the Pakistan train hijacking unfolded
Passengers tell the BBC of the 30-hour siege and their escape.BBC News - Mar. 13 -
Pakistani forces battle to free hundreds of hostages on hijacked train
Terrorists in explosive vests have reportedly threatened Pakistan train passengers' lives if officials refuse to release imprisoned militants.CBS News - Mar. 12 -
He Was Once a Covert Taliban Operative. Now He’s the Friendly Taxman.
Abdul Qahar Ghorbandi, head of Afghanistan’s Taxpayers Services Directorate, has the hard job of raising money in an impoverished country hobbled by international sanctions.The New York Times - Mar. 9 -
Iran is riven with conflict. Donald Trump’s offer of talks won’t ease it
With internal politics at their most unstable for years, the risk of escalation is rising. The letter the US president, Donald Trump, says he sent to Iran’s leadership offering to reopen talks on ...The Guardian - Mar. 9 -
Pakistani leader calls for unity to combat militants after a surge in attacks
Pakistan’s prime minister has called on country’s political leadership to unite in its resolve to combat militants following a surge in deadly violenceABC News - 2d -
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Pakistan rescues remaining hostages after militants kill 100 people in train hijack
Pakistani forces have freed 190 passengers from a train that was hijacked by militants, as fighting continued to free more hostages held by militants in explosives-filled vests.NBC News - Mar. 12 -
Kamay review – searing story of Afghan Hazara family’s painful quest for justice
A daughter’s death is the catalyst for a difficult journey to Kabul, chronicled in this claustrophobic documentary about the void left by trauma. Living in the remote, mountainous Daikundi province ...The Guardian - Mar. 10 -
They crossed the world to reach the US. Now deported under Trump, they're stuck in Panama
Over the past week, Panama's government has released dozens of migrants from around the world who were deported from the U.S. The migrants fled conflict, religious persecution, poverty and ...ABC News - Mar. 12 -
USAID cuts could be ‘death sentence’ for Afghan women studying abroad
A group of more than 80 Afghan women who fled the Taliban regime to study in Oman say they are at risk of imminent deportation to Afghanistan after their U.S.-funded scholarship was canceled as ...NBC News - Mar. 13 -
Trump administration mulling new travel restrictions on citizens from dozens of countries
New memo lists 41 countries – including Afghanistan, Cuba and Syria – that could face new restrictions, evoking first-term Muslim ban. The Trump administration is considering issuing travel ...The Guardian - 5d -
Life of British man, 79, imprisoned by Taliban is in serious danger, say family
Peter Reynolds, who runs a business in Afghanistan, was held along with his wife last month and needs heart pills, says his daughter. The life of a 79-year-old British man imprisoned along with his ...The Guardian - 4d -
Larkin's War | Sunday on 60 Minutes
Navy SEAL Ryan Larkin took his own life after tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. His father suspected there was more to his suicide than depression. 60 Minutes reports how one father's determination ...CBS News - 2h -
US man released after being held by Taliban for more than two years
George Glezmann was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist. US politics live – latest updates A US man who was abducted more than two years ago while ...The Guardian - 4h -
Iran’s supreme leader rails against Trump’s ‘bullying’ military threat
Ayatollah Khamenei says US demand to reopen talks on Iran’s nuclear programme is aimed at domination. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has criticised what he described as bullying ...The Guardian - Mar. 8 -
Goodbye Lenin: Finnish museum reinvents itself in response to shifting relations with Russia
Former Lenin Museum in Tampere, which opened in 1946 as a symbol of Finnish-Russian friendship, has rebranded amid Ukraine war. A Finnish museum dedicated to the Russian Soviet leader Vladimir ...The Guardian - Mar. 10 -
US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms
Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia. The United States has been added to the Civicus Monitor Watchlist, which ...The Guardian - Mar. 10 -
GOP's Bacon: Trump repeating Taliban mistake in Ukraine talks
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said President Trump is repeating mistakes he made in Afghanistan by not including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in talks to end his country’s war with Russia. ...The Hill - Mar. 10
