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Afghan man goes on trial over deadly Munich car-ramming

MUNICH: An Afghan man goes on trial in Germany on Friday accused of ramming a car into a crowd in Munich last year, killing a two-year-old girl and her mother and injuring dozens.The suspect, partially identified as Farhad N., faces two charges of murder and 44 of attempted murder, with prosecutors saying he acted out […]

British Sikhs rescue schoolgirl from flat, say she was groomed by Afghan man

LONDON: Around 200 Sikh men and women surrounded a council flat in Hounslow on Sunday night where they said a 34-year-old Afghan man was grooming a 16-year-old Sikh girl.The parents of the schoolgirl had approached a gurdwara in Slough seeking help as they were frantically worried about their daughter, who had left home to live […]

Afghan Taliban visit Bangladesh ahead of polls

Afghan Taliban officials have visited Bangladesh and met Islamist leaders who are seeking to increase their political influence ahead of elections due in February, Islamist officials in Dhaka said Monday.Abu Sayem Khaled, president of the Bangladesh-Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce, told AFP that the visit by Noor Ahmad Noor, director general at Kabul’s Ministry of Foreign […]

Who are Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal? Afghan asylum seekers jailed for raping 15-year-old girl in Britain

Two Afghan asylum seekers who arrived in Britain on small boats have been jailed for raping a 15-year-old girl in Leamington Spa after dragging her into a dark park.Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both 17, lured the teenager away from her friends on May 10 before forcing her to perform oral sex in a secluded […]

Who is Mohammad Dawood Alokozay? Afghan national arrested for posting TikTok video of himself making a bomb

Afghan national Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, who entered the United States under the Operation Allies Welcome resettlement programme, has been arrested and charged after posting a video on TikTok in which he allegedly appeared to build a bomb and threatened to target the Fort Worth area, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).According to Fox […]

After DC shooting, another Afghan national arrested for posting TikTok video showing him constructing a bomb

A second Afghan national brought to the United States under Operation Allies Welcome was arrested on Saturday, only days after a separate case of a shooting in Washington DC. This latest arrest involves a man accused of posting a TikTok video that appeared to show him constructing a bomb and naming the Fort Worth area […]

‘Want America-hating migrants in US’: Donald Trump Jr slams WSJ for defending Afghan refugees in op-ed after DC shooting

Donald Trump Jr. criticised the Wall Street Journal editorial board on Friday after the paper published an op-ed defending Afghan refugees living in the United States.The Journal’s editorial was titled “The Ambush on the National Guard.” It argued that Afghan refugees should not be blamed for the actions of a single individual.Recently, two National Guardsmen […]

Shooting near White House: Who is Rahmanullah Lakanwal? Afghan national named suspect in security breach

Authorities have identified the suspect in the Washington DC shooting that critically injured two National Guard members near the White House. Law enforcement sources told CBS News that the accused is Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national who entered the United States in 2021. Officials are still verifying all his details, and the motive remains […]

Will obliterate Afghan Taliban & push them back to caves: Pakistan

Islamabad: Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif Wednesday threatened to “obliterate” the Afghan Taliban and push them back to the caves in case of any future terror attack in his country, as relations between the two neighbouring nations hit rock bottom after peace talks failed. Asif issued the warning on social media soon after the four-day […]

‘We don’t want conflict with anyone’: Afghan foreign minister on border clashes; calls Pakistan only ‘unhappy neighbour’

Except for Pakistan, all of Afghanistan’s neighbours are “happy” with the country, Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Monday. “We don’t want conflict with anyone. There is peace in Afghanistan. Pakistan is not our only neighbour — we have five other neighbours, and all of them are happy with us,” Muttaqi said, […]