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Sep 10, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Fereshta Abbasi

    Pakistan Moves to Expel Afghan Medical Students (opens the original)

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    Without warning, Pakistan has directed all medical and dental institutions to expel Afghan students and arrange to send them back to Afghanistan. It is the latest move by Pakistani authorities to summarily deport Afghans from the country. Especially for Afghan women students, being returned to Afghanistan ends their chances of ever becoming doctors or dentists, as the Taliban have banned all women from universities and medical training. Pakistan’s medical institutions have also suspended new adm

  2. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · Fereshta Abbasi

    ‘I Can’t Feed My Children’ (opens the original)

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    A man in western Afghanistan recently told me that his neighbors knock on his door to ask for food. A man in the capital, Kabul, said, “I can no longer feed my children properly,” and described how the rising cost of food was affecting him and his family. Such stories are becoming increasingly common in Afghanistan, where millions are being impacted by a looming hunger crisis. According to the United Nations, over 17 million people in Afghanistan, out of a population of about 44 million, are pro

  3. Article · Jul 15, 2026 · Fereshta Abbasi

    Pakistani Strikes in Afghanistan Raise Civilian Casualty Concerns (opens the original)

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    On June 29, Pakistani airstrikes in three provinces in eastern Afghanistan killed at least 28 civilians and wounded at least 49, including among them women and children, according to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Pakistani authorities assert that they were targeting militants responsible for attacking Pakistani security personnel days earlier in Karachi but provided no detail about the strike. UNAMA has reported that in the first three months of 2026, cross-border

  4. Article · Jul 7, 2026 · Fereshta Abbasi

    EU Shouldn’t Cut a Migration Deal With the Taliban (opens the original)

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    The European Union hosted a delegation of Taliban officials in Brussels on June 22 for the first time since the group returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021. The European Commission described the meeting as “technical” and focused on returns, while a Taliban spokesperson described it as a “historic visit” and a step toward regularizing consular relations with EU countries. The negotiations took place despite EU awareness and frequent criticism of the Taliban’s horrific human rights reco

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