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Nine things to know about the 2025 travel ban and new challenges for immigrants in Minnesota
Sahan Journal - Minnesota
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July 1, 2025
Stay informed. Sign up for Sahan Sunday, our weekly newsletter with Minnesota news you need to know. This story is provided to you free of charge. We’re glad you're here! If fair, free journalism matters to you, please support us! On June 5, the...
'A powerful thing': Traveling memorial honoring fallen service members arrives in Elgin
Daily Herald - Illinois
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July 1, 2025
Maira Alonzo walks through the Remembering Our Fallen traveling photographic war memorial at Civic Center Plaza near Elgin City Hall on Monday. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com A powerful reminder of the price paid by American service members...
Tension building up on Pak-Afghan border, again
Firstpost
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July 1, 2025
Tensions are once again rising along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border following a deadly suicide attack on a Pakistani army convoy on Saturday, which resulted in multiple soldier fatalities. The incident risks escalating into a broader diplomatic...
Judge rules Afghan migrant was a child when he arrived in Britain despite assessment finding he was 'fully developed with grey hairs' and 'lacked a youthful glow'
Daily Mail
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July 1, 2025
An Afghan asylum seeker was a child when he arrived in Britain, despite having grey hairs and 'a lack of youthful glow', a UK judge has ruled. The Upper Tribunal of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber has overturned a decision that the migrant was...
Over 5,000 unaccompanied Afghan children return from Iran: UNICEF
Times of Oman
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Kabul: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reported that over 5,000 unaccompanied children have returned from Iran to Afghanistan through the Islam Qala border crossing, TOLO News reported. Tajudeen Oyewale, UNICEF's representative in...
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...
Tourists begin to return to Afghanistan as IEA eyes economic and diplomatic gains
Ariana News
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June 29, 2025
After decades of war and isolation, Afghanistan is seeing the slow return of international tourists—arriving by plane, camper van, motorbike, and even bicycle—drawn by curiosity, adventure, and the country’s dramatic landscapes and rich history....
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...
Tourism Authority Issues Alert As Pre-Monsoon Rains Trigger Flood And Landslide Fears Across KP
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- Tribal News Network) With pre-monsoon rains lashing several parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the provincial Tourism Authority and Meteorological Department have issued alerts, warning of potential flash floods and landslides in upper and...
Tourists are visiting Afghanistan and the Taliban government is eager to welcome them
The Marietta Times - Ohio
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FILE.- Villagers walk in the fields near the niche of the giant Buddha statue destroyed by the Taliban in 2001, in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd,File KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — By plane, motorbike, camper van...
Afghanistan is letting in more tourists. The Taliban is welcoming them
The Independent
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June 30, 2025
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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...
Tourists Trickling into Afghanistan…Taliban Eager to Welcome Them
Asharq Al-Awsat
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June 30, 2025
By plane, motorbike, camper van and even on bicycles, tourists are beginning to discover Afghanistan, with solo travelers and tour groups gradually venturing into a country that until recently was wracked by war. And the country’s Taliban...
Baradar-Led Team Travels To Azerbaijan For ECO Summit
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN- Pajhwok Afghan News) KABUL (Pajhwok): A high-level delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar departed for Azerbaijan on Tuesday to attend the 17th Summit of the Economic Cooperation...
Tourists trickling into Afghanistan
The Rising Nepal
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Kabul, June 30: By plane, motorbike, camper van and even on bicycles, tourists are beginning to discover Afghanistan, with solo travelers and tour groups gradually venturing into a country that until recently was wracked by war. And the country's...
Taliban government eager to welcome tourists into Afghanistan
9News
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July 1, 2025
By plane, motorbike, camper van and even on bicycles, tourists are beginning to discover Afghanistan, with solo travellers and tour groups gradually venturing into a country that until recently was wracked by war. And the country’s Taliban...
Tourists trickling back into Afghanistan; Taliban eager to welcome them
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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June 29, 2025
By plane, motorbike, camper van and even on bicycles, tourists are beginning to discover Afghanistan, with solo travellers and tour groups gradually venturing into a country that until recently was wracked by war. And the country’s Taliban...
Tourists are trickling into Afghanistan and Taliban government is eager to welcome them
Gulf Today
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June 29, 2025
By plane, motorbike, camper van and even on bicycles, tourists are beginning to discover Afghanistan, with solo travelers and tour groups gradually venturing into a country that until recently was wracked by war. And the country’s Taliban...
Taliban denies Afghanistan is a haven for terrorists
Long War Journal
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June 30, 2025
In response to a US Congressional hearing that discussed the security situation in South and Central Asia, the Taliban denied that foreign terror organizations are operating in Afghanistan. The Taliban has made this claim for two decades, despite...
Germany To Kowtow to the Taliban To Get Rid of Illegal Migrants
The European Conservative
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July 3, 2025
After repeatedly refusing to change its immigration policy, the German government, through Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU), announced on Wednesday, July 2nd, its intention to negotiate directly with the Taliban in Afghanistan to...