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Afghan women living in Spain staged a demonstration outside the European Parliament office in Madrid on Thursday, calling on the European Union to cancel reported plans to engage with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers.

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An Afghan woman has been sentenced to five years in prison in Iran over her participation in nationwide protests in January, the Norway-based Hengaw Organization for Human Rights reported on Thursday.

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Taliban authorities in Afghanistan’s western Herat province killed two men accused of theft and paraded their bodies across the city with the intention of deterring crime, the group’s police command said on Thursday.

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The exiled Afghanistan women’s national football team returned to international competition on Thursday, playing its first official match after receiving FIFA recognition.

The 23-member squad, competing under the name “Afghan Women United,” played the Cook Islands in Auckland, losing the friendly match 1–0. Despite the defeat, players and supporters described the match as a landmark moment for Afghan women’s sport.

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has condemned the deaths of four migrant workers who were burned to death in southern Italy, including three Afghan nationals, calling it a “horrific murder,” and vowed that all those responsible will be brought to justice.

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Italian media have reported that police in the country have arrested two Pakistani citizens on charges of killing four migrant workers, including three Afghan nationals and one Pakistani citizen.

The bodies of these individuals were found on Tuesday (June 2) inside a burned vehicle at a fuel station and in a large agricultural area in the southern region of Calabria. Another Afghan citizen survived the incident by breaking the car windows.

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José Manuel Albares, Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the fifth meeting of European foreign ministers on feminist foreign policy, described the Taliban’s policies toward women in Afghanistan as “cruel and criminal.”

He said at this two-day meeting, held under the slogan “Building Peace and Democracy,” that the Taliban are engaged in a “criminal act” by attempting to silence the voices of Afghan women.

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The European Union Humanitarian Aid Office for Asia and the Pacific has announced a €50,000 contribution from the European Union to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to support flood-affected communities in Afghanistan.

In a post published on X today (Wednesday, June 3), the office said that with this contribution, the European Union’s total assistance to flood victims in Afghanistan through the IFRC has reached €225,000.

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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has announced that Iceland has contributed 50 million Icelandic krona, equivalent to US$402,000, to the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund.

OCHA thanked Iceland for its contribution and said that the funding will enable humanitarian partners to provide urgent assistance to families affected by crises across Afghanistan.

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that more than 1,100 Afghan refugees who are waiting in Qatar for resettlement in the United States will be relocated to third countries.

Speaking on (Monday, June 1) before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio responded to a question from Senator Chris Coons and said that following an attack on members of the U.S. National Guard, an executive order was issued under which no Afghan citizen is permitted to enter the United States.

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Pakistan and the European Union have addressed the situation in Afghanistan in a joint statement, expressing concern over the presence of terrorist groups and the deteriorating human rights situation in the country.

The statement was issued on (Monday, June 1) at the conclusion of the eighth round of the Pakistan-European Union Strategic Dialogue held in Islamabad. The meeting was co-chaired by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister.

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The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that Afghanistan’s 2026 humanitarian response plan remains severely underfunded, with only 16%, or $269 million, of the required $1.7 billion received so far.

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Pakistan and China have agreed to enhance counterterrorism coordination against militant groups, including the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), which both countries say operate from Afghan territory.

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – Two men were killed in separate incidents in eastern and northern Afghanistan, according to local sources.

In the first incident, local sources told KabulNow that the body of a teacher was found in Rodat district of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan.

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Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo attended Hazara Culture Day in Finland and thanked the Hazara community for its contributions to Finnish society, marking the first time a head of government has participated in the annual celebration.

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Millions of Afghan refugees in Iran are facing deteriorating humanitarian conditions due to conflict-related disruption, economic pressure, and a severe funding shortfall, the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has said.

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The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, reacting to the Taliban’s approval and endorsement of the “Regulation on the Separation of Spouses,” in which child marriage is implicitly recognized and a girl’s silence is considered consent to marriage, has called on the group to immediately repeal all measures that violate children’s rights and to explicitly and unequivocally prohibit child marriage.

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The Taliban have privately informed Islamabad that their leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has warned the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to stop attacks inside Pakistan or risk losing the Afghan Taliban’s support, Pakistani media reported.

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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that although Afghanistan has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, the Taliban have still restricted mothers’ and newborns’ access to life-saving services.

In a message posted on X today (Monday, June 1), OCHA said that mothers and newborns must have access to life-saving services.

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Thousands gathered in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, May 24, to celebrate Hazara Culture Day and showcase the community’s rich cultural heritage, music, and achievements.

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