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British media outlets call for Afghan staff to get UK visas

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(Last Updated On: August 6, 2021)

A group of British newspapers and broadcasters have sent an open letter to the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to expand the refugee visa program for Afghans who worked for UK media over the past 20 years.

More than 20 media outlets signed the letter, the UK’s Guardian reported.

“There is an urgent need to act quickly, as the threat to their lives is already acute and worsening,” the letter said.

“If left behind, those Afghan journalists and media employees who have played such a vital role informing the British public by working for British media will be left at the risk of persecution, of physical harm, incarceration, torture, or death,” the letter stated.

This comes after the US media made a similar appeal last month to the Biden administration to provide visas to journalists who had worked for American news organizations in Afghanistan.

According to the Guardian, the signatories to the British letter represent a coalition that includes broadcasters Sky and ITN, and all major British newspapers from the Guardian, the Times and the Financial Times to the Daily Mail and the Sun, and weekly magazine the Economist.

The National Union of Journalists and press freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders have also put their names to the demand for a path to safety for journalists with UK links, modelled on the visa route for military interpreters, reported the Guardian.

The letter was sent to Boris Johnson and the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab

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IED explosion in Badakhshan leaves 8 dead and wounded

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(Last Updated On: May 8, 2024)

Eight security force members were killed and wounded in an IED explosion in Badakhshan province on Wednesday morning, officials confirmed.

The Ministry of Interior said three policemen died and five others were wounded in the explosion.

Abdul Mateen Qani, the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior Affairs, said: “Unfortunately, at around 11:00 AM today, a sticky mine (magnetic IED) that was already embedded in a motorcycle exploded in the Jawozon area of Faizabad city, Badakhshan province.”

According to Qani the device detonated while a convoy of police was traveling through the area. Police had been carrying out a poppy clearing operation.

Police are investigating the incident, Qani said.

So far, no group or individual has claimed responsibility for the explosion.

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Khurasan beats Istaqlal 1-0 in ACL; Sorkh Poshan thrash Sarsabz Yashlar 4-1

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(Last Updated On: May 8, 2024)

Khurasan Faryab defeated Istiqlal Kabul 1-0 in the 35th match of Afghanistan Champions League (ACL) in Kabul on Tuesday, while Sorkh Poshan Khafi thrashed Sarsabz Yashlar 4-1 in the 36th match of the tournament on the same day.

Khurasan’s only goal against Istiqlal Kabul was scored by Farid Ahmad – who was declared man of the match.

In the second match of the day, Sorkh Poshan Khafi’s four goals were scored by Habibullah Hotak and Omid Rajabi.

Khurasan’s Habibullah Hotak received the man of the match award.

Wednesday’s matches will see Abu Muslim Farah FC take on Adalat Farah FC at 1 PM, while Maiwand FC will play Jawanan Wahedi FC at 3:30 PM.

The matches are broadcast live on Ariana Television.

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Pakistan is using its territory against Afghanistan: MoD

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The Ministry of National Defense of Afghanistan (MoD) has strongly rejected Pakistan’s claim that the recent attack on Chinese nationals in Pakistan was planned from the territory of Afghanistan.

Late last month five Chinese nationals and one Pakistani were killed in a suicide bombing near Besham, in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, Inayatullah Khwarazmi, said that Daesh came from Pakistan to the territory of Afghanistan and its goals were organized from there.

He said that Pakistan should respond to these actions.

Khwarazmi, said that in an area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is under the security of the Pakistan Army, the killing of Chinese nationals is either the weakness of the security institutions or their cooperation with the attackers.

Khwarazmi says that the Islamic Emirate has assured China that Afghans are not involved in such incidents.

The territorial tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan are on the rise again. In the latest issue, Islamabad has accused Kabul of harboring terrorist networks.
Pakistan’s intelligence service has claimed that the Besham attack was planned in Afghanistan.

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