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Afghanistan

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Capital Kabul
Population35. 53 million (2017)
Presidents Ashraf Ghani
Currency Afghan afghani
Official_languagesPashto
Dari
Roster Forward
Captains Farshad Noor
Head coach Ashley Westwood
Arena stadium Ghazi Stadium
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The Afghanistan national football team is the national football team of Afghanistan and is controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation. Founded in 1922, they played their first international game against Iran in Kabul, 1941.

Top general locked away evidence of SAS executions

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...By Hannah O Grady and Joel GunterBBC PanoramaOne of the UK s most senior generals was warned in writing in 2011 that SAS soldiers were claiming to have executed handcuffed detainees in Afghanistan...

Call to help resettle more Afghans who worked with British military

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... The Sulha Alliance - which supports Afghans who worked for the British Army - has given evidence to MPs on Parliament s Foreign Affairs Select Committee, which is looking at the government s response to the UK withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 after the country fell to the Taliban...

New earthquake hits western Afghanistan

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...A new earthquake has hit western Afghanistan - several days after two large tremors in the region killed more than 1,000 people...

Afghans in UK visa limbo as Pakistan vows to expel migrants

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...By Caroline DaviesBBC News, IslamabadHundreds of Afghans who risked their lives to work with the UK in Afghanistan and fled the Taliban are now stuck in neighbouring Pakistan as they wait to be relocated to the UK...

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... The training by British Army sappers - combat engineers, some of whom faced similar obstacles in Afghanistan - was specifically requested by Ukraine...

Afghan women escape for a chance at education

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Ben Roberts-Smith: Top soldier won't apologise for alleged war crimes

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...By Hannah RitchieBBC News, SydneyBen Roberts-Smith is proud of his actions in Afghanistan, the former Australian soldier said in his first comments since a judge ruled claims he committed war crimes were true...

Channel migrants tragedy: Five French soldiers accused of failing to help

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May 25,2023 7:30 pm

... Last June, - mostly from Afghanistan - who are accused of being part of a smuggling ring involved in the deadly incident...

Channel migrants tragedy: Five French soldiers accused of failing to help

Dec 21,2022 7:21 am

By Matt MurphyBBC News

French police have charged five soldiers over the deaths of 27 people who sank while trying to cross the English Channel on 24 November 2021.

They are among nine people detained for questioning. They are accused of failing to help the stricken boat, a judicial source said.

Some 15 calls from The Boat were ignored, French media reported.

The disaster is the worst of its kind on record. The Migrants were mostly Iraqi Kurds, and aged seven to 46.

News of the indictment was welcomed spokesperson for Utopia 56, an organisation representing The Migrants .

" We can only be delighted that things are progressing from a criminal point of view, " said Flore Judet.

, Leading to the death of all but two of those onboard - comprising men, women and children.

Le Monde newspaper previously reported that passengers had first contacted officials in France's Channel rescue centre at 01:48, saying their boat was deflating and their engine had failed.

The Group reportedly sent their location by WhatsApp 15 Minutes later, but authorities failed to answer. Rescue teams eventually responded 10 hours later, after fishermen raised The Alarm .

Speaking at The Time of The Tragedy , the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) said the disaster was the biggest single loss of life in the Channel since it had begun collecting data in 2014.

The UK's then-Prime Minster Boris Johnson said he was " appalled" by The Incident , adding that his country would leave " no stone unturned" to stop Human Trafficking gangs.

In November 2022, in connection with the disaster, having been accused of being part of a group which conspired to transport The Migrants to the UK.

Harem Ahmed Abwbaker was alleged to have offered money to the families of migrants who drowned to stay silent.

Last June , - mostly from Afghanistan - who are accused of being part of a smuggling ring involved in the deadly incident.

The UK government has pledged to after record numbers arrived by that route Last Year .

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