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U.K. Secretly Resettled 4,500 Afghans in Britain After Huge Data Breach

The government said that information about 18,000 Afghans was accidentally revealed in 2022. A legal order had prevented any reporting on the subject.

© Omar Sobhani/Reuters

British soldiers in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, in 2020. The acknowledgment of the data exposure comes at a time when immigration is a sensitive issue in British politics.
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Russia Becomes First Country to Recognize Afghanistan’s Taliban Government

Afghanistan has remained largely isolated since the Taliban seized power nearly four years ago, despite subtle signs of increased cooperation with countries like China and India.

© David Guttenfelder for The New York Times

Overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, after the Taliban takeover in 2021.
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