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Afghanistan flags wave over an anti-Taliban rally in Rotterdam. August 21, 2021
Politics
Netherlands to grant asylum to most Afghan women and girls under new policy
29 May 2026 - 19:30
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Afghanistan flags wave over an anti-Taliban rally in Rotterdam. August 21, 2021
Politics
Four Afghan women granted asylum in the Netherlands after earlier rejections
27 January 2026 - 20:20
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Three Afghan women and a young boy standing outside a shoe store in Kabul, Afghanistan. The women are wearing blue burqas (burkas).
Politics
Asylum service grants Afghan woman protection after report details Taliban restrictions
25 January 2026 - 17:15
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Three Afghan women and a young boy standing outside a shoe store in Kabul, Afghanistan. The women are wearing blue burqas (burkas).
Politics
Minister justifies Netherlands’ case-by-case approach to Afghan women’s asylum requests
5 December 2025 - 19:30
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Three Afghan women and a young boy standing outside a shoe store in Kabul, Afghanistan. The women are wearing blue burqas (burkas).
Politics
Netherlands wants Taliban prosecuted for violating women's rights in Afghanistan
26 September 2024 - 08:05
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Interview with Minister of Justice and Security Dilan Yeşilgöz on the state of Dutch crime journalism
Politics
Yeşilgöz must learn from mistakes of VVD Cabinets; Kuipers takes photo with Taliban rep.
18 November 2023 - 13:10
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European union flag in front of building
PoliticsBusiness
EU starts sanctioning perpetrators of sexual violence against woman at NL's insistence
7 March 2023 - 13:20
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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
Politics
Netherlands got most asylum applications since 2015 last year
30 January 2023 - 07:35
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A Taliban parade in Kabul, Afghanistan in August 2022
Politics
The Netherlands condemns the Taliban's ban on women working at NGOs
26 December 2022 - 18:38
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Evacuees boarding a plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, 18 August 2021
Politics
Very difficult to get last 156 Afghans awaiting evacuation to Netherlands: Dutch FM
7 December 2022 - 13:25
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Dutch army Panzerhaubitze 2000 firing on Taliban in Chora. June 16, 2007
Crime
Netherlands wrongfully bombarded residential complex in Afghanistan in 2007: court
23 November 2022 - 11:21
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Map with a pin in Kabul, Afghanistan
Politics
Afghanistan: Dutch embassy's security guards on the run from the Taliban
23 August 2022 - 18:40
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Evacuees boarding a plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, 18 August 2021
Politics
Afghans "arbitrarily" selected for evacuation to NL; 480 still waiting 1 year later
15 August 2022 - 09:12
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Evacuees boarding a plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, 18 August 2021
Politics
Dutch gov't used students to help evacuate Afghan interpreters: report
7 April 2022 - 08:04
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Map with a pin in Kabul, Afghanistan
Politics
Taliban arrested an Afghan waiting for evacuation to Netherlands
31 March 2022 - 10:30
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Sigrid Kaag
Politics
D66 leader Kaag confirms she will be the new finance minister
31 December 2021 - 09:41
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Airplane silhouette landing in Kabul, Afghanistan
Politics
573 additional people picked up from Afghanistan since end of evacuation
27 December 2021 - 13:45
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Evacuees boarding a plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, 18 August 2021
Politics
Ministers warned in advance to send military to help evacuate Afghanistan
21 December 2021 - 19:00
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Airplane silhouette landing in Kabul, Afghanistan
Politics
France evacuates 60 people destined for the Netherlands out of Afghanistan
4 December 2021 - 13:40
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Evacuees boarding a plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, 18 August 2021
Politics
Netherlands won't evacuate Afghan interpreters without passports: report
29 October 2021 - 08:22
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A Dutch soldier speaking to a man in the Uruzgan province of Afghanistan with the help of an interpreter, June 2010
Politics
Interpreter's killing shows urgency of Afghanistan evacuations, Dutch FM says
14 October 2021 - 18:10
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Kabul, Afghanistan
Crime
Interpreter on Dutch evacuation list murdered in Kabul: report
14 October 2021 - 12:23
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Evacuees boarding a plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, 18 August 2021
Politics
Cabinet wants to retrieve more than 2,000 Afghans
11 October 2021 - 13:50
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Evacuees boarding a plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, 18 August 2021
Politics
Netherlands plans to evacuate more people from Afghanistan
8 October 2021 - 10:32
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