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Spain joins Europe-wide Women’s Day rallies calling for equality, an end to gender violence and wars

News Desk8th March 202611th March 2026

8th March 202611th March 20261395

Protesters across Europe took to the streets on Sunday to mark International Women’s Day, holding marches and rallies calling for an end to gender inequality,...

Three Spanish tourists killed by gunmen in Afghanistan’s Bamyan province

News Desk18th May 202424th May 2024

18th May 202424th May 20241945

Several gunmen opened fire in central Afghanistan late on Friday, killing at least four people, including three Spaniards, a Taliban spokesman said. The Spanish Ministry...

Spain has evacuated 294 more Afghan workers and families, now 3,900 in total

News Desk11th August 202217th August 2022

11th August 202217th August 20224349

A plane chartered by the Spanish government has evacuated 294 more Afghan refugees via Pakistan to Spain, bringing the total number evacuated by Madrid since the...

Spain helps a further 160 Afghans to flee the country via Pakistan

Steph Osborn14th October 202119th October 2021

14th October 202119th October 20211970

Spain has this week assisted in evacuating a further 160 Afghans via Pakistan, continuing its efforts to help those who had been left behind following...

Spain concludes its evacuation operation from Afghanistan

News Desk29th August 20212nd September 2021

29th August 20212nd September 20213473

On Friday morning Spain officially concluded its evacuation operation from Afghanistan, just over a week after it started airlifting Spanish nationals and Afghan collaborators out...

Basque Country basketball club welcomes Afghan wheelchair player

News Desk26th August 202130th August 2021

26th August 202130th August 20212147

Nilofar Bayat, the captain of Afghanistan’s wheelchair basketball team who fled from the Taliban, has found a new home in Spain’s Basque Country, and will...

Biden maintains 31 August deadline for Afghan evacuation despite G7 pressure

News Desk25th August 202130th August 2021

25th August 202130th August 20211877

ALSO READ: Spain concludes its evacuation operation from Afghanistan. US President Joe Biden has rejected pleas from international allies to keep US troops in Afghanistan for...

‘Time is running out’ – Spain admits it will have to leave some Afghan refugees behind

News Desk24th August 202127th August 2021

24th August 202127th August 20212520

Spain will not be able to evacuate all Afghan refugees who served Spanish missions in Afghanistan and who are now seeking to flee from the...

USA, Spain agree use of military bases in southern Spain for Afghan refugees

News Desk22nd August 202126th August 2021

22nd August 202126th August 20214585

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez have agreed two military bases in the south of Spain can...

First plane with embassy staff and evacuees from Afghanistan lands in Spain

News Desk18th August 202124th August 2021

18th August 202124th August 20212820

A first plane carrying staff from the Spanish Embassy in Afghanistan as well as Afghan evacuees fleeing the Taliban arrived in Spain early on Thursday...

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