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Jacqui Kunz, from New York in the US, is officially the 'Most Intrepid Traveller' in the world according to NomadMania and has been to some of the most dangerous places in the world

Former Marine Jon White is refusing to let his experience in Afghanistan where a Taliban bomb made him a triple-amputee get in the way of becoming an Olympic champion

The notorious cleric Abu Hamza claims he should be released from Colorado’s supermax prison ADX Florence - known as the Alcatraz of the Rockies - under compassionate grounds

The Ministry of Defence has been given a fine of £350,000 for a data breach in which it revealed the personal details of 265 people who were fleeing the Talibans in Afghanistan

Nitazenes are 50 times as powerful as fentanyl and have already lead to deaths in the UK - and the terrifying drug could now spark a gang war too as it becomes more influential due to a reduced supply of heroin

'Thought leaders' are those who specialise in a certain subject and lead the way with a unique point of view. But who are the world’s 50 top thought leaders across all different topics? We take a look…

British aid worker Ian Purchase, 50, who was held hostage in solitary confinement by the Taliban for five months has told how the mental battle was hardest to deal with in his cell

After being jailed for five years and placed on the sex offender's register, the Upper Tribunal court allowed the now-freed man's appeal to remain in the UK on human rights grounds

Tracy Schandler Walder worked with the CIA’s counter-terrorism unit on the day of the 911 attack. Now she has opened up on her feelings of guilt, saying: “I have no other words other than ‘I’m sorry’”

More than 30 of the former British Council teachers are still in hiding in Afghanistan, while another 50 are trapped in cramped hotels after fleeing across the border to Pakistan

Biden and Sunak are right to show disgust at the Hamas atrocities and back Israel’s right to defend itself. But they should also show sympathy for the guiltless Palestinians dying in the current conflict

Elham Barakzai escaped Afghanistan after the Taliban returned to power in 2021. She thanks the people who helped her to adapt to life in a strange new country and wants to help others by working as a GP

An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck outside the city of Herat just days after another shock wiped out entire villages killing more than 2,000 people - 90 per cent of which were women

UN aid specialist Kevin Cornwell, who suffered from a life-threatening illness during his captivity, was set free along with 'extreme tourist' YouTuber Miles Routledge

Sabir Zazai, chief executive of the Scottish Refugee Council, told a Labour Party Conference event that if he arrived now he would be 'threatened with Rwanda' and 'treated like a criminal'

Miles Routledge, 23, who goes by Lord Miles on YouTube, was arrested for withdrawing $1000 from a Western Union back in March and had not been heard from until this week

Anthony Malone was tortured by the Taliban and suffered six broken ribs, kidney disease, nerve damage and serious concussion.He has now been named the English Veterans Awards' ‘Inspiration of the Year’

Ex-Defence Minister Tobias Ellwood triggered fury from fellow Tories with the clip where he credited the authoritarian regime with improving security in Afghanistan

The gangs, branded “the mafia” by volunteers working with migrants, usually charge up to £5,000 for the journey but have dropped fees as low as £1,000 to keep boats full

Sayeed, who worked for the British Council, was able to escape across the border to Pakistan with his wife and son in the wake of the Western pullout from Afghanistan - but has been in limbo ever since

Afghan women who fled the Taliban before being brought to the UK tell of being separated from their families two years on with refugees given no answers over whether they can see their parents or children again

On the second anniversary of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy writes for the Mirror about the plight of women and girls in the war-torn country

Pen Farthing, 54, and his "Operation Ark" managed to rescue 200 cats and dogs from the chaos of Kabul as the Taliban took control in August 2021 after the US and NATO forces withdrew

The UK diplomat who was Britain's ambassador to Afghanistan when the Taliban surged back to power has spoken out on the second anniversary of Western troops' withdrawal

Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey has hit out at ministers over the treatment of heroes who helped UK forces during more than a decade of combat operations in the war-torn country