https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Swedish aid clinic was given "permission" by the Taliban to re-open its doors on Friday. The facilities in Kabul had recently been shut down due to a controversial Afghan army raid that happened ten days prior. https://www.thelocal.se/20190719/taliban-allows-swedish-charity-clinics-to-re-open-in-afghanistan Fri, 19 Jul 2019 18:33:31 +0200 taliban-allows-swedish-charity-clinics-to-re-open-in-afghanistan The Taliban have shut down dozens of health facilities run by a Swedish aid group in a move affecting thousands of people, especially women and children, the agency said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20190717/taliban-shut-down-dozens-of-swedish-clinics-in-afghanistan Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:25:42 +0200 taliban-shut-down-dozens-of-swedish-clinics-in-afghanistan Shaheen, a young asylum seeker who fled to Sweden from Afghanistan, tells his story to freelance journalists Joshua Evangelista, Hanna Tuulonen and Freshta Dost. https://www.thelocal.se/20170919/how-i-fled-from-a-taliban-training-centre-to-sweden Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:59:00 +0200 how-i-fled-from-a-taliban-training-centre-to-sweden The Swedish charity worker who was shot in the chest in Pakistan last week died in a Stockholm hospital on Wednesday night. https://www.thelocal.se/20121213/45046 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:58:00 +0100 45046 A Swedish charity worker who was critically wounded in a gun attack in Pakistan last week was flown home on Monday for specialist medical treatment, officials said. https://www.thelocal.se/20121210/44960 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:25:00 +0100 44960 Gunmen shot a female Christian charity worker from Sweden in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Monday leaving her hospitalized, police said. https://www.thelocal.se/20121203/44826 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:58:00 +0100 44826 Swedish embassy officials have now met with the four Swedish terror suspects currently imprisoned in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Utrikesdepartementet) said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20090923/22252 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:21:00 +0200 22252 A regional Taliban commander has warned that Swedes serving in Afghanistan will be the target of reprisals following the killing of three of the guerrilla group’s fighters by Swedish troops last week. https://www.thelocal.se/20090729/20988 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:54:00 +0200 20988