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Belgium grapples with asylum system crisis

Like many European countries, Belgium has been witnessing a crisis in its asylum system for several months. With its welcome centres and public services stretched to breaking point, NGOs are now sounding the alarm. They say more resources are needed to help process the many unaccompanied minors arriving in Belgium,…

France 24

Is it time to recognise Afghanistan’s Taliban government?

Debate about whether to officially recognise the Taliban has intensified after a senior UN official said the intergovernmental agency was ready to take “baby steps” to engage with Afghanistan’s caretaker regime.

The Week

Rights groups slam severe Taliban restrictions on Afghan women as 'crime against humanity'

Two top rights groups say the severe restrictions imposed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan amount to gender-based persecution, which is a crime against humanity

The Independent UK

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"We leave these places in ruins"

Filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh on how Gerard Butler action film had to be rewritten when U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan

Salon

Aid chief says Taliban agree to consider allowing women to resume agency work in Kandahar

The head of a major international aid organization says Taliban officials in Kandahar have agreed to consider allowing women to resume work at the agency in the Afghan province

The Independent UK

Final call on Asia Cup venue to be taken after IPL final, says BCCI secretary Jay Shah

It has been learnt from ACC sources that PCB chairman Najam Sethi’s proposed hybrid model looks like a feasible solution although ACC had made no formal statements

The Hindu

First double above-knee amputee conquers Everest

A former British Army Gurkha has become the first double above-knee amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Hari Budha Magar, who lost his legs in an explosion while serving in Afghanistan in 2010, started planning the challenge in 2018, to raise funds for veterans’ charities. Speaking from base…

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Ben Roberts-Smith war crimes defamation verdict to be delivered on Thursday 1 June

Australia’s most decorated soldier will learn the outcome of his case against three newspapers over Afghanistan allegations, including the murder of civilians

The Guardian - AU

Key aid group says Taliban signals exemption for women in southern heartland

An international aid agency in Afghanistan hopes to have an interim arrangement within days to allow its Afghan female staff to return to work in the southern province of Kandahar - the birthplace of the Taliban and home to the supreme spiritual leader.

Reuters

How China is increasing its influence in central Asia as part of global plans to offer an alternative to the west

As G7 leaders were preparing for their recent summit in Japan, China’s president Xi Jinping hosted his central Asian counterparts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

The Conversation

Movie review: Gerard Butler expands his set of skills in spy thriller 'Kandahar'

Our macho action movie auteurs are starting to reckon with the tragic situation in Afghanistan, which has fallen to the Taliban after the withdrawal of the United States in 2021. On the heels of “Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant” comes Ric Roman Waugh’s “Kandahar” starring Gerard Butler, a brutal actioner set…

Tribune News Service

Veterans hit back at push to strip Afghan war medals

Veterans say a fresh attempt by the defence force chief to strip service medals from soldiers is unwarranted. General Angus Campbell has written to a

The New Daily

Australian Defence Force chief Angus Campbell renews calls to strip medals from Afghanistan war veterans

Defence Chief Angus Campbell launches an attempt to remove awards from those who held command positions in the Afghanistan war.

ABC News

US lawmakers view Afghanistan 'dissent' cable, dispute continues

The leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday privately viewed a classified cable related to the August 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, as the panel's Republican chairperson and State Department grapple over providing access to the document.

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The Independent UK

Aid agency chief: Taliban say guidelines on female NGO staff resuming work close to finalization

The head of a major international aid agency says key Taliban officials told him they are close to finalizing guidelines that will allow Afghan women to resume working for nongovernmental organizations

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: a beautifully animated story about Taliban-era Afghanistan

This documentary about two Afghan women sheds light on the 2021 crisis. Plus: a downbeat finale for Rain Dogs. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Conversation

Women's secret war: the inside story of how the US military sent female soldiers on covert combat missions to Afghanistan

A US Army handbook from 2011 opens one of its chapters with a line from Rudyard Kipling’s poem The Young British Soldier. Written in 1890 upon Kipling’s return to England from India, an experienced imperial soldier gives advice to the incoming cohort:

Manchester Evening News

A Langley lad from Middleton, Lee Rigby was one of our own - 10 years on from the heinous murder of a proud soldier and new dad

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The Independent UK

Northern Ireland-born diplomats describe how Good Friday Agreement inspires them

The diplomats have served in countries from Afghanistan to North Korea.

The Guardian - UK

Double amputee Gurkha veteran reaches summit of Mount Everest

Hari Budha Magar reached the peak despite being a double amputee since an explosion in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Another Afghan hero who served with British forces is threatened with Rwanda deportation

Exclusive: Afghan Colonel who fought with British in Helmand province facing deportation from the UK

The Guardian - UK

The uncounted: how millions died unseen in America’s post-9/11 wars

A new report puts the loss of life from Afghanistan to Yemen at 4.5 million – the bulk of them poor women and children who are victims of economic collapse and continuing trauma

ABC News

British Army veteran Hari Budha Magar makes history as first double above-knee amputee to climb Mount Everest

Hari Budha Magar, who lost his legs while serving in Afghanistan, becomes the first double above-knee amputee to conquer Mount Everest.

The Hindu

Global polio targets set for this year unlikely to be met

Global polio targets set for this year will not be met

The Independent UK

Democrats and Republicans say they want to help Afghan veterans. So why haven’t they done anything?

A bill to give Afghans who assisted American service members permanent status has languished in Congress. It faces even bigger hurdles now, Eric Garcia reports

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