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Afghanistan women’s refugee players allowed to compete as official national team

Fifa will allow Afghan Women United, the team formed after the Taliban’s return to power, to play in official competitions without requiring government approval

The Guardian - US

US jury is deliberating in trial of alleged ISIS militant charged in deadly Kabul airport bombing

A jury in Virginia is deliberating in the trial of an alleged Islamic State militant accused of helping plan a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the U.S. military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021

The Independent UK

UK tells Afghans promised sanctuary in Britain they must make their own way to safety

Despite previous promises to honour debt to Afghans, Ministry of Defence halts evacuation help for families promised new lives in Britain

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Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of ‘war crimes’ after seven killed in missile strikes

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The Independent UK

Seven killed and dozens injured in first Pakistan strikes on Afghanistan since peace talks, officials say

Pakistan launched strikes on Afghanistan on Monday following peace talks earlier this month

The Independent UK

Six Pakistani soldiers killed, one captured amid fresh Taliban-Pakistan border clashes

Six Pakistani soldiers were killed, one was captured while the body of one soldier was recovered by the Taliban forces in a fight that broke out overnight on Monday along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border in southern Afghanistan.

The Times of India

Euronews explains: Can a country ever be suspended from NATO?

Can an ally be really expelled from NATO by another country? What is the procedure, and can Donald Trump really dictate the terms of the alliance? Euronews explores the legality and the politics behind NATO.

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UK considers sending failed asylum seekers back to Afghanistan

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The Independent UK

Veteran plans to become first triple amputee to complete London Marathon

Former corporal Andy Reid, who lost both legs and his right arm after stepping on an IED in Afghanistan, expects it will take him 12-13 hours.

Evening Standard

Afghanistan calls on Afghans who helped US in war and are now stuck in Qatar to return home

Afghanistan’s foreign ministry says Afghans who helped the U.S. war effort and are stuck in Qatar can safely return home

The Independent UK

Shabana Mahmood does not rule out sending back refused Afghan asylum seekers

Home secretary indicates Whitehall talks about returns programme, a move that would shock humanitarian groups

The Guardian - UK

A Grieving Afghan Man Says He Tried to Get Medical Care for His Brother Who Died in ICE Custody

Naseer Paktiawal just returned from burying his brother in Afghanistan. “I didn’t want to bury him here.”

Capital & Main

22 militants killed in northwest Pakistan clashes after army firefight near Afghan border

Pakistani security forces killed 22 alleged militants in Khyber District during an operation that also resulted in the death of a 10-year-old child. This incident occurs amidst a rise in militant attacks, particularly in provinces bordering Afghanistan, and ongoing tensions between Pakistan and Kabul.

The Times of India

The Trump Administration Might Send Afghan Refugees to Danger in Congo

About 1,100 Afghans currently stranded at a military base in Qatar could be relocated to the crisis-addled African country.

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Fourth Circuit Upholds Injunction Against Disclosing Names of Perceived Afghan Collaborators

The order came in a peculiar context—a civil lawsuit over the custody of a child born in Afghanistan—but its logic extends further.

The Independent UK

Families trapped in Afghanistan ‘stopped from being evacuated to UK’

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The Independent UK

UK puts ‘freeze’ on bringing families from Afghanistan to Britain, court hears

Afghans found eligible for relocation to the UK as a result of their previous work alongside the British are no longer being helped to flee the Taliban-run country, lawyers say

The Independent UK

Supreme Court revives wounded veteran’s lawsuit against a contractor over suicide bombing

The Supreme Court is clearing the way for a veteran wounded by a suicide bomb in Afghanistan to sue the government contractor for whom the attacker was working when he built the explosive

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The Independent UK

Trump could send 1,100 Afghans who helped in the War on Terror to African nation: report

State Department accused of using the Congo as a ‘cover’ to avoid resettling allies and sending them back to the Taliban

The Independent UK

Trial begins for Afghan charged in deadly Kabul airport bombing as defense says US ‘got the wrong man’

Trial is underway in Virginia for an alleged Isis militant charged in a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021

The Times of India

Active-duty US Army sergeant's wife detained by ICE in Texas, could be deported to Mexico

Sergeant First Class Jose Serrano, an active-duty US Army sergeant who served the military for 27 years, including several in Afghanistan, said the ICE is out of control after his wife Deisy Rivera Ortega, an El Salvadorian by birth, was detained by the ICE on April 14 in Texas. Ortega…

The Guardian - AU

‘I will never give up’: Ben Roberts-Smith denies war crime allegations in first public statement since his arrest

The Victoria Cross recipient, once Australia’s most lionised soldier, faces five charges of war crime murder over allegations he killed unarmed civilians during his service with the Australian SAS in Afghanistan

Fortune

Something is different about Trump's $1 trillion war on Iran and its stress on the national debt, Harvard Kennedy scholar says

During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, debt held by the public was around $4 trillion. Now it's $31 trillion, and 15% of the budget pays down interest.

International Business Times

What a Former Army Ranger Thinks About Iran, War, and Why Young Men Should Serve

Cyrus Norcross is a former Army Ranger, podcaster, and Native American civil rights advocate. He's a traveling journalist, avid dancer, and someone who has spent the years since Afghanistan trying to make sense of what American military intervention actually accomplishes — and what it doesn't.

The Times of India

Who is Noor Aziz Ahmadzai? Afghan veteran suffers serious brain injury after attack at UK railway station

An Afghan Special Forces veteran who once served alongside British troops is fighting for life after suffering a serious brain injury in an alleged assault while working as a security guard in the UK, police said.

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