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Double amputee Ben McBean fears losing blue badge for 'not being disabled enough'

Ben was called 'a real hero' by Prince Harry. He was severely injured in service in Afghanistan in 2008

Wales Online

Who’s Maulvi Abdul Kabir, Afghanistan’s new Taliban-appointed PM?

Kabir has been associated with Taliban leadership since 2006, when Mullah Omar appointed him as a military commander.

Al Jazeera

Minister roasted over claim ‘hundreds of thousands’ of Afghans want asylum in UK

Calls for James Heappey to correct the record after wrongly claiming ‘hundreds of thousands’ of applications received

The Independent UK

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UK slashes aid to Afghanistan by more than half, says watchdog

It comes as the humanitarian situation continues to worsen in the South Asian nation

Evening Standard

UK-based group documents rights abuses since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan with 'witness map'

A U.K.-based rights group is launching an interactive map documenting human rights abuses and violence against civilians since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan nearly two years ago

The Independent UK

UK ‘turning back on people of Afghanistan’ as aid slashed by half

The slashing of aid comes as humanitarian situation continues to worsen in the South Asian nation

The Independent UK

UK slashes aid to Afghanistan by more than half, watchdog says

It comes as the humanitarian situation continues to worsen in the South Asian nation.

The Independent UK

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State Department offers Republican lawmaker a chance to view Afghanistan dissent cable

The State Department is offering to allow the Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee to view a classified cable from U.S. diplomats in Kabul sent shortly before the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan

The Independent UK

US State Dept to allow two House members to view classified Afghanistan document

The U.S. State Department on Wednesday said two top members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee can view a redacted version of a classified cable about the chaotic August 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan sought by the committee's Republican chairperson.

Reuters

I am finally reunited with my family after 13 years. But the threat for Hazaras in Afghanistan remains

Australia has become a beacon of hope, where we can rebuild our lives and make a new home

The Guardian - AU

With militants changing tack, Rajouri-Poonch sector an uphill challengefor security agencies

Militants are changing tack in the Pir Panjal valley to outsmart the security agencies and survive longer in a region with topography “as tough as Afghanistan’s mountains”, officials say. The valley comprises the twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch, and includes 225 km of the Line of Control (LoC) with…

The Hindu

House GOP lawmaker readies contempt charge over Afghanistan dissent cable

The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is threatening to push forward a legislative effort to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress next week

The Independent UK

Defence insists due process was given to accused soldiers in Brereton report

Following the release of the damning Brereton report in November 2020, Defence confirmed Army had "initiated administrative action against 17 individuals where there was an alleged failure to meet ADF expectations".

ABC News

Defence minister refuses to give lifeline to Afghan veteran who faces deportation to Rwanda

The Independent is campaigning for Afghan war heroes who served alongside British forces to be granted a safe haven in the UK

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Sting blasts government’s lack of ‘decency’ as he backs Afghan war hero

Exclusive: Sting is backing The Independent’s campaign to stop an Afghan pilot who served alongside coalition troops from being deported to Rwanda

Daily Mirror

British Army veteran who lost both legs attempts dangerous record-breaking Everest climb

Hari Budha Magar, 43, lost his legs when he stepped on an improvised explosive device (IED) in Afghanistan in 2010, and now he hopes to be the first double above-the-knee amputee to scale the world's highest peak

The Independent UK

House Republican warns of possible contempt charge for Blinken over Afghanistan document

Congress sets up possible battle with Biden administration

The Hindu

MEA faces tough choice as Taliban picks a new Ambassador for Delhi

The Taliban regime in Afghanistan’s decision to recall Afghan Ambassador Farid Mamundzay and appoint the current Trade Counsellor Qadir Shah as the Charge D’ Affaires (Acting Ambassador) in his place has posed a tough decision for the government’s policy on the situation in Afghanistan and its engagement with the Taliban.

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The Independent UK

Johnny Joey Jones, Marine Corps bomb tech and Fox Nation host, to publish 'Unbroken Bonds' book

Combat veteran and Fox Nation host Johnny Joey Jones has a book coming out in June about serving with the Marines Corps in Iraq and Afghanistan and the friendships he formed

The Independent UK

Guy Ritchie slams UK handling of Afghan veterans as ‘morally reprehensible’

The Independent has said Ritchie is supporting its campaign to prevent the deportation of an Afghan pilot.

The Times of India

Drug Haul: Heroin concealed in broom bags crosses Attari international border, undetected by non-operational Full Body Truck Scanner

AMRITSAR: A consignment of 40 bags of brooms originating from Afghanistan and traversing through Pakistan managed to bypass security checks at the Attari border with Pakistan and arrived at the Integrated Check Post (ICP) .

The Independent UK

Guy Ritchie: ‘Morally reprehensible’ to deport Afghan heroes who fought alongside British forces

The Hollywood director’s new film ‘The Covenant’ echoes The Independent’s campaign on the plight of the Afghan pilot who served alongside coalition forces against the Taliban

The Guardian - UK

Locust outbreak in Afghanistan’s ‘breadbasket’ threatens wheat harvest

With 20m people at the highest risk of famine for 25 years, farmers are desperately trying to kill the pests before vast swarms form

The Week

Project launched to triple area of UK’s temperate rainforest

A veteran of the war in Afghanistan who owns one of the remaining tracts of temperate rainforest in Britain has set up a charity to support the unique and biodiverse habitat. The Thousand Year Trust will work with landowners, farmers and charities to triple the area of temperate rainforest growing…

The Guardian - UK

Home Office admits errors after arrest of Nepali guards airlifted from Kabul

Officials say number of guards detained in March had been granted indefinite leave to remain by mistake

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