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Who is Pat Tillman? The NFL player killed in Afghanistan being honoured at Super Bowl LVII

The Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII and before the match an NFL legend who was killed while serving his country in Afghanistan will be honoured

Daily Mirror

Ex-RAF paratrooper sets record running 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days

Luke Wigman recovered after stepping on a ‘hidden bomb’ while on tour in Afghanistan in 2011.

The Independent UK

Veteran who lost both legs in Afghanistan plans Everest summit bid

Hari Budha Magar, a former Gurkha, hopes to be first ever double above-the-knee amputee to scale mountain

The Guardian - UK

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Thousands of Afghans who helped British forces ‘remain stranded by UK’

Damning report by MPs urges government to ensure safe passage for interpreters and contractors at risk from Taliban

The Guardian - UK

‘Open and honest’ review of UK Afghanistan involvement required, say MPs

The 30-page report from the cross-party Commons Defence Committee criticises the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021.

The Independent UK

Veteran Shaun Spain, who took his life, blamed Department of Veterans' Affairs

Shaun Spain spent 15 years in the army and completed five tours in East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq. Before he died, he left a note.

ABC News

Former soldier who served in Afghanistan left ex-wife 'completely broken' after cruel scam

Daniel Fairfield took out a huge loan under the name of his former partner.

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Merkel Receives UNESCO Peace Prize for Welcoming Refugees to Germany

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel received a UNESCO peace prize Wednesday for her decision to welcome more than 1.2 million migrants to Germany despite resistance at home and among European partners. Organizers said that Merkel showed political courage when Germany welcomed refugees in 2015-2016 who had fled conflicts in Syria,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban administration to send earthquake aid to Turkey, Syria

Afghanistan's Taliban administration will send around $165,000 in aid to Turkey and Syria to help the response to a devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck this week, according to a foreign ministry statement.

Reuters

Despite the Taliban's pledge to eradicate opium, the poppy trade still flourishes in Afghanistan

The Taliban have always had a complicated relationship with the opium trade. As a narcotic, opium is haram, or forbidden under Islamic law. But at the same time opium production has tended to increase in areas they have controlled, where local leaders reportedly raise money to fund their operations by…

The Conversation

Pervez Musharraf, ex-military ruler of Pakistan, laid to rest

Pervez Musharraf, who backed the US invasion of Afghanistan, wasburied at a cemetery in Karachi with ‘military honours’.

Al Jazeera

Saudi diplomats leave Afghanistan, relocate to Pakistani capital -sources

Saudi diplomats have left Afghanistan for "training" and will return, the Taliban administration said on Monday, though three sources familiar with the matter said security concerns had contributed to their departure.

Reuters

Appeal for release of French journalist jailed in Afghanistan

The media protection organisation Reporters Without Borders and 14 French news organisations have called for the immediate release of the franco-afghan journalist Mortaza Behboudi, detained by the Taliban in Kabul since 7 January.

Radio France Internationale

Key witness in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial acted ‘like a drunken fool’ towards police, says magistrate

Federal police sought former soldier’s phone as part of investigation into war crimes potentially committed in Afghanistan

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Democrats’ Ilhan Omar defence weakened by party’s own attacks over Israel

Party’s criticism of Omar’s Israel position has greased the path for Republicans to oust her from the foreign affairs committee

WEKU

Ex-Pakistan leader Pervez Musharraf, who aided U.S. war in Afghanistan, has died

Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the U.S. war in Afghanistan against the Taliban, has died. He was 79.

The Independent UK

Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan martial ruler in 9/11 wars, dies

An offical says Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the U.S. war in Afghanistan, has died

Chicago Sun-Times

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Violence in some Chicago neighborhoods puts young men at greater risk than U.S. troops faced in Iraq, Afghanistan war zones, study finds

The researchers say their findings point to a need for more trauma-related health care in those places, especially in the West Side ZIP code 60624.

Reuters

U.N. rights rapporteur urges release of detained Afghan education activist

The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights called on Afghanistan's Taliban administration on Friday to release a university lecturer and education activist detained by security forces in the capital Kabul.

The Independent UK

Dutch ministry won't appeal unlawful Afghan airstrike ruling

The Dutch government says it will not appeal a court ruling that Dutch forces unlawfully bombed a residential complex in Afghanistan in 2007, killing some 20 civilians, in a civil case

Al Jazeera

Taliban detains professor who protested ban on women’s education

The Taliban confirms the detention of Ismail Mashal, who tore up his degrees to protest against women’s education ban.

The Independent UK

AP Month in Pictures: Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan

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The Conversation

Afghanistan: single women and widows are struggling to find their next meal under Taliban restrictions

Jamila*, a widow living in Herat, lost her husband in a suicide attack about eight years ago. She has an 18-year-old daughter who is blind and a 20-year-old son who lost both legs in a mine blast.

The Independent UK

Pakistani troops kill 2 militants in raid near Afghan border

Pakistan's military says security forces have killed two insurgents during a raid of a militant hideout in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold near Afghanistan

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