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An Afghan soldier fleeing the Taliban spent months reaching the U.S. to request asylum. He was arrested at the Texas border.

Abdul Wasi Safi was trying to reach his brother, who immigrated legally to Houston after helping the U.S. military. Legal experts say Wasi may have to serve a criminal sentence before he can pursue asylum.

The Texas Tribune

ABC article defamed commando by naming him and running ‘huge colour photo’, court told

Heston Russell’s lawyer tells federal court readers were given ‘impression’ he was responsible for shooting an unarmed prisoner in Afghanistan

The Guardian - AU

3 dead as bomber hits Pakistan police protecting polio teams

Officials say a suicide bomber has killed three people and wounded nearly two dozen others in an attack on a truck carrying police officers tasked with protecting polio workers near Quetta

The Independent UK

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Pakistan FM travels to Kabul, meets Taliban amid border tensions

Hina Rabbani Khar holds talks with her Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi a day after Pakistan Taliban ended truce.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan foreign minister meets Afghan Taliban amid border concerns

Pakistan's minister of state for foreign affairs met Afghanistan's acting foreign minister in Kabul on Tuesday, the latest international minister to visit the country whose Taliban rulers are not formally recognised by foreign governments.

Reuters

Brazil’s president-elect voices support for campaign to free Julian Assange

Assange is wanted by American authorities over documents leaked in 2010 and 2011 related to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

The Independent UK

Pakistan's new army chief takes charge of military

Pakistan’s new military chief has taken command of the country's armed forces

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UN Experts Call For Investigation Into Suppression Of Women's Rights In Afghanistan

UN experts have demanded an investigation into the suppression of women's rights in Afghanistan as a form of gender persecution as the situation of women in Afghanistan. Read on for details:

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Commentary: The world should pressure the Taliban to allow girls a proper education

The student is a woman majoring in computer science at a private university in Afghanistan, but since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan last year, the main thing that she seems to be studying is the regime’s manipulation of Islam.

Chicago Tribune

For Afghans who fought against the Taliban, life is fraught under their rule

Those who put their lives on the line in the Afghan National Army and can't find a way out of Afghanistan are working menial jobs, sometimes moving locations every few days in fear for their safety.

WEKU

Afghanistan seal spot in 2023 ODI World Cup after washout in 2nd ODI against Sri Lanka

DUBAI: Afghanistan have cemented their place in next year's ICC ODI World Cup in India after their second ODI against hosts Sri Lanka in Pallekele was abandoned due to rain.

The Times of India

Afghan women, undeterred by Taliban, secretly network for change

Female activists are secretly building support networks for marginalised women in Taliban-governed Afghanistan.

Al Jazeera

Minister backs Afghanistan medal review

Defence Minister Richard Marles says he supports the defence force contacting senior officers to advise them they may have to hand war medals back

AAP

‘Leaders have gone silent’: Malala calls for UK to help oppressed Afghan women

The 25-year-old Pakistani activist accused world leaders of going “silent” as she addressed the Action for Afghanistan rally on Sunday.

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Brit is touring the 'most dangerous' countries in the world including Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq

Ben Frier purposely goes to 'places people don't want to go'

Evening Standard

Qatar ‘reviewing London investments’ after TfL bans its adverts

Qatar is reviewing its investments in London after its advertisements were banned from the capital’s buses, taxies and Tube network, according to reports. In 2019, Sadiq Khan called for Transport for London (TfL) to review how it treats advertisement slots from countries with poor human rights records. This led to…

Radio France Internationale

As Afghans flee, Turkey is accused of deporting them without a fair hearing

As elections approach and politicians play to fears over the number of refugees in Turkey, a new report by Human Rights Watch accuses Turkish authorities of indiscriminately deporting Afghans regardless of the dangers awaiting them in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

ABC News

Australian Defence Force chief gives Afghanistan veterans 28 days to explain why they should keep war honours

The chief of the defence force has demanded senior officers justify why they should keep honours and medals, as the fallout from the inquiry into alleged war crimes continues.

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The Guardian - UK

London marchers to call for safe asylum route for Afghan women

Thousands expected to demonstrate on Sunday to urge UK government to help those fleeing Taliban

AAP

Defence chief cleared to strip medals

Australia's defence force chief has been cleared to sanction officers who served in Afghanistan after a damning report into alleged war crimes.

Reuters

Taliban's treatment of women may be crime against humanity: UN experts

The Taliban's treatment of Afghan women and girls, including their exclusion from parks and gyms as well as schools and universities, may amount to a crime against humanity, a group of U.N. experts said on Friday.

The Independent UK

UN experts denounce Taliban treatment of women as crime

A U.N. team of experts says the Taliban treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan may amount to a crime against humanity and should be investigated and prosecuted under international law

The Conversation

Afghanistan: after a year of Taliban government, women are more oppressed than ever

The recent announcement that women and girls in Afghanistan have been banned by the Taliban government from visiting parks and gyms – even if accompanied by a male “chaperone” – has understandably been greeted with outrage.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: A good guy without a gun: How Richard Fierro became the hero of Colorado Springs’ Club Q massacre

In Colorado Springs on Saturday night, Richard Fierro, a U.S. Army vet who’d deployed three times to Iraq and once to Afghanistan, went to an LGBTQ nightclub with his wife to celebrate a friend’s birthday. There was dancing and a drag show.

WEKU

Afghans are bracing for a winter many fear will be even worse than the last

At World Food Programme distribution sites, "Everybody tells us, 'Last winter was difficult, but we have no idea how we will get through the coming winter,'" says a WFP spokesperson in Kabul.

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