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Afghan women barred from working in their fields by the Taliban restart careers in Australia

Farah Attahee was a judge in Afghanistan. She says her career died overnight after the Taliban takeover — but she's determined to reclaim her future.

ABC News

How Australia’s T20 World Cup title defence fell apart piece by piece

Australia were on home soil and barely changed from their triumph 12 months ago, but never got going in this tournament

The Guardian - AU

No calculators required: England left with clear T20 World Cup equation

After fears of a run-rate puzzle, victory over Sri Lanka will see Jos Buttler’s side qualify for the T20 World Cup semi-finals

The Guardian - UK

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UN calls on Taliban to release women's rights activists

The U.N. human rights chief on Friday called on Afghanistan's Taliban government to release five people the U.N. says were detained during a news conference organised by a women's civil society organisation.

Reuters

England confident with win over ‘very tricky’ Sri Lanka enough for World Cup semi-final place

A heavy Australia win over Afghanistan at Adelaide on Friday night might have meant England keeping tabs on net run-rate permutations

The Independent UK

I hope Sri Lanka can do the job for us: Glenn Maxwell on Australia’s semis qualification scenario

ADELAIDE: After Australia failed to stop Afghanistan at the required score to qualify for the semis despite beating Afghans by 4 runs, all-rounder Glenn Maxwell hoped that Sri Lanka can do the impossible to beat England by a good margin so that the defending champions can make the semi-finals.

The Times of India

Taliban, Hamas Officials Meet In Turkey

“We Are Proud Of You , Your Resistance, Steadfastness, And Efforts," Said Mujahid.

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Australia squeeze past Afghanistan but T20 World Cup hopes hang by thread

Australia beat Afghanistan by four runs but their only path to the semi-finals requires a Sri Lanka win over England

The Guardian - UK

Australia heap big pressure on England at T20 World Cup after edging to win v Afghanistan

The hosts needed to win their final group match in Adelaide to keep their hopes of reaching the semi-finals alive and emerged victorious with a narrow four-run success

Daily Mirror

Australia given real scare by Rashid Khan as Afghanistan boost England’s T20 World Cup hopes

England will reach the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup if they beat Sri Lanka on Saturday, after Australia could only squeeze past Afghanistan by four runs in Adelaide.

Evening Standard

T20 World Cup, Australia vs Afghanistan: Australia survive Rashid scare to keep slim semifinal hopes alive

ADELAIDE: Defending champions Australia survived a late Rashid Khan onslaught to eke out a narrow four-run win over Afghanistan and keep their slim semifinal hopes alive in the T20 World Cup here on Friday.

The Times of India

Australia leave door open for England to claim semi-final spot despite defeating Afghanistan

The defending champions’ bid to reach the last four now hinges on Sri Lanka overcoming England

The Independent UK

Causeway to Enola Holmes 2: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Jennifer Lawrence plays a soldier sent home to recover from injuries sustained in Afghanistan, while Millie Bobby Brown is back as the youthful sleuth

The Guardian - UK

Aussies win but lose control of T20 fate

Australia have defeated Afghanistan but are now relying on Sri Lanka to beat England if the hosts are to advance to the T20 World Cup semi-finals.

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Australia edges past Afghanistan at Adelaide Oval, hopes of defending T20 World Cup title rest with Sri Lanka beating England

Australia needed a win — and just about got one against a brave Afghanistan side — but needs England to lose to Sri Lanka in order to reach the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup.

The Guardian - AU

T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12s: Australia beat Afghanistan by four runs – as it happened

Australia defeated Afghanistan at Adelaide Oval but not convincingly enough to overhaul England’s net run rate in Group 1

The Guardian - UK

‘We were left by the road’: asylum seekers stranded in London describe experience

Two Afghans tell of how they were taken from Manston centre and left without accommodation or money

ABC News

Outgoing spy chief Paul Symon says the prospect of war between major powers is 'no longer unimaginable'

The head of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, Paul Symon, is about to step down from his job as the nation's top spy. In an exclusive interview with the ABC, he outlines his hopes, predictions and fears for coming years.

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The Independent UK

Chris Woakes: No point fretting about net run-rate in must-win game against Sri Lanka

England will be hoping Australia do not overturn their inferior net run-rate against Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Ukraine says it has downed double the number of warplanes Russia lost in Afghanistan

‘This war is the same shame for Russia & will cause its destruction’

AAP

Hamstrings and T20 maths on Finch's mind

Hamstring and mathematics are on the mind of captain Aaron Finch ahead of Australia's must-win T20 World Cup game against Afghanistan.

Reason

Colloquy on the Arbitrariness of Racial Classification in Monday's Oral Argument

In the oral argument from SFFS v. UNC, Justice Alito raised the question, highlighted in my amicus brief and book, of whether the racial and ethnic classifications used by UNC and other universities are so arbitrary as to be unconstitutional. I have posted the colloquy below. Two comments: (1) Justice…

Reuters

Ukraine says it has downed double the number of warplanes Moscow lost in Afghanistan

Ukrainian forces have destroyed 278 Russian aircraft during eight months of fighting, more than twice as many as the Soviet Union lost in its 1979-89 military intervention in Afghanistan, Ukraine's commander-in-chief said on Thursday.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Critics of US efforts have it wrong — Ukraine isn’t Libya or Afghanistan

The U.S. and its allies have been engaging in a significant military intervention to help Ukraine resist Russia’s brutal invasion for the past nine months. Not only have they given considerable financial, humanitarian and military resources — including sophisticated weapons systems — to Ukraine, but they also have embedded advisers…

The Guardian - UK

‘No darkness is for ever’: can an activist in exile persuade the Taliban to allow teaching on TV?

The regime’s closure of her support and literacy centres for women and girls was crushing, but Jamila Afghani is looking for ways to build a brighter future for the Afghan women she left behind

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