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US Allows Transactions with Afghan Govt despite Sanctions

The United States on Friday issued new rules that would allow most commercial and financial transactions with Afghanistan while maintaining sanctions against the Taliban, in an effort to ease the flow of humanitarian aid and kickstart the paralyzed economy. Non-governmental organizations and financial institutions have expressed concerns about running afoul…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Afghan students return to Kabul U, but with restrictions

Students have returned to Kabul University, among Afghanistan's oldest and most revered institutions of higher education

The Independent UK

U.S. issues new general license on Afghanistan financial transactions - U.S. officials

The U.S. Treasury on Friday issued a new general license allowing international aid organizations and private firms to conduct commercial and financial transactions with Afghan government institutions.

Reuters

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US allows trade with Afghanistan despite Taliban sanctions

The Biden administration is seeking to assure financial institutions and other businesses that U.S. sanctions on the Taliban aren’t intended to interfere with trade that could help Afghanistan emerge from an economic and humanitarian crisis

The Independent UK

Paralysed banking system pushing Afghanistan towards collapse - Red Cross

Afghanistan is inching closer towards economic collapse six months after the Taliban seized power, the Red Cross said on Friday, with a paralysed banking system stymieing international efforts to get financial aid into the war-ravaged country.

Reuters

UNICEF chief: Taliban committed to let girls back to school

UNICEF's top chief says the Taliban have committed to allowing Afghan girls to go to school next month

The Independent UK

College dreams dashed as young Afghan women fight to keep poverty at bay

As students return to universities across Afghanistan this month, law major Waheeda Bayat will not be among them.

Reuters

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Mothers who fled Afghanistan for Philadelphia are welcoming 16 babies. They got a baby shower

PHILADELPHIA — The invitations were written in Dari, Pashto, and English.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Fresh clashes on Pakistan-Afghanistan border kill two, wound several

Clashes between Afghan and Pakistani security forces have killed two people and wounded several in a border region of the two neighbours, officials said, the latest in a series of such skirmishes.

Reuters

Ben Roberts-Smith trial: newspapers’ lawyers deny ‘deal’ with witness to ‘steer clear’ of evidence about alleged killing

Former comrade, referred to as Person 56, has been subpoenaed to give evidence, but is seeking to be excused from appearing

The Guardian - AU

Paralympic skier Steve Arnold admits he had no ambitions to be an elite athlete

The 42-year-old lost both legs above the knee while serving in Afghanistan.

The Independent UK

Nato allies prepare to meet after ‘cynical and brutal invasion’ of Ukraine

Russian forces launched a full-scale invasion in the early hours of Thursday, thought to be Moscow’s most aggressive action since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979

Wales Online

Republicans at CPAC cast blame for Russia’s Ukraine invasion – but not on Vladimir Putin

Republicans are placing blame for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on a certain commander in chief – but not the one who gave the order to attack, Andrew Feinberg writes

The Independent UK

Putin Ignores Global Condemnation as he Unleashes Attack on Ukraine

Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee. Ukraine's government pleaded for help as it said Russian tanks and troops rolled across the border in a “full-scale war." President Vladimir Putin ignored…

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The Conversation

Afghanistan’s libraries go into blackout: ‘It is painful to see the distance between people and books grow’

“The lights are off, shelves are in disarray and dust has coated every single book,” says Zabihullah Ehsas, my longtime friend and mentor, describing the current state of Khushal Baba Ketabtun, a library we established together in 2012. Our efforts represented an attempt to address the shortage of Pashto books…

The Times of India

AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers: India clubbed with Cambodia, Afghanistan and Hong Kong

NEW DELHI: The Indian team was on Thursday drawn alongside Hong Kong, Afghanistan and Cambodia in Group D of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup final round qualifiers to be played in Kolkata in June this year.

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith told another soldier in Afghanistan ‘I just want to kill’, court hears

Serving officer in Australian Defence Force tells defamation trial Roberts-Smith showed photos of dead insurgents on his iPod

ABC News

Exiled from their homeland, Afghanistan's women's national team begins their journey back to international football

After escaping the Taliban last year, Afghanistan's senior women footballers are back on the training pitch, ready to return to the world game.

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Afghan refugees living in Australia on temporary visas call on government to grant them permanent protection

For the more than 10 years he's lived in Australia, Afghan refugee Abbas Haidari has been locked in a state of visa limbo that has left him unable to access permanent protection, sponsor his family or even take out a business loan. He and other advocates are calling for change.

Reuters

German aid group battles to evacuate Afghans who worked with army

Ahmad, a 30-year-old Afghan who worked for the German military, is now in hiding in Kabul in fear of his life.

The Independent UK

India sends wheat to Afghanistan after deal with Pakistan

India's foreign ministry says it has sent off tons of wheat to Afghanistan to help relieve desperate food shortages, after New Delhi struck a deal with neighboring rival Pakistan to allow the shipments across the shared border

The Hindu

India sends first consignment of aid for Afghanistan

It marks the end to months of bureaucratic wrangling between Islamabad and New Delhi; truckers hope it will lead to reopening of trade

Al Jazeera

Pakistan allows first shipment of Indian wheat to Afghanistan

First convoy carrying food aid being allowed to pass through country to address Afghan humanitarian crisis.

The Guardian - UK

Dog awarded animals’ Victoria Cross for RAF service in Afghanistan

German shorthaired pointer named Hertz given PDSA Dickin medal after sniffing out drugs and electronics

The Independent UK

Ex-Army sergeant Steve Arnold ready to banish PyeongChang demons at Winter Paralympics

The 42-year-old only started Para Nordic skiing five years after losing both of his legs while serving in Afghanistan in 2011

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