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The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Bombed out: Why we keep making war

War is brand new every time it happens, and it's one of our oldest ideas. We claim to hate it, but it's part of us

Salon

The response to Ukraine is laudable. But as a British Afghan, I’m a little jealous

Seven months since Kabul’s fall, my family are pleading for help. Has the world forgotten this crisis?, says journalist and documentary maker Nelufar Hedayat

The Guardian - UK

British girl, 8, stranded in Afghanistan while parents are in UK as ministers show ‘indifference’

Exclusive: Ministers told to act urgently to get child out of Kabul as situation ‘getting worse day by day’

The Independent UK

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Tesla: White workers tormented Black war-blast victim with rocket-warning sounds, suit claims

A Black former quality manager for electric car maker Tesla — who says he previously worked as a military contractor and was traumatized after serious blast injuries in Afghanistan — is claiming in a lawsuit that White co-workers tormented him with ringtones set to sound like incoming-rocket warnings, among other…

Tribune News Service

Taliban release three Afghan journalists after media crackdown

TOLOnews staffers were arrested after the channel broadcast a report on the Taliban’s ban on foreign drama series.

Al Jazeera

Off-the-record conversations heard at Ben Roberts-Smith trial offer rare insight into origins of defamation case

As the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial entered a seventh week for this year, the Federal Court heard off-the-record conversations from an SAS soldier revealed as a key source for two journalists.

ABC News

Helping Afghanistan: On the UN mission in Afghanistan

The world must save Afghans from poverty, while pressuring the Taliban to end oppression

The Hindu

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UN food agency official alarmed by Afghan food, fuel prices

An official with the U.N. food agency says that with Russia’s war in Ukraine taking an increasing toll on the global economy, the ripples of that conflict will further increase food and fuel prices in the desperately poor Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Harry praises the ‘amazing’ efforts of Ukrainian staff from landmine charity

Founded in Afghanistan in 1988, the Halo Trust employs 10,000 people in 28 countries and territories either at war or recovering from conflict.

The Independent UK

His bus has been shot and blown up but this US veteran is still crossing Ukraine, saving lives

EXCLUSIVE: Project Dynamo’s cofounder Bryan Stern tells Rachel Sharp about both the heartbreaking goodbyes and the emotional reunions as he carries out dangerous rescue missions to evacuate people out of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Admission of foreign students picking up in University of Mysore

148 joined this year, including 90 from Afghanistan

The Hindu

Taliban detain journalists over report on TV show censoring

An Afghan journalist says that Taliban intelligence men came in the night to arrest three staff of TOLO TV, one of Afghanistan’s largest television stations

The Independent UK

A refugee's anonymity through animation

Jonas Poher Rasmussen spoke to Salon about his Oscar-nominated documentary pushing cinematic narrative boundaries

Salon

The False Promise of Arming Insurgents

America’s Spotty Record Warrants Caution in Ukraine

Foreign Affairs

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Axios

UN leaders urge the world to not forget about other global crises

While the heightened focus on Ukraine is necessary, there's growing concern dire humanitarian crises elsewhere may be neglected.

Reuters

Russia abstains on U.N. Afghan mission vote over 'ignorance' of new realities

The U.N. Security Council on Thursday renewed the world body's assistance mission in Afghanistan for another year, but Russia abstained from the vote over what it called a "stubborn ignorance of the new realities" after the Taliban seized power.

The Independent UK

UN's new Afghanistan mandate focuses on equality, inclusion

The U.N. Security Council has approved a robust mandate for its political mission in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover last August

Reuters

Taliban to open high schools for girls next week, official says

The Taliban will allow girls around Afghanistan to return to class when high schools open next week, an education official said on Thursday, after months of uncertainty over whether the group would allow full access to education for girls and women.

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Reason

Risking Their Lives to Rescue Afghans Left Behind

Inside the volunteer effort to save the stranded men and women who worked with the U.S. military

Al Jazeera

‘Flashback’: Ukraine war revives painful memories for Afghans

While sympathising with the plight of Ukrainians, Afghans also question double standards in the international response.

Salon

Docs prove CIA torture training

A prisoner at a CIA site in Afghanistan was used as training prop, according to newly declassified documents

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: The International Criminal Court matters. Can Ukraine make us see that?

Two years ago, the U.S. government treated the International Criminal Court like an enemy of the state. Now, the ICC may be the only way to ensure justice for Russia’s war crimes.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN to Vote on Its Scope in Afghanistan, Barring a Russia Veto

The Security Council votes Thursday on a resolution to secure the United Nations' presence in war-torn Afghanistan into the future -- unless Russia, which has stymied negotiations this week, vetoes the measure. The draft text introduced by Norway reshapes the global body's relations with Kabul to account for last year's…

Tribune News Service

Homeland Security gives Afghans in US temporary protected status

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday it will designate Afghanistan for temporary protected status, providing 18 months of deportation relief to Afghans who fled the country following its fall to the Taliban last year.

Daily Mirror

Detainee at secret CIA detention site was used as living prop for torture techniques

Ammar Al-Baluchi - a Pakistani 9/11 suspect still being held at Guantanamo Bay - was routinely and repeatedly tortured by CIA agents while at a secret facility north of Kabul, Afghanistan known as "Cobalt" or "the darkness" to prisoners, declassified documents have revealed

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