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The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Russian invasion reorders West's calculations on cost of war

Not long after winding down 20 years of war, President Joe Biden now finds the United States entrenched in a conflict in Ukraine

The Independent UK

War 101: What it means to "take" a city

Russia's attack on Ukraine is stupid, pointless, destructive and remarkably vicious. That's what happens in war

Salon

Taliban official wanted by U.S. makes rare public appearance

The Taliban's acting interior minister says Taliban security police guilty of misconduct in Afghanistan are being penalized after many abuse allegations

The Independent UK

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Editorial: It’s Afghan money: President Biden shouldn’t reserve $3.5 billion for a subset of terrorism victims

In an executive order last month, President Joe Biden moved to divide and release $7 billion from Afghanistan’s central bank — funds frozen after the Taliban takeover of the country. Half would go to meet urgent Afghan humanitarian needs, and half would apparently be disbursed to a subset of U.S.…

Tribune News Service

Pakistan vows to arrest masterminds of IS mosque attack

Officials in Pakistan are vowing to hunt down and arrest the masterminds behind a deadly mosque attack claimed by an Islamic State affiliate

The Independent UK

Afghan journalist Zahra Joya among Time’s women of the year

Now a refugee in the UK, Joya and the Rukhshana Media agency defied threats to report on life for women under the Taliban

The Guardian - UK

Test for Putin: Public messaging on Russian military casualties in Ukraine

Back in the Soviet era, the Kremlin had a simple strategy for dealing with combat casualties in messy foreign wars like the one in Afghanistan: near silence on the subject.

Los Angeles Times

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Inside life under the Taliban for homeless addicts in Afghanistan

Under Taliban rule, Afghan drug users face beatings, harsh winters outside and poor treatment facilities. Photographer Maxim Shipenkov visited Kabul to witness their life on the edge

The Independent UK

Dad from Wales books one-way ticket to Ukrainian border to join fight against Russia

Ex soldier Keiran Murphy from Ruthin served in Afghanistan for 10 years

Wales Online

The world’s game, a global scandal: the struggle to be heard in football’s sexual abuse crisis

At all levels and in every corner of football, allegations of harassment and worse are being uncovered. But Fifa and the game’s authorities are ill-equipped to tackle them

The Guardian - UK

We at Stop the War condemn the invasion of Ukraine, and warmongers on all sides

The anti-war movement is no supporter of Putin. But we can, at the same time, criticise our government’s dreadful war record, says Lindsey German, convenor of Stop the War

The Guardian - UK

The star of Oscar-nominated 'Flee' gives his first interview: 'I wanted my story to be seen'

Several years ago, Amin Nawabi sat for a series of interviews with friend and filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen with a caveat: in telling his story, his identity would remain private to the world, freeing him to speak openly about his harrowing experiences as a child refugee escaping war-torn Afghanistan in…

Los Angeles Times

US official meets Afghans stranded in UAE, apologises for delays

The US is still struggling with handling the tens of thousands who were evacuated amid the fall of Kabul last year.

Al Jazeera

US diplomat apologizes to thousands of Afghans stuck in UAE

A senior U.S. diplomat has apologized to thousands of Afghans stranded in the United Arab Emirates months after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Bombing of Mosque in Pakistan Kills at Least 45

A powerful bomb exploded inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, killing at least 45 worshippers and wounding some 65 others, many of them critically, police said. Peshawar Police Chief Muhammed Ejaz Khan said the violence started when two armed attackers opened fire on…

AAP

Group of soldiers reported Roberts-Smith

An SAS soldier has told the Federal Court he and three others twice discussed allegations Ben Roberts-Smith engaged in bullying and war crimes with superiors.

The Independent UK

Horrific deja vu in Ukraine for those who fled other wars

The endless stream of people walking in line, heading to the border to escape Russia's war on Ukraine, has marked a jarring déjà vu for some in the exodus

The Independent UK

Boebert doubles down on Biden heckle: ‘I would absolutely do it again’

Boebert said that the mother of one of the service members killed in Afghanistan is a constituent of hers.

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The Independent UK

Beau Biden’s death and the real crime of Boebert’s heckling. Could this finally be the reckoning for burn pits?

The issue of burn pits was given more airtime than voting rights, gun violence and abortion in Biden’s SOTU address. Two days later, the House passed sweeping burn pits legislation. Rachel Sharp hears from veterans, lawmakers and advocates about whether America’s sick and dying soldiers are finally being heard

The Independent UK

House to vote on bill to help veterans exposed to burn pits

The House is poised to pass legislation that would dramatically boost health care services and disability benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan

The Independent UK

UN envoy: Afghan failing economy heads to `irreversibility'

The U_N_ special envoy for Afghanistan says the international community hasn’t done enough to revive the country’s economy as it heads toward “a point of irreversibility.”

Reuters

Famine may have been averted, but Afghan economic crisis deepens -U.N. envoy

Humanitarian agencies may have distributed enough aid in Afghanistan to avert famine and large-scale starvation, but the country's economic collapse is "approaching a point of irreversibility," the U.N. envoy to Kabul said on Wednesday.

Reason

Will Ruger: How Libertarians Should Think About Ukraine Invasion

The United States needs to be realistic about its interests abroad and the limits of our ability to influence events militarily, says the former nominee to be ambassador to Afghanistan.

The Guardian - US

Biden bids to talk up ailing agenda after State of the Union draws mixed reviews

President travels to Wisconsin to tout infrastructure bill, as Republicans support him over Russia but criticize domestic plans

Los Angeles Times

In Ukraine reporting, Western press reveals grim bias toward 'people like us'

The scenes are gravely familiar to anyone familiar with the 21st century news cycle: families fleeing on foot, swarming border crossings and searching through rubble for loved ones. Journalists reporting on Russia's invasion of Ukraine could not help but compare the military strikes and resulting humanitarian crisis to recent conflicts…

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