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China Top Diplomat in India for First Visit since Border Clash

China's foreign minister was in India on Friday, officials said, his first visit since a deadly clash on the Asian giants' disputed Himalayan border in 2020. The high-altitude brawl in June 2020 left 20 Indian soldiers and at least four Chinese troops dead, and led to a sharp deterioration in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial: Andrew Hastie says he ‘is no longer proud’ of former comrade

Assistant defence minister tells court ‘I don’t dislike Mr Roberts-Smith at all … I pity Mr Roberts-Smith’

The Guardian - AU

Federal MP Andrew Hastie tells court he 'pities' Ben Roberts-Smith

Federal MP Andrew Hastie tells a Sydney court he "pities" war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith, who is suing the publisher of several newspapers for defamation.

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Four Pakistani soldiers killed in militant attack, military says

At least four Pakistani soldiers were killed in an attack by militants in northwestern Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan early on Thursday, the military said.

Reuters

Many baffled by Taliban reneging pledge on girls' education

Aid groups, media workers and others in Afghanistan are baffled by the Taliban reneging on their pledge to allow girls to go to school beyond sixth grade

The Independent UK

China hopes Afghanistan to keep commitment of fending off external forces

China hopes Afghanistan would fulfill its commitment of not allowing any external forces to use its territory as a tool to oppose neighbours, or harm the security of other nations, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday.

Reuters

After surprise stopover in Kabul, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi lands in Delhi

Visits kept secret, first such visit to Delhi after LAC standoff and PLA transgressions began in April 2020

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China's foreign minister makes surprise stop in Afghanistan

China's foreign minister made a surprise stop in Kabul to meet Afghanistan's Taliban rulers even as the international community fumes over the hardline movement's broken promise a day earlier to open schools to girls beyond Grade 6

The Independent UK

China's foreign minister visits Afghanistan

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Kabul on Thursday to meet his Afghan counterpart, a spokesman for Afghanistan's foreign ministry said, the highest-level visit by a Chinese official since the Taliban took power last year.

Reuters

Turkey Regrets Taliban Move to Keep High Schools Closed to Girls

Turkey regrets the Taliban’s announcement that high schools in Afghanistan would remain closed for girls, the foreign ministry said late on Wednesday, calling on the hardline group to allow education for all. The Taliban on Wednesday backtracked on their announcement that high schools would open for girls, saying they would…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey regrets Taliban move to keep high schools closed to girls

Turkey regrets the Taliban's announcement that high schools in Afghanistan would remain closed for girls, the foreign ministry said late on Wednesday, calling on the hardline Islamist group to allow education for all.

Reuters

Assistant defence minister Andrew Hastie tells court Ben Roberts-Smith was seen as a bully in SAS

Hastie, giving evidence in defamation trial, also claims Roberts-Smith’s reported version of Afghanistan mission was an ‘alternate universe’

The Guardian - AU

The Guardian view on Afghanistan’s struggle: it isn’t just the Taliban

Editorial: Girls’ hopes of education have been crushed again. People are fighting for basic rights and freedoms – but also for the means to survive

The Guardian - UK

Taliban orders that high schools remain closed to girls is a betrayal of commitments, U.S. says

The U.S. State Department on Wednesday said the Taliban's announcement that high schools in Afghanistan would remain closed for girls is a betrayal of public commitments to the Afghan people and international community.

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NATO: 7,000 to 15,000 Russian Troops Dead in Ukraine

NATO estimated on Wednesday that 7,000 to 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in four weeks of war in Ukraine, where fierce fighting by the country's fast-moving defenders has denied Moscow the lightning victory it sought. By way of comparison, Russia lost about 15,000 troops in Afghanistan over 10 years.…

Daily Mirror

Schoolgirls in tears as Taliban breaks promise last minute to lift medieval education ban

Heartbreaking images show inconsolable Afghan schoolgirls all ready for class in their uniforms cry bitter tears after turning up only be to turned away and told to go straight home

Reuters

U.N. chief warns Afghan girls high school suspension 'deeply damaging'

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that Taliban's decision to suspend high school for girls in Afghanistan was "a profound disappointment and deeply damaging for Afghanistan."

Evening Standard

Girls turned away from school in Afghanistan as Taliban backtracks on education pledge

The last-minute decision follows an earlier statement in the week saying ‘all students’ can come to school for the start of the new term

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Daily Dose Ep 1001: HC on Birbhum deaths, Dhami takes oath, AAP's challenge

Salil Ahuja brings you the news from Bengal, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Afghanistan.

Nottingham Post

Ex-soldier's mission to find help after he was caught drug-driving

Allan Hallbert, 33, of Kilton Road, Worksop, had completed two tours in Afghanistan

Daily Mirror

Russia's infamous Spetsnaz soldiers made to kill rabid dogs with shovels during training

Russia's Spetsnaz shock troopers have undertaken operations in Chechnya, Afghanistan and in Ukraine prior to the annexation of Crimea

The Hindu

It’s a long wait for the journey back to India for stranded Afghan students

“More than 2,000 Afghan students, who are pursuing various programmes in Indian universities, are stranded in various cities of Afghanistan after the Taliban regime took control of the country”

Al Jazeera

Danish Siddiqui: Family of slain journalist takes Taliban to ICC

Lawyer for Siddiqui family says there is sufficient evidence Indian journalist was tortured, murdered in Taliban attack.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow cabbie in limbo as young family stuck in Pakistan after fleeing Taliban in Afghanistan

Jan Mohammed Ahmadzai says he has received no help from the Home Office to bring them to Glasgow as part of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme for which they are eligible.

Wales Online

Veteran who lost both legs in Afghanistan says gaming has saved his life

Mikey Keighley became a recluse after his brush with death

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