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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 Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson recalls flying RAF pilots home from Afghanistan: ‘It was very emotional’

‘We were both trying not to [cry],’ singer said

The Independent UK

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Ex-soldier who suffered devastating injury in Afghanistan going for Winter Paralympic glory

EXCLUSIVE: Owen Pick was just 18 when he stepped on an IED during his first tour of Afghanistan. Now a Team GB snowboarder, he has his eyes on Paralympic glory in Beijing

Daily Mirror

Ben Roberts-Smith ordered mock execution of civilian during training drill, defamation trial told

Person 19 says mock execution of soldier pretending to be unarmed Afghan national ordered during training at Lancelin barracks in 2012

The Guardian - AU

India-US ties under Biden got weaker, says Indian-American former national security aide of Trump

WASHINGTON: The US-India relationship has become weaker under the Biden administration, according to Indian-American Kash Patel, who served as the chief of staff to the acting United States Secretary of Defence in the last few weeks of the previous Trump administration.

The Times of India

This Afghan family escaped the Taliban only to get stuck in Ukraine, with nowhere to go if Russia invades

In the rush to escape Afghanistan after the Taliban took control last year, Jawed's family boarded a Ukrainian military plane, expecting to move on to Canada. Six months later, they are still stuck in Kyiv, in fear of a Russian invasion.

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My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird: new short-story book celebrates the work of Afghan women

Untold Narratives founder Lucy Hannah’s just-published collection showcases the fiction of marginalised writers in Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

Afghan families in Edinburgh still waiting on permanent housing

City of Edinburgh Council said it will have some refugees who have fled Afghanistan permanently rehoused ‘by the end of the month’.

The Independent UK

What we haven't learned from endless war

Two decades of war in Iraq and Afghanistan had little effect on daily life in America. That tells us way too much

Salon

Kabul to California: how the ‘hip-hop family’ mobilised for young Afghans

With breakdancers, artists and parkourists facing a bleak future under the Taliban, a global network stepped in to help, drawing on the activist spirit of rap culture

The Guardian - UK

Hybrid Humans by Harry Parker review – man and machine in harmony

An ex-soldier who lost both legs in Afghanistan examines the implications of advances in medical technology with intelligence and humanity

The Guardian - UK

Army officer tells Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial VC recipient threatened to 'smash his face in'

A senior army officer tells a Sydney court he was left "in shock" when his subordinate, Ben Roberts-Smith, threatened to "smash his face in" at an unofficial soldiers' bar in Afghanistan.

ABC News

West has inflicted catastrophic damage on Afghanistan, says David Miliband

‘We are not punishing the Taliban, we are making it worse for the people,’ says former UK foreign secretary

The Guardian - UK

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Al Jazeera

In remote Bamiyan, a school run by an Afghan woman offers hope

The school, set up by a university graduate, runs for two hours daily, offering opportunity to impoverished community.

The Guardian - UK

Losing Afghanistan; The Naked Don’t Fear the Water reviews – fickle allies and personal tragedies

Six months on from the fall of Kabul, a collection of essays unpicks the catastrophic mess the west has left behind in Afghanistan, while the story of one young man’s perilous escape cannot fail to move

The Guardian - UK

British army veterans denied treatment for brain injuries

They have seizures and brain damage but the MoD insists their illnesses are psychological. Now scans could help thousands of soldiers who have been misdiagnosed

The Independent UK

Family tribute to ‘wonderful’ Brit killed by Great White Shark in ‘horrendous’ attack

Simon Nellist, 35, was former RAF engineer who served two tours of Afghanistan before he died in first fatal shark attack Sydney has seen in 60 years

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The Independent UK

Afghanistan six months on: Children on the edge of life

Save the Children are releasing a powerful series of photographs to highlight the human tragedy unfolding in the country six months since the dramatic transition of power

ABC News

Afghan refugees Zia and Baqir share a common past, but the paths they walk are vastly different

Ziaullah Zia arrived in Australia from Afghanistan after the fall of Kabul. Baqir Alidad arrived by boat a decade ago. While the pair share a similar past, Australia has offered one man security, while the other is left in "limbo".

Daily Mirror

Queen comforts family of Prince Harry's heroic comrade with note to soldier's parents

The Queen sent a letter to the parents of Nathan Hunt, who served in Afghanistan. Derek and his wife Maria had turned to Her Majesty in a bid to have their son's name added to the Armed Forces Memorial

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith: how the soldier’s newspaper defamation suit went from battlefield to backyard

This has been a brutal and uncompromising trial – and it still has many weeks to run

The Guardian - AU

‘The Taliban want revenge’: Afghanistan’s female judges in exile in Australia

Fifteen judges – at risk of Taliban and criminal retribution after the fall of Kabul – were forced to flee their homeland

The Times of India

Afghanistan name Stuart Law as interim head coach for Bangladesh tour

KABUL: Former Australian cricketer Stuart Law was on Saturday named as the interim coach of the Afghanistan team ahead of its tour of Bangladesh for a limited over series.

France 24

Taliban releases four women’s rights activists but fear persists

On February 12, the Taliban released four Afghan women’s rights activists, who were arrested nearly a month earlier. Dozens more are being held in Taliban custody, according to other activists and US diplomats. The released women have not yet been able to share what happened to them in Taliban custody…

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