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Amid hunger crisis, Biden urged to release frozen Afghan funds - Roll Call

There is a growing outcry from lawmakers for President Biden to release billions in frozen Afghan funds to help ease a hunger crisis there.

Roll Call

Taliban storm Kabul apartment, arrest activist, her sisters

The Taliban have stormed an apartment in Kabul, arresting a woman rights activist and her three sisters

The Independent UK

Labour: Government has ‘badly let down’ British Council workers in Afghanistan

The Government said it is working with the international community to help relocate people.

The Independent UK

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Analysis-Russian troop build-up sparks unintended NATO renewal

Russia's troop buildup near Ukraine is galvanising NATO defences in Europe that President Vladimir Putin wants to dismantle, giving the alliance a sense of renewal after failures in Afghanistan.

Reuters

Ancient Afghan Minaret in Danger of 'Collapse' after Quakes

An 800-year-old minaret considered one of the finest examples of Islamic architecture in Afghanistan was damaged by two earthquakes this week and is in danger of collapse, an official has said. The Minaret of Jam, a UNESCO world heritage monument in the central province of Ghor, was in desperate need…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Trump's foreign policy continues: Why?

Biden promised a new era of diplomacy, stability and American leadership — but has doubled down on Trump's failures

Salon

AFRICOM: Al-Qaeda, ISIS Unity Efforts Threaten Lake Chad Basin

Last year, the US withdrawal from wars in Somalia and Afghanistan turned attention to other theaters of conflicts around the world to see if they, in turn, would witness similar US regression. Such a scenario poses risks threatening the fall of regimes and the growth of the influence of extremist…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Ex-soldier 'threatened to kill' Edinburgh woman over illicit photo message

Robert Scoular, who served in Afghanistan, was photographed with his ex-partner in a "state of undress," a court heard after she discovered "evidence" he had been seeing another woman

Edinburgh Live

From a diabolical Afghanistan withdrawal, spiraling tension with Kamala and Covid hell — Joe Biden’s first year

After an initial honeymoon period for the Biden administration, the last twelve months have seen one setback after another. Can he turn it around? Oliver Wiseman reports

Evening Standard

Afghan women losing jobs fast as economy shrinks and rights curtailed

In a small tailoring workshop in Kabul, 29-year-old Afghan entrepreneur Sohaila Noori looks on as her dramatically reduced workforce of around 30 women sew scarves, dresses and baby clothes.

Reuters

US releases video of Afghanistan drone strike that killed 10 civilians

Pentagon declassifies footage from Kabul strike it defended but later admitted was an ‘honest mistake’

The Guardian - AU

Pentagon releases first video of botched Kabul airstrike

The Pentagon has declassified and publicly released video footage of a U.S. drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians in the final hours of a chaotic American withdrawal that ended a 20-year war in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Alec Baldwin sued for defamation by family of slain Marine

The widow and two sisters of a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan are suing Alec Baldwin

The Independent UK

Alec Baldwin sued for ‘defaming’ sister of slain US Marine by branding her an ‘insurrectionist’

The Hollywood star had donated $5,000 to the family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan, but allegedly lashed out after discovering their conservative politics

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Declassified footage shows disastrous US drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians

The US military called the strike a ‘tragic mistake’

The Independent UK

Taliban economy conference in Kabul stresses need for funds

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have held their first economic conference, five months since taking over the country that is now teetering on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe and economic collapse

Chicago Sun-Times

Before pullout from Afghanistan, U.S. watchdog warned Afghan air force would collapse

Months before President Joe Biden announced the end to America’s longest war, a classified, year-old watchdog report warned that the Afghan air force would collapse without U.S. aid, training and American maintenance.

The Independent UK

Why things turned so bad for America in 2021, and Joe Biden’s promised ‘return to normal’

Any leader would have struggled in the circumstances, but Biden’s campaign promises set the new president a high bar, writes Andrew Buncombe

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The Guardian - UK

‘The Taliban are seeking revenge’: ex-cultural worker on a UK project

Omar is in hiding – concerned about his five daughters, he has applied to move to Britain

The Guardian - UK

‘In Kabul there’s no justice’: the female student who fled to Pakistan

After the collapse of the Afghan capital, Amina says what followed was worse than she could imagine

The Times of India

Skipper Tom Prest stars in England's victory over Canada, South Africa and Afghanistan too log comfortable wins

BASSETERRE: Captain Tom Prest struck a run-a-ball 93 before chipping in with three wickets to help the former champions England register a 106-run victory over Canada in a group A league match of the ICC U-19 World Cup here.

Reuters

Afghan acting PM calls for official recognition of Taliban administration

Afghanistan's acting prime minister, Mullah Hasan Akhund, on Wednesday called for international governments to officially recognise the country's Taliban administration, saying at a news conference in Kabul that all conditions had been met.

The Independent UK

ILO report says Afghan crisis causing massive job losses

The International Labor Organization says more than a half million people in Afghanistan have lost their jobs since the Taliban takeover in mid-August

The Independent UK

UN: Worse now for women peace builders than before COVID

The U.N. human rights chief says women seeking to participate in shaping and building peace and defending human rights face a “vastly worse” situation now than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

Troops to receive new medal recognising heroism in Afghanistan evacuation

The Prime Minister said he was ‘delighted’ that Armed Forces personnel would be recognised for ‘their heroism in the face of extreme adversity’.

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