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Swiss envoy says visiting Taliban interested in dialogue

A top Swiss diplomat who has met with a delegation from Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership says it expressed an interest in dialogue with the international community and realized “that they must take the first step” to unblock more aid desperately needed in the war-battered country

The Independent UK

UK officials talk to Taliban about Afghanistan humanitarian crisis

The UK does not recognise the Taliban regime.

The Independent UK

Afghan refugees in UAE protest months-long wait for resettlement

Hundreds of Afghans have launched a rare protest at a United Arab Emirates facility where they have been housed since fleeing their homeland last year, holding banners pleading for freedom and demanding to be sent to the United States to be resettled.

Reuters

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WHO chief, Taliban delegation discuss 'dire' health crisis in Afghanistan

World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that he met the 10-member Taliban delegation headed by health minister Qalander Ebad and discussed the "dire" health and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

Dynamite News

Special relationship with Afghan people, UNSC resolution to continue to guide Afghan policy: India

Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said this in Rajya Sabha

The Hindu

‘We have never given up’: how Afghan women are demanding their education under the Taliban

Since recapturing Afghanistan, the Taliban have largely if inconsistently closed down girls’ schooling – but have found a new generation ready to fight for the right to study

The Guardian - UK

Famine in Afghanistan: Will crisis force reset of relations with the Taliban?

Is tying humanitarian assistance to human rights the right course for Afghanistan? Aid agencies are this week imploring the West and in particular the US Treasury to allow money transfers to flow unhindered and to unblock desperately needed funds.

France 24

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Remember the 'pivot' to Asia? US wants to reassure Pacific allies it's still on

MELBOURNE, Australia — Like many U.S. governments before it, the Biden administration intended a foreign policy "pivot" toward China and Asia. Instead, Washington quickly faced war in Gaza, a chaotic pullout from Afghanistan and a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Los Angeles Times

Senior Tory MPs urge UK to do more to respond to ‘horrific’ Afghanistan crisis

Andrew Mitchell raised reports of people selling their daughters into early marriage or parting with body organs in a bid to buy food.

The Independent UK

Former soldier traumatised by horrors of Iraq and Afghanistan wars turned to drug dealing to fund his spiralling addiction

Jason Maddocks was left "traumatised" by tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, and after being discharged from the military his drug use - and drug debts - spiralled out of control

Wales Online

Living in a woman’s body: the Taliban fear our beauty, strength – and resistance

Growing up in Afghanistan I was taught to hide my body. Now I see it as a symbol of rebellion against those who would try to control me

The Guardian - UK

Pakistan’s ‘good Taliban-bad Taliban’ strategy backfires, posing regional risks

For decades, Pakistan pursued a policy of supporting the Afghan Taliban while cracking down on the Pakistani Taliban, the Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP). With the Taliban in power in Afghanistan, Islamabad may have won its “long game”. But its game of chicken may be backfiring with jihadists coming home to roost.

France 24

New COVID-19 wave batters Afghanistan's crumbling health care system

Only five hospitals in Afghanistan still offer COVID-19 treatment, with 33 others forced to close.

ABC News

New COVID wave batters Afghanistan's crumbling health care

All but five of the 38 COVID-19 treatment hospitals that once operated in Afghanistan have been forced to close in recent months for lack of doctors, medicines, even heat

The Independent UK

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Covid news: Sweden scraps almost all restrictions and testing despite pleas from scientists; Spain’s King Felipe tests positive – as it happened

Sweden scraps almost all of its few restrictions and stops most testing; Spain’s King Felipe tests positive after displaying mild symptoms

The Guardian - UK

‘We are happy to fight you’: tensions rise on Afghan-Pakistani border

Five Pakistani soldiers killed as Taliban-led Afghanistan resists cooperation with Islamabad

Foreign Affairs

Would Russians Embrace War?

Why an Attack on Ukraine Might Erode Putin’s Support

The Independent UK

US general says Russia turmoil could spill to Middle East

The Army general tapped to take over as top U.S. commander in the Middle East is warning senators that if Russian invades Ukraine, it could create broader instability into the Middle East, including Syria

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Two suspected British Islamic State recruits seized by Taliban at border

Exclusive: first reported case of attempted international recruitment to IS since US left Afghanistan

Reuters

U.N. rights office demands release of Afghan women activists

The U.N. human rights office called on Tuesday for the release of four women activists and their relatives in Afghanistan who were detained or abducted last month after protests over women's rights since the Taliban seized control.

The New Daily

Afghan refugees march on Parliament House to reunite their families and end their state of limbo

More than 2000 Afghan refugees and supporters protested, calling on the government to grant them permanent protection visas.

The Guardian - AU

SAS soldier denies being jealous of Ben Roberts-Smith and wanting to throw him ‘under a bus’, court hears

Judge in defamation case against newspapers declines to make witness answer questions about whether he was a source of media reports

AAP

Afghan asylum seekers feeling 'trapped'

Afghan asylum seekers say they're trapped in an Australian immigration system that won't settle boat people, and can't go home for fear of persecution.

Al Jazeera

US offers $10m reward for information on ISKP leader

ISKP, an Afghanistan affiliate of ISIL (ISIS), had claimed responsibility for deadly attack on Kabul airport last year.

Chicago Sun-Times

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