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Count the cost of Afghanistan war: report

A Senate committee examining Australia's engagement in Afghanistan has called for the release of the cost of the war and more work to help those seeking refuge.

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‘Dishonourable’: report says Afghans left behind ‘at high risk of brutal reprisals’ due to links with Australia

Senate inquiry finds August evacuation ‘heroic’ but delay in getting people out earlier meant some local staff reportedly ‘injured or killed by the Taliban’

The Guardian - AU

Aid groups deal with 'painfully thin and lifeless children' as Afghan food crisis deepens

Aid workers say the number of "dangerously malnourished" children they are treating has more than doubled in the past five months, with some dying before they can reach a hospital.

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England to face Afghanistan in first round of T20 World Cup

The fixtures also include a re-match of the 2021 semi-final between England and New Zealand.

The Independent UK

Amid hunger crisis, Biden urged to release frozen Afghan funds

WASHINGTON — Calls are growing on Capitol Hill for the Biden administration to release some of the billions of dollars in seized Afghan financial assets the United States is keeping frozen.

Tribune News Service

Military veterans are helping to get the country boosted, one arm at a time

Sally Orange spent more than two decades helping service personnel returning from conflicts such as Iraq and Afghanistan recover and rehabilitate.

The Independent UK

Nation records highest death toll for the pandemic following grim two weeks of rising numbers – as it happened

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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

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…

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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

Evening Standard

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

Reuters

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.

The Guardian - AU

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’

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The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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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