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First double above-knee amputee conquers Everest

A former British Army Gurkha has become the first double above-knee amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Hari Budha Magar, who lost his legs in an explosion while serving in Afghanistan in 2010, started planning the challenge in 2018, to raise funds for veterans’ charities. Speaking from base…

The Week

Ben Roberts-Smith war crimes defamation verdict to be delivered on Thursday 1 June

Australia’s most decorated soldier will learn the outcome of his case against three newspapers over Afghanistan allegations, including the murder of civilians

The Guardian - AU

Key aid group says Taliban signals exemption for women in southern heartland

An international aid agency in Afghanistan hopes to have an interim arrangement within days to allow its Afghan female staff to return to work in the southern province of Kandahar - the birthplace of the Taliban and home to the supreme spiritual leader.

Reuters

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How China is increasing its influence in central Asia as part of global plans to offer an alternative to the west

As G7 leaders were preparing for their recent summit in Japan, China’s president Xi Jinping hosted his central Asian counterparts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

The Conversation

Movie review: Gerard Butler expands his set of skills in spy thriller 'Kandahar'

Our macho action movie auteurs are starting to reckon with the tragic situation in Afghanistan, which has fallen to the Taliban after the withdrawal of the United States in 2021. On the heels of “Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant” comes Ric Roman Waugh’s “Kandahar” starring Gerard Butler, a brutal actioner set…

Tribune News Service

Veterans hit back at push to strip Afghan war medals

Veterans say a fresh attempt by the defence force chief to strip service medals from soldiers is unwarranted. General Angus Campbell has written to a

The New Daily

Australian Defence Force chief Angus Campbell renews calls to strip medals from Afghanistan war veterans

Defence Chief Angus Campbell launches an attempt to remove awards from those who held command positions in the Afghanistan war.

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US lawmakers view Afghanistan 'dissent' cable, dispute continues

The leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday privately viewed a classified cable related to the August 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, as the panel's Republican chairperson and State Department grapple over providing access to the document.

Reuters

Aid agency chief: Taliban say guidelines on female NGO staff resuming work close to finalization

The head of a major international aid agency says key Taliban officials told him they are close to finalizing guidelines that will allow Afghan women to resume working for nongovernmental organizations

The Independent UK

TV tonight: a beautifully animated story about Taliban-era Afghanistan

This documentary about two Afghan women sheds light on the 2021 crisis. Plus: a downbeat finale for Rain Dogs. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Women's secret war: the inside story of how the US military sent female soldiers on covert combat missions to Afghanistan

A US Army handbook from 2011 opens one of its chapters with a line from Rudyard Kipling’s poem The Young British Soldier. Written in 1890 upon Kipling’s return to England from India, an experienced imperial soldier gives advice to the incoming cohort:

The Conversation

A Langley lad from Middleton, Lee Rigby was one of our own - 10 years on from the heinous murder of a proud soldier and new dad

'Once a Fusilier, always a Fusilier'

Manchester Evening News

Northern Ireland-born diplomats describe how Good Friday Agreement inspires them

The diplomats have served in countries from Afghanistan to North Korea.

The Independent UK

Double amputee Gurkha veteran reaches summit of Mount Everest

Hari Budha Magar reached the peak despite being a double amputee since an explosion in Afghanistan

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The Independent UK

Another Afghan hero who served with British forces is threatened with Rwanda deportation

Exclusive: Afghan Colonel who fought with British in Helmand province facing deportation from the UK

AFP

'No legs, no limits': Gurkha amputee scales Everest

Kathmandu (AFP) - Gurkha veteran Hari Budha Magar, who was almost killed serving with the British army in Afghanistan, has become the first double above-the-knee amputee to climb Everest, a member of his team said Sunday.

The Guardian - UK

The uncounted: how millions died unseen in America’s post-9/11 wars

A new report puts the loss of life from Afghanistan to Yemen at 4.5 million – the bulk of them poor women and children who are victims of economic collapse and continuing trauma

ABC News

British Army veteran Hari Budha Magar makes history as first double above-knee amputee to climb Mount Everest

Hari Budha Magar, who lost his legs while serving in Afghanistan, becomes the first double above-knee amputee to conquer Mount Everest.

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The Hindu

Global polio targets set for this year unlikely to be met

Global polio targets set for this year will not be met

The Independent UK

Democrats and Republicans say they want to help Afghan veterans. So why haven’t they done anything?

A bill to give Afghans who assisted American service members permanent status has languished in Congress. It faces even bigger hurdles now, Eric Garcia reports

Daily Mirror

Double amputee fined for using disabled space 'after warden said blue badge was a fake'

Former Royal Marine Commando Ben McBean, who was called 'a real hero' by Prince Harry after was severely injured in service in Afghanistan in 2008, claims a traffic warden questioned his legitimacy

The Hindu

CAFA under-20 Championship to be broadcast on SportsCast’s YouTube channel

The Central Asian Football Association under-20 Championship will see teams from Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan take part in the competition

The Independent UK

GOP pauses Blinken contempt push after gaining access to classified Afghanistan cable

The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee says he is pausing an effort to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress now that the State Department is letting him view a redacted classified cable from U.S. diplomats in Kabul sent shortly before the U.S. withdrawal from…

Reuters

US House member 'pauses' subpoena attempt over Afghanistan cable

The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Thursday he accepted the State Department's invitation to view a classified cable related to the August 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan and would "pause" attempts to enforce a subpoena to obtain it.

The Independent UK

Iran warns Afghanistan's Taliban rulers not to violate its water rights, over Helmand River

Iran's state media say the Iranian president has warned Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers not to violate water rights of the Iranian people

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