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Taliban: 2 senior IS members killed in Afghanistan

Two senior regional members of the Islamic State group have been killed in Afghanistan in recent weeks during separate raids in Kabul

The Independent UK

Will China’s latest investment in Afghanistan actually work?

While a deal to extract oil has raised hopes in the war-torn nation, experts warn of China’s sketchy record.

Al Jazeera

As Republicans start investigating Biden, the White House war room is ready to fight

House Republicans are investigating everything from the Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan to the business dealings of the president's son. Here's how the White House is gearing up.

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Taliban Forces Kill 2 ISIS Members in Kabul Raid

Taliban security forces killed two militants from the ISIS group and detained a third in an overnight raid in the Afghan capital of Kabul, the spokesman for the Taliban government said Monday. The regional affiliate of the ISIS group — known as the ISIS in Khorasan Province — is a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Islamist militants have Pakistan's police in their crosshairs

Atop a police outpost in northwest Pakistan, Faizanullah Khan stands behind a stack of sandbags and peers through the sight of an anti-aircraft gun, scanning the terrain along the unofficial boundary with the country's restive former tribal areas.

Reuters

‘Books they love’: A Kabul graveyard library for two schoolgirls

In Taliban’s Afghanistan, Hazara cousins, both blast victims who loved to read, inspire a library – and new readers.

Al Jazeera

At least 60 migrants including newborn dead after boat falls apart off coast of Italy

WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES Around 30 bodies were seen floating in the rough seas off the southern coast of Italy this morning, with rescue officials saying they expect the death toll to rise through the day. The victims, who were from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan, included a number of children, officials…

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War hero badly hurt in Afghanistan to climb Everest - so he can propose to wife again

Veteran Martyn Compton, who's friends with Prince Harry, suffered severe burns to 75% of his body in a Taliban attack and will climb Everest to propose to his wife on their 15th anniversary

Daily Mirror

War and the battle for young minds

Our culture's endless, hypnotic obsession with war and violence has hidden costs — especially for our children

Salon

Trade resumes as key Afghan border crossing with Pakistan reopens

Torkham (Afghanistan) (AFP) - Vital trade resumed at a key border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan on Saturday as their busiest trading waypoint reopened almost a week after being shut by Taliban authorities.

AFP

Seattle Opera puts story of Afghan women center stage

An opera based on the popular novel “A Thousand Splendid Suns," which is set in Afghanistan, is making its world debut in Seattle

The Independent UK

She put Taliban members behind bars for their crimes. Now she’s in fear for her life – and the UK won’t help

Exclusive: Afghan judge, Yousa, has had death threats, been shot at and is a Taliban target after putting many behind bars. She is now ‘stateless’ in Pakistan and the UK government won’t help, as Maya Oppenheim reports

The Independent UK

Family of soldier killed in Afghanistan ‘humbled’ by plans to name Notts street in his honour

Mark Sheldon, Rifleman Sheldon’s father, said the renaming will give his family, friends and ex-servicemen another way to remember him.

Nottingham Post

Trade resumes as Pakistan, Afghanistan reopen Torkham border

Officials say the normal trade and movement of people between Pakistan and Afghanistan has fully resumed after the two sides reopened a key border crossing that was shut down a week ago by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers

The Independent UK

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'A Thousand Splendid Suns' opera spotlights Afghan women

Seattle (AFP) - Minutes before Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat entered her first Seattle Opera production meeting for an adaptation of the novel "A Thousand Splendid Suns," she learned that her hometown of Herat had fallen to the Taliban.

Reuters

Sept. 11 families cannot halt U.S. decision on Afghan central bank asset seizure

A U.S. judge on Friday rejected a request by families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks not to enforce his decision against letting them seize $3.5 billion of frozen Afghan central bank assets to satisfy court judgments owed by the Taliban.

WEKU

The Taliban ended college for women. Here's how Afghan women are defying the ban

The December ban on college education for women has led some to turn to online options. But that pption comes with its own set of problems.

The Guardian - UK

Afghanistan Is Not Funny: the comedian transformed by the war on terror

Henry Naylor travelled to Afghanistan in 2003 to research his fringe farce Finding Bin Laden. His sobering new show takes stock of the country’s fate since

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Temporary protection visa scrapping welcomed by Swan Hill asylum seeker Rohullah Hussaini

The scrapping of temporary protection visas means Rohullah Hussaini is a step closer to meeting his three-year-old daughter for the first time and reuniting with his wife, as part of a new start in Victoria's "heart of the Murray".

The Independent UK

Putin, Afghans among top gift givers to Bidens in 2021

Russia's president and the deposed leader of Afghanistan were among the top gift givers to President Joe Biden and his family in 2021, according to federal documents

The Guardian - UK

Only 22 Afghans resettled in UK under ‘pathway’ to help vulnerable refugees

Charity says disparity with 8,633 Afghans who arrived in small boats last year shows lack of functioning route

Wales Online

Just 22 people resettled in UK from Afghanistan via government scheme while 8,633 crossed Channel in boats

The Refugee Council said the Government needed to 'urgently rethink its approach'

The Independent UK

Government urged to ‘rethink’ after just 22 fleeing Afghans resettled via UNHCR

Part of a resettlement scheme was for vulnerable people referred by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees having fled Afghanistan.

Evening Standard

Ben Wallace accuses Prince Harry of ‘boasting’ about his Afghanistan kill-count

Ben Wallace has criticised Prince Harry for “boasting” about the number of people he killed while on tour in Afghanistan.

Al Jazeera

Afghanistan reopens key Pakistan trade route, Islamabad to follow

Decision to reopen Torkham crossing came a day after high-level Pakistani delegation met Taliban officials in Kabul.

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