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Is Modi’s India cosying up to the Taliban?

The embassy of the former Afghan government has shuttered in New Delhi amid allegations that India stopped helping it.

Al Jazeera

Inside the sports bars of Ukraine where Chelsea and Liverpool fans find escapism in the Premier League

Ukrainian football fans cannot watch football in the flesh while war still rages but seek a little solace in the country’s pubs and bars, writes Kim Sengupta

The Independent UK

Remembering David Gilkey: His NPR buddies share stories about their favorite pictures

It is the 7th anniversary of the death of NPR photographer David GIlkey, who was killed by a grenade attack while on assignment in Afghanistan. His colleagues talk about his life and work.

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Senior UN officials in Afghanistan to press for women’s rights

The delegation includes Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and Sima Bahous, executive secretary of UN Women.

Al Jazeera

Francesc Vendrell obituary

Effective United Nations peace negotiator who brought about dialogue between warring parties in many international crises

The Guardian - UK

Former Afghan President Karzai tweets his support of protesting female students

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the ruling Taliban on Sunday to re-open girls' high schools and applauded female students in the eastern province of Paktia who residents said have been publicly protesting against the measure.

Reuters

Hamid Karzai stays on in Afghanistan — hoping for the best, but unable to leave

When the Taliban reclaimed Kabul last August, the U.S.-backed government collapsed and hundreds of thousands of Afghans fled the country. Former president Hamid Karzai was not one of them.

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Former Afghan minister returns to Kabul at Taliban invitation

A former Afghan minister, who fled as the Taliban took over Afghanistan last year, returned on Wednesday, officials said, following security assurances given as part of the hardline group's initiative to woo back high-profile individuals.

Reuters

The Last Days of the Afghan Embassy

The Biden administration shut down a touchpoint for thousands of refugees from Afghanistan—and left its diplomats in agonizing limbo.

Foreign Policy

Male Afghan TV presenters mask up to support female colleagues after Taliban decree

#FreeHerFace campaign gathers force as high-profile men rebel against crackdown on face coverings in Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine should learn Afghanistan lessons, should not get involved in big power games, says Hamid Karzai

Former Afghan President also calls on India to reopen embassy, reengage with Afghanistan

The Hindu

Hamid Karzai criticises US move to divide Afghan assets between aid and 9/11 victims

Six months after the Taliban retook Afghanistan, FRANCE 24 spoke to former Afghan president Hamid Karzai, who remains in the country. Karzai strongly criticised the Biden administration's recent decision to unfreeze Afghan assets but divide the funds between aid to Afghanistan and victims of the 9/11 attacks, saying the funds…

France 24

Ex-Afghan president: Biden order on frozen funds an atrocity

Afghanistan’s former president has called a White House order to unfreeze $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the U.S. for families of 9/11 victims an atrocity against the Afghan people

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