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British troops in Lebanon on standby for evacuation ‘on same scale’ as Kabul

Hundreds of servicemen and women are ready in the UK to be deployed to the region at short notice as fears for an all-out war grow

The Independent UK

Afghanistan’s first female Olympic breakdancer: ‘I want my big dream’

Defiant Afghan refugee Manizha Talash fled the Taliban for her chance to dance on the world stage.

Al Jazeera

Afghan sister cyclists fly the flag of a fallen country at the Paris Olympics

Fariba and Yulduz Hashimi fled Kabul after the city once again fell to the Taliban in 2021. Three years later, the sister cyclists are riding alongside one another in the 2024 Paris Olympics women’s road race on Sunday, proudly bearing the black, red and green Afghan tricolour torn down by…

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Delhi: CISF seizes medicines worth Rs 33.5 lakh at IGI Airport, 1 held

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Thursday detected a huge quantity of different medicines worth Rs 33.5 lakh from a Kabul-bound passenger at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. Read further on dynamite News:

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Documentary-maker Ibrahim Nash’at on filming the Taliban: ‘The secret service asked to see my footage. I left the same day’

Embedded with the Taliban after US forces fled Kabul, Nash’at’s fly-on-the-wall documentary, Hollywoodgate, offers a darkly comic, damning insight into the regime

The Guardian - UK

Åsne Seierstad’s The Afghans is a gripping depiction of life under Taliban rule

In August 2021, the world was gripped by images beamed from Afghanistan when the Taliban entered Kabul. Terrified Afghans ran for their lives to the airport. People were clinging to the wings of aircraft and holding babies over barbed wire, hoping they would be taken to freedom. Thousands braved the…

The Conversation

Afghanistan erupts in celebration as team reaches T20 World Cup semifinal

Fans take to the streets from Kabul to Kandahar and Khost to Laghman as Afghanistan reach first-ever World Cup semis.

Al Jazeera

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Whistles At Dawn: Birdsong Duels Enthral Afghans

Just after sunrise on the Afghan day of rest, two goldfinches puffed their chests and belted a song, surrounded by men straining to hear which chirped stronger in an age-old pastime.

International Business Times

Turkish Airlines resumes flights to Afghanistan nearly 3 years after the Taliban captured Kabul

Afghanistan's Taliban have confirmed the resumption of Turkish Airlines flights to Kabul’s international airport

The Independent UK

'Blood Everywhere': Survivor Recounts Attack On Tourists In Afghanistan

When she first heard the gunshots, French tourist Anne-France Brill thought for a split second there was a celebration in the Afghan market where she and her fellow travellers stopped to buy fruit.

International Business Times

Three Spaniards, Three Afghans Killed In Shooting In Afghanistan

The bodies of three Spanish tourists and three Afghans shot dead while visiting a market in Afghanistan were transported to the capital where multiple wounded were also treated, the Taliban government said Saturday.

International Business Times

Three Afghans, three Spanish tourists killed in Bamyan shooting

Group of tourists and their companions was fired on while walking through a market in central Afghanistan.

Al Jazeera

Taliban trying to normalise ties, install appointees in India: Afghan diplomat

Days after Afghanistan’s most senior diplomat in India resigned over charges of smuggling, diplomats still loyal to the previous democratic regime in Kabul warn that the Taliban is making another attempt to install a nominee in India, and urged India and other countries not to “normalise” ties with the Taliban.

The Hindu

Biden was silenced by criticism from families of troops killed in Kabul, book says. ‘Sir, are you still there?’

Ex-White House press secretary Jen Psaki describes telling president of anger that he spoke so much of his own dead son, Beau

The Guardian - US

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At least 33 dead in flash flooding in Afghanistan

Flash floods hit Kabul with fears of further rain

The Hindu

India welcomes steps by Taliban to restore assets to minorities

India has welcomed the Taliban’s initiative to restore property to the minority Sikhs and Hindus of Afghanistan.

International Business Times

Taliban Leader Hits Back At Global Critics In Rare Address

The Taliban's hyper-reclusive supreme leader made a rare public appearance Wednesday, an Afghan government spokesman said, berating the international community in a speech for criticising his rule.

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Mediawan Rights Acquires Thriller Series 'Kabul' With Star-Studded Cast

Mediawan Rights partners with 24 25 Films and Cinétévé to produce 'Kabul,' a thriller series set during the Afghanistan crisis, featuring an international ...

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The work and legacy of photographer Anja Niedringhaus endure 10 years after her death

A new exhibition and book honor the memory of the Pulitzer Prize-winning German photojournalist who was killed on April 4, 2014, while on assignment for The Associated Press in Afghanistan.

The Guardian - UK

‘I wanted to end my life’: ‘Bookseller of Kabul’ rebuilds destroyed business

Shah Muhammad Rais was devastated when Taliban destroyed his shop, but now he is sending books to Afghanistan via the internet

The Hindu

After assault of Afghan students in Gujarat University, Indian diplomats meet Afghan counterparts in Delhi

Months after the Embassy of Afghanistan in New Delhi was shut down due to an apparent lack of coordination and desertion of officials belonging to the pre-Taliban government in Kabul, a senior Indian diplomat visited the mission

Al Jazeera

Moscow concert hall attack: Why is ISIL targeting Russia?

Deadly attack in Moscow claimed by ISIL affiliate leaves more than 133 people dead and approximately 100 injured.

The Hindu

Blowback: On Pakistan, Afghanistan and insurgency

Pakistan’s history of supporting Islamist insurgency has come back to haunt it,as seen in Afghanistan

The Guardian - AU

Andrew Quilty: ‘Every person I would speak to touched on the close proximity between life and death’

The award-winning photojournalist spent a decade in Afghanistan. Back in Sydney’s affluent east, he wrestles with the aftermath of war

Al Jazeera

Elite Afghan soldiers turn barbers, gym trainers in India to escape Taliban

Trading guns for hair clippers and dumbbells, they’ve had to desert their dreams – like their government deserted them.

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