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Kabul airport attack 'mastermind' killed by Taliban - U.S. officials

The Taliban have killed an Islamic State militant who was the "mastermind" behind a suicide attack at Kabul's international airport in 2021 that killed 13 U.S. troops and scores of civilians during the United States' chaotic evacuation from the country, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Taliban kill IS group 'mastermind' behind Kabul airport suicide attack

The Taliban have killed the senior Islamic State group leader behind the August 2021 suicide bombing outside the Kabul airport that left 13 US service members and about 170 Afghans dead, according to the father of a Marine killed in the attack who was briefed Tuesday by military officials.

France 24

Taliban kills planner of Kabul airport bombing that left 13 US troops dead

Mastermind of the 2021 suicide attack was a leader in the Islamic State in Afghanistan, also known as ISIS-K, say officials

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Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport

The Taliban have killed the senior Islamic State group leader behind the August 2021 suicide bombing outside the Kabul airport that left 13 U.S. service members and about 170 Afghans dead

The Independent UK

UK secretly deported 100 Nepali guards who protected staff in Kabul

Exclusive: People who risked their lives and were evacuated to Britain were forcibly removed to Nepal days later

The Guardian - UK

Brits stranded in Sudan could face terrifying choice as civil war ravages country

Thousands of Brits in Sudan remain unable to return to the UK as the country is ravaged by civil war, with fears they risk being killed if they leave home in search for food

Daily Mirror

Rescue of UK civilians from Sudan could be more dangerous than evacuation of Kabul, officials warn

‘In Khartoum there is fighting in the neighbourhoods where Western nationals are most heavily concentrated, and that makes it very difficult,’ says one defence official

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The Observer view on Afghanistan: withdrawal should be a cause for lasting shame in Britain and the US

Governments on both sides of the Atlantic are still failing to take responsibility for abandoning the Afghan people to the Taliban

The Guardian - UK

Republicans furious at Biden’s Afghanistan review, Democrats mum

A review released by the White House largely blamed former President Trump for chaotic US pullout from Afghanistan.

Al Jazeera

Biden administration reviews chaotic US withdrawal from Afghan, blaming predecessor Donald Trump

President Joe Biden's administration lays blame on his predecessor, Donald Trump, for the deadly and chaotic 2021 withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan that brought about some of the darkest moments of Mr Biden's presidency.

ABC News

Taliban top spokesman Mujahid asked to work from Kandahar

Zabihullah Mujahid to split work between Kandahar and Kabul in a move seen as assertion of control by the Taliban chief.

Al Jazeera

Afghanistan's Taliban Move Spokesman's Office to Kandahar

The main spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban administration will move his office from the capital to the southern city of Kandahar, the information ministry said, a sign of the growing importance of the region that is home to its supreme leader. The province of Kandahar is the historical birthplace of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UK halts removal of Nepalese security guards who worked at British embassy in Kabul

Some of Nepalese men who were detained have been released

The Independent UK

Home Office pauses removal of three Nepali guards airlifted from Kabul

Fourth man is released from detention after arrest in March of 10 guards who protected UK embassy staff in Afghanistan

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Nepalese guards airlifted from Kabul to UK now face deportation

Former British embassy guards arrested and detained, with some reportedly told they will be forcibly removed

ABC News

After the Fall

A mother and son in suburban Sydney, almost 100 lives on the line and a perilous rescue mission on the other side of the world. Can they pull it off?

Al Jazeera

Alarm after Taliban arrests girls’ school activist amid crackdown

Matiullah Wesa, an advocate for girls’ education, is arrested as the Taliban cracks down on women’s rights activists.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Calls Mount for Taliban to Free Girls' Education Activist

Calls mounted Wednesday for the Taliban to free a girls' education activist arrested earlier this week in Kabul, as a government minister defended the detention. Matiullah Wesa, founder and president of Pen Path — a local nongovernmental group that travels across Afghanistan with a mobile school and library — was…

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How Afghan evacuees are faring in Australia 18 months after fleeing Afghanistan

A survey of Afghan refugees who fled the country after the fall of Kabul in 2021 finds they feel welcome and supported in Australia, but are struggling with the cost of living.

Evening Standard

Livid London MP slams ministers for ‘abandoning’ five British children hiding from Taliban in Kabul

A furious London MP slammed ministers on Tuesday for “abandoning” five British children in Kabul under the Taliban’s brutal rule.

WEKU

An Afghan girls' education activist has been arrested, the U.N. says

Matiullah Wesa is the founder and president of Pen Path — a local nongovernmental group that travels across Afghanistan with a mobile school and library. He was reportedly detained on Monday.

Evening Standard

Prominent girls’ rights activist arrested in Afghanistan

A prominent activist who campaigned for girls’ education in Afghanistan has been arrested by Taliban authorities in Kabul.

The Guardian - UK

What is happening with Afghan refugees in the UK?

About 9,000 of the people who arrived in Britain since the fall of Kabul are still living in temporary accommodation

Daily Mirror

Ministers giving Afghan refugees 'cold shoulder' with forced hotel evictions, MP fumes

The Government announced today it is to give Afghan refugees, who fled to the UK following the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in 2021,It has sparked concerns some - including children - could be left homeless.

The Independent UK

UN says Afghan girls' education activist arrested in Kabul

The United Nations says an Afghan rights activist who has campaigned for girls' education has been arrested in Kabul

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