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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…

The Independent UK

State Department offers Republican lawmaker a chance to view Afghanistan dissent cable

The State Department is offering to allow the Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee to view a classified cable from U.S. diplomats in Kabul sent shortly before the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan

The Independent UK

House Republican warns of possible contempt charge for Blinken over Afghanistan document

Congress sets up possible battle with Biden administration

The Independent UK

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MEA faces tough choice as Taliban picks a new Ambassador for Delhi

The Taliban regime in Afghanistan’s decision to recall Afghan Ambassador Farid Mamundzay and appoint the current Trade Counsellor Qadir Shah as the Charge D’ Affaires (Acting Ambassador) in his place has posed a tough decision for the government’s policy on the situation in Afghanistan and its engagement with the Taliban.

The Hindu

Home Office admits errors after arrest of Nepali guards airlifted from Kabul

Officials say number of guards detained in March had been granted indefinite leave to remain by mistake

The Guardian - UK

India, Russia, Pakistan urge Taliban to respect rights of all Afghans

The foreign ministers of India, Russia and Pakistan on Friday called for a representative government in Afghanistan and the protection of women's rights, almost two years after the Islamist Taliban swept to power in Kabul.

Reuters

Brickbat: Highway Robbery

The state of Missouri named an interstate overpass in Wentzville for U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, who was killed in a suicide bombing at the Kabul airport during the American withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Then, it sent his parents a $3,200 bill for the new signs. State lawmakers…

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Afghan women urge no recognition of Taliban

KABUL: A group of Afghan women protested in Kabul on Saturday, defying a crackdown on dissent to urge foreign nations not to formally recognise the Taliban government ahead of a United Nations summit next week.

Bangkok Post

James not so Cleverly plays the hero on Sudan – but at least he’s not in Crete

Foreign secretary clears low bar set by Raab during Kabul airlift, though his update appeared at odds with reality

The Guardian - UK

US had ‘no involvement’ in Taliban killing of Kabul bombing mastermind, White House says

The White House says the US has confirmed the death of the Isis-K bomber

The Independent UK

Taliban Kill Mastermind of Suicide Bombing at Kabul Airport

A ground assault by the Taliban killed the ISIS militant who spearheaded the August 2021 suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that left 13 US troops and about 170 Afghans dead during the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan, US officials said Tuesday. Initially, neither the US — nor apparently the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban kill ISIS leader behind deadly Kabul airport bombing, U.S. says

An ISIS suicide bomber killed dozens of Afghans and 13 American troops during the U.S.-led evacuation of Afghanistan in 2021.

Axios

Taliban kills ISIS chief who murdered 13 US troops and 170 Afghans in bombing

US officials said on Tuesday he was killed during a series of battles early this month in southern Afghanistan between the Taliban and the Islamic State group's affiliate

Daily Mirror

ISIL leader behind Kabul airport bombing killed, Taliban says

The leader has yet to be identified but may have been killed early in April amid Taliban operations against ISIL (ISIS).

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Reuters

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.

France 24

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.

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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

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The Guardian - 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

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Al Jazeera

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.

ABC News

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

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