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An Afghan soldier fleeing the Taliban spent months reaching the U.S. to request asylum. He was arrested at the Texas border.

Abdul Wasi Safi was trying to reach his brother, who immigrated legally to Houston after helping the U.S. military. Legal experts say Wasi may have to serve a criminal sentence before he can pursue asylum.

The Texas Tribune

Pakistan FM travels to Kabul, meets Taliban amid border tensions

Hina Rabbani Khar holds talks with her Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi a day after Pakistan Taliban ended truce.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan foreign minister meets Afghan Taliban amid border concerns

Pakistan's minister of state for foreign affairs met Afghanistan's acting foreign minister in Kabul on Tuesday, the latest international minister to visit the country whose Taliban rulers are not formally recognised by foreign governments.

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For Afghans who fought against the Taliban, life is fraught under their rule

Those who put their lives on the line in the Afghan National Army and can't find a way out of Afghanistan are working menial jobs, sometimes moving locations every few days in fear for their safety.

WEKU

Afghan women, undeterred by Taliban, secretly network for change

Female activists are secretly building support networks for marginalised women in Taliban-governed Afghanistan.

Al Jazeera

Afghans are bracing for a winter many fear will be even worse than the last

At World Food Programme distribution sites, "Everybody tells us, 'Last winter was difficult, but we have no idea how we will get through the coming winter,'" says a WFP spokesperson in Kabul.

WEKU

Blast in Afghan capital kills two

Two people were killed in an explosion that struck a car in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, police said.

Reuters

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Afghanistan’s traditional delicacy chainaki and a master chef endure in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan — There's a comforting immutability to the way Waheed Merzazadah prepares for his day's work: the methodical cutting of the sheep carcasses down to the right size, the readying of the vegetables and spices, the patient poring over of his well-worn collection of chainaks, or teapots. Watching him…

Los Angeles Times

With the US out of Afghanistan, China comes calling

KABUL, Afghanistan — The first thing you see walking out of Kabul's airport is a billboard advertising Chinatown, which, if you visit, turns out to be a plain, off-white trio of 10-story towers in the Afghan capital's Taimani district. On the ground floor are shops selling Chinese products, including lights,…

Los Angeles Times

Raab’s ‘conflicts with staff caused Afghanistan evacuation delays’ – report claims

Afghans queue for an evacuation flight out of Kabul (LPhot Ben Shread/MoD/PA)

Evening Standard

US watchdog blames Washington, Ghani for the fall of Kabul

SIGAR identifies six factors that contributed to the collapse of the Afghan government and return of Taliban to power.

Al Jazeera

Afghan women barred from gyms, Taliban official says

The Taliban has justified the ban, saying women ignored gender segregation and dress code orders imposed earlier.

Al Jazeera

Taliban condemned for banning women from gyms, parks and funfairs in fresh crackdown on their rights

The Taliban have been condemned by the United Nations for banning Afghan women from public spaces like gyms, parks and funfairs.

Evening Standard

Taliban official: Women banned from Afghanistan's gyms

A Taliban official says women are banned from using gyms in Afghanistan

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Women stopped from entering amusement parks in Afghan capital

Afghan women were stopped from entering amusement parks in Kabul on Wednesday after the Taliban's morality ministry said there would be restrictions on women being able to access public parks.

The Guardian - UK

‘No darkness is for ever’: can an activist in exile persuade the Taliban to allow teaching on TV?

The regime’s closure of her support and literacy centres for women and girls was crushing, but Jamila Afghani is looking for ways to build a brighter future for the Afghan women she left behind

Reuters

Blast in Kabul hits bus carrying Taliban admin. employees, injures seven

A blast hit a bus carrying Taliban administration employees in the Afghan capital on Wednesday morning, police said, injuring seven people.

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'I was their teacher': A chance encounter as Afghans protest after a suicide bombing

Pierre Kattar edited the pictures for an NPR story about two of the teenagers killed in the Sept. 30 attack. On Oct. 10, he went to a demonstration in Rome and made an unexpected connection.

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France 24

‘I felt solidarity’: Afghan women monitor Iran protests, vow to continue fight for basic rights

Since the Taliban takeover last year, Afghan women have been demonstrating for their right to education and employment. When women in Iran took to the streets after the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody, their Afghan sisters immediately began monitoring the protests across the border. As mourners in Iran…

WEKU

Precious memories: 8 refugees share the things they brought to remind them of home

If you had to leave your home, you'd bring essential items for survival. But if you could take one sentimental object, what would it be? We asked refugees from Ukraine, Afghanistan, Honduras and more.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban Kill Six ISIS Militants in Raid in Afghan Capital

Taliban security forces killed six ISIS militants in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a spokesman for the ruling group's administration said on Saturday. The ISIS members killed in the raid on their hideout were involved in two major attacks in recent weeks, one on a city mosque…

Reuters

Taliban kill six Islamic State members in raid in Afghan capital - spokesman

Taliban security forces killed six Islamic State members in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a spokesman for the ruling group's administration said on Saturday.

ABC News

Australia's Afghan diaspora excited to see their 'Blue Tigers' play in T20 World Cup cricket tour

Members of the Afghan diaspora in Australia say the Blue Tigers' first tour of Australia since the Taliban returned to power in Kabul is a chance to take pride in their country and show Afghanistan is "not just about war and suffering".

France 24

The persecution of the Hazaras: Afghan Shiites targeted by deadly attacks

Afghanistan's Hazara community, a Shiite minority, is regularly targeted by the Afghan branch of the Islamic State (IS) group, which considers Hazaras as heretics. Dozens of people, mostly girls, were killed in an attack on an education centre in a Shiite neighbourhood of Kabul on September 30. Although the attack…

Daily Mirror

Student tortured to death by Taliban as murderous group send video to his family

Hahmed Sabouri was taken to a detention centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, where the Taliban tortured him for three days before shooting him in the back of the head

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