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The Latest Breaking News from Kabul

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

Foreign Policy

Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | India’s engagement with the Taliban: what’s next?

In this episode, we examine the latest meeting of senior M.E.A. officials with the Taliban in Kabul and what this engagement means for the two countries.

The Hindu

Indian officials meet Taliban in Kabul in first visit since U.S. exit

A team of Indian officials met the acting Taliban foreign minister of Afghanistan on Thursday to discuss bilateral ties and humanitarian aid, the Taliban said, in what was the first such visit to Kabul since the chaotic U.S. withdrawal last year.

Reuters

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Indian officials in Kabul for talks on aid distribution

Indian foreign ministry officials are visiting Kabul for talks with the Taliban and international organizations involved in the distribution of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

India sends diplomats to Kabul for talks with the Taliban

New Delhi commits to sending more foodgrains, medical aid

The Hindu

Former first minister and six MPs recognised in Birthday Honours

The politicians have been named in the list, which has been announced ahead of the Platinum Jubilee.

The Independent UK

Pakistan sends 50-member team to Kabul to discuss cease-fire

Pakistan’s government has sent a 50-member delegation of tribal elders to Kabul to negotiate an extension of a truce with the Pakistani Taliban

The Independent UK

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AP PHOTOS: In Kabul, cemeteries a part of Afghan daily life

There are cemeteries all over Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, many of them filled with the dead from the country’s decades of war

The Independent UK

Doval says India guided by interest of Afghans, urges Taliban to ensure education for girls

At a regional security conference, NSA asserts India’s special relationship with Afghanistan will continue

The Hindu

Missing witness and a change of government: the latest delays in Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation case

Trial held up due to Covid and fall of Kabul now waits for evidence release by new attorney general and reappearance of Person 27

The Guardian - AU

Blasts in Kabul mosque, north Afghanistan, kill at least 14

A series of explosions has shaken Afghanistan, including a blast inside a mosque in the capital of Kabul that killed at least five people and three bombings of minivans in the country’s north that killed nine passengers

The Independent UK

1.1 million Afghan children could face severe malnutrition, UN says

Nazia said she had lost four children to malnutrition — two daughters and two sons under 2 years old

The Independent UK

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

MPs demand Foreign Office chief’s exit over ‘deep failures’ on Afghanistan evacuation

AFGHAN allies and British soldiers were “utterly let down by deep failures of leadership” in the UK Government during the evacuation from Kabul,…

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The Guardian - UK

Top official at Foreign Office called upon to resign over Kabul withdrawal

Sir Philip Barton castigated along with Dominic Raab in damning report by MPs into UK’s chaotic exit

Daily Mirror

MPs slam Raab and demand Foreign Office chief quit over ‘deep failures’ on Kabul

A scathing report by the Commons' Foreign Affairs Committee calls for Sir Philip Barton to consider his position for his “fundamental lack of seriousness, grip or leadership” during the Afghanistan fallout

The Independent UK

MPs critical of ‘deep failures’ on Afghanistan demand Foreign Office chief’s exit

A Foreign Affairs Committee report was scathing of the Government’s handling of the evacuation of Afghanistan

Bangkok Post

Afghan women TV presenters defy Taliban

KABUL: Women presenters on Afghanistan’s leading TV channels went on the air Saturday without covering their faces, defying a Taliban order that they conceal their appearance to comply with the group’s austere brand of Islam.

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The Independent UK

Pakistan Taliban extend truce for more talks with government

The Pakistani Taliban say they are extending a cease-fire with the government in Islamabad until May 30, after the two sides held an initial round of talks in neighboring Afghanistan

Reuters

Afghanistan's Taliban mediate ceasefire between Pakistan, local militants

The Taliban in Afghanistan have mediated a temporary ceasefire between Pakistan and a local Pakistani Taliban militant group following talks between the two sides in Kabul, an official said on Wednesday.

Al Jazeera

US withdrawal prompted collapse of Afghan army: Report

The US oversight authority on Afghanistan says the decision to withdraw from Kabul led to the demise of the Afghan army.

The Guardian - UK

‘We are worse off’: Afghanistan further impoverished as women vanish from workforce

From civil servants, teachers and doctors to journalists and business owners, loss of female workers under the Taliban has already cost the economy $1bn

Daily Mirror

Daughter begs Government to save mum from Afghanistan and blasts Tory 'double standards'

Shabnam Nishat's mum has been in hiding in Afghanistan since thousands of troops were dispatched to Kabul to rescue UK nationals and Afghan allies from the Taliban advance

Reuters

Many Afghan women pushing back against Taliban orders to cover up

Many women in the Afghan capital are delaying a return to fully covering their faces in public in defiance of orders from Islamist Taliban rulers, others are staying at home and some have been wearing COVID-19 face masks anyway.

Los Angeles Times

LA Times foreign correspondent and photojournalist Marcus Yam wins Pulitzer Prize for work in Afghanistan

LOS ANGELES — Marcus Yam, a Los Angeles Times journalist with a warrior’s courage and a poet’s heart, won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography Monday for his poignant and searing pictures of last summer’s fall of Kabul, Afghanistan, to Taliban fighters.

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