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Secret schools enable Afghanistan's teen girls to skirt Taliban's education ban

The official rule: no secondary school for girls. But behind a veil of secrecy, women are opening small schools so that at least some of these teenagers are able to continue learning.

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‘You called us brothers’: Afghans who fought with Australian troops still live in fear of Taliban

Australian volunteers working to get Afghans to safety say they are frustrated by ‘inefficient’ government response

The Guardian - AU

Differences over Russia dominate G20 meeting

Divisions among the countries were visible as the U.S. and Russia blamed each other for the crisis

The Hindu

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Exclusive-United Arab Emirates set to run Kabul airport in deal with Taliban, sources say

The Taliban and the United Arab Emirates are poised to strike a deal for the Gulf nation to run Kabul airport and several others in Afghanistan that could be announced within weeks, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.

Reuters

Taliban dig up Toyota Corolla used by founder to escape US forces after 9/11

A team of workmen dug up the battered Toyota Corolla after Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar ditched it there as he evaded capture by US forces after 9/11

Daily Mirror

How isolating the Afghan Taliban could mean more young landmine victims

A group of Afghan children were grazing sheep in fields near the village of Bolak Wandi in eastern Helmand when they spotted a metallic object half-buried in the ground. Crowding round excitedly, they argued over who had found it first and who could sell it for scrap.

Reuters

Double amputee Marine returns home for first time since deadly Kabul bombing

FOLSOM, Calif. — Marine Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews came home to Folsom in time for Independence Day, and thousands of people were there to welcome him.

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Bookseller of Kabul becomes asylum seeker in London

Shah Muhammad Rais survived decades of misrule in Afghanistan but finally fled to escape the Taliban

The Guardian - UK

Hope and despair: Kathy Gannon on 35 years in Afghanistan

Kathy Gannon has reported on Afghanistan for The AP for the past 35 years, during an extraordinary series of events and regime changes that have rocked the world

The Independent UK

Hope and despair: Kathy Gannon on 35 years in Afghanistan

Kathy Gannon has reported on Afghanistan for The AP for the past 35 years, during an extraordinary series of events and regime changes that have rocked the world

The Independent UK

Afghan clerics' assembly urges recognition of Taliban govt

A three-day assembly of Islamic clerics and tribal elders in Kabul has concluded with pledges of support for the Taliban and calls on the international community to recognize Afghanistan's Taliban-led government

The Independent UK

Dfat bungle delayed visas for former Afghan embassy employees at risk from Taliban

Exclusive: Freedom-of-information investigation reveals error in urgent submission to then minister Marise Payne

The Guardian - AU

Taliban supreme leader addresses major gathering in Kabul

Haibatullah Akhunzada has made a rare appearance at the Taliban’s ‘Great Conference of Ulema’ in the Afghan capital.

Al Jazeera

Taliban supreme leader prays for Afghanistan's quake victims

The Taliban's supreme leader has offered prayers for Afghanistan's earthquake victims in during a speech to Islamic clerics in Kabul

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Taliban leader hails Afghan victory at gathering to forge national unity

The reclusive supreme leader of the Afghan Taliban hailed the Islamists' 2021 takeover of Afghanistan during a meeting on Friday called to forge national unity and attended by religious leaders from around the country.

The Hindu

11 Afghan Sikhs arrive in India by a special flight

First such operation by Indian government and civil society groups since June 23 reopening of embassy in Kabul

The Hindu

Group of Afghan Sikhs to arrive in India with ashes of man killed in Kabul attack

Two died in a terror attack on Kabul gurdwara recently

The Hindu

The Indian challenge in Afghanistan

Intra-Afghan tensions rather than any hostility towards India could impede implementation of projects

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The Independent UK

Taliban calls for major gathering of scholars which could address Afghan school ban for girls

The meeting will be held in Kabul and could last three days

Al Jazeera

A long night for doctors helping victims of Afghanistan quake

Medics are left overwhelmed and under-equipped in the wake of Afghanistan’s deadliest earthquake in decades.

The Independent UK

India flies tons of essentials to quake-rocked Afghanistan

India has rushed emergency relief assistance and a technical team to Kabul to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance after a destructive earthquake in eastern Afghanistan

The Hindu

India says ready to provide assistance, support to quake-affected Afghanistan

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted that the first consignment of India's earthquake relief assistance for the people of Afghanistan has reached Kabul.

The Hindu

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The Independent UK

India sends team to help with deadly Afghanistan earthquake

India has sent a technical team to Kabul to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance after a destructive earthquake in eastern Afghanistan

The Hindu

India reopens Embassy in Kabul

Major move towards engaging Taliban, re-establishing presence in Afghanistan

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