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'Crazy For Cricket': Young Afghans Inspired By National Team's Success

In a central Kabul street, the sound of kids playing was once mostly the scuff of a football against concrete.

International Business Times

Is Modi’s India cosying up to the Taliban?

The embassy of the former Afghan government has shuttered in New Delhi amid allegations that India stopped helping it.

Al Jazeera

Long Wait For Freedom: Afghan Refugees In Limbo In Pakistan

Abdullah was a well-known public figure in Afghanistan, a journalist and university lecturer respected by his readers and students.

International Business Times

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Taliban in contact with Afghan diplomats: source

Taliban establishes contact with Afghan diplomats in Delhi; Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai urges UN to give chair of Afghanistan to Taliban

The Hindu

The inhumane decision to expel Afghan refugees

What Pakistan does not understand is that the Afghan Taliban in power in Kabul, even if they do not have international recognition, will not do its bidding

The Hindu

A 'Turning Point' In Strategic Relationship: Afghan Embassy In New Delhi Closes Citing Challenges From India

There are no diplomats from the Afghan Republic remaining in India. Ambassador Farid Mamundzay and others who served at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan have safely "reached third countries," the embassy said in a statement Friday.

International Business Times

Taliban welcome return of international flights to Kabul

Officials from Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban welcomed the resumption of FlyDubai flights to Kabul international airport

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FlyDubai resumes flights to Afghanistan after halting them 2 years ago as Taliban captured Kabul

Officials from Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban welcomed the resumption of FlyDubai flights to Kabul international airport

The Independent UK

‘They bring us joy’: Afghans swept up in cricketing fairytale

Blue Tigers’ exceptional performances in India a ray of light in country beset by problems

The Guardian - UK

Afghans leaving Pakistan after expulsion order 'have nothing to return to', NGO says

It's estimated that nearly 300,000 Afghan migrants have fled Pakistan since the start of October. This comes after the Pakistani government announced that the 1.7 million Afghans it says are living illegally in the country had just one month to leave. The decision has left thousands of Afghans, some of…

France 24

ISIL claims Kabul bus attack targeting Shia Muslims

Attacks against Afghanistan’s historically oppressed Shia Hazara community are rising.

Al Jazeera

OPINION - The London Question: Why does TV have to portray London like it’s downtown Kabul?

Dear God, did you read about that gang shootout in an old people’s home in east London the other day? Maybe you did not, because it was weirdly under-reported in the news but… horrible. Just horrible. Tons of shots fired. Loads of people dead. “I peed myself four or five…

Evening Standard

As Pakistan deports refugees, tense Afghanistan ties come in sharp focus

Pakistan says most Afghans have left voluntarily, a claim rejected by Kabul which calls Pakistani action ‘humiliating’.

Al Jazeera

‘Kill me here, but I am not going back’: An Afghan refugee in Pakistan

Shakira Aslami’s family is among thousands fearing an uncertain future as Pakistan cracks down on undocumented migrants.

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The Independent UK

Murdered, tortured or in hiding from the Taliban: The special forces abandoned by Britain

A major joint investigation has uncovered shocking evidence that Afghan soldiers who were trained, paid and worked ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ with UK forces have been denied relocation to Britain and left to face torture and death

The Guardian - UK

‘I remember the silence between the falling shells’: the terror of living under siege as a child

The long read: I was 10 years old in 1992 when Kabul was bombarded by warring forces, and life became a cycle of hunger, fear and horror. Then as now, children bear the brunt of war

The Guardian - AU

For Afghans around the world this Cricket World Cup is providing a rare moment of joy

From Kabul to Melbourne, millions are celebrating Afghanistan’s stunning performance. It’s about more than just cricket

The Hindu

An Indian in quake-hit Afghanistan cries for help, wants to ‘come back home’

Afghan quake kills 2,000; Indian woman Asma, husband and daughter flee home in fear. Asma called Indian embassy in Kabul for help. She married Afghan man in India and they lived happily until Taliban overthrew govt. Asma, family living in tent, out of money & scared of tremors. Hopes Indian…

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The Independent UK

India says the Afghan embassy in New Delhi is functioning despite the announcement of suspension

The Afghan embassy in New Delhi is continuing to function, days after it said it was closing in due to a lack of diplomatic support in India and the absence of a recognized government in Kabul

The Hindu

The shutdown of the Afghan embassy

Afghan embassy in Delhi closes, consulates remain open. India not recognising Taliban, but engaging with them in multilateral initiatives. India sending humanitarian aid, goods to Afghanistan through other countries. Taliban urging India to support its economic revitalisation. Embassy closure indicative of informal relationship between India and Afghanistan.

The Independent UK

Afghan Embassy closes in India citing a lack of diplomatic support and personnel

The Afghan Embassy says it is closing in New Delhi from Sunday due to a lack of diplomatic support in India and the absence of a recognized government in Kabul

The Independent UK

From an old-style Afghan camera, a new view of life under the Taliban emerges

Two years after U.S. troops left, AP photographer Rodrigo Abd returned to Afghanistan with an idea: to use an old-style Afghan “box camera" to document how life has changed under Taliban rule

The Independent UK

Kabul whistleblower accuses Government of ‘devastating failings’, judge told

Josie Stewart, a former senior official at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, lost her job after an interview with the BBC.

Newcastle Herald

They fled the Taliban when Kabul fell. Now, all they want is to play football again

"When we were in Afghanistan, we did not have the right to play; now we are in Australia and if it is going to be the same, there has been no difference."

Al Jazeera

US to conduct new interviews into the deadly 2021 bombing at Kabul airport

The suicide bombing killed 170 Afghans and 13 US service members during the messy US withdrawal in August 2021.

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