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Women denied airfare in Afghanistan

Kabul's international airport turned away dozens of women for not having a male guardian with them

Salon

Taliban Blocked Unaccompanied Women from Flights

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers refused to allow dozens of women to board several flights, including some overseas, because they were traveling without a male guardian, two Afghan airline officials said Saturday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions from the Taliban, said dozens of women who…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Officials: Taliban blocked unaccompanied women from flights

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have refused to allow dozens of women at Kabul's international airport to board their flights because they were without a male guardian

The Independent UK

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Kabul protesters demand schooling for girls

KABUL: About two dozen girls and women chanting “open the schools” protested in the Afghan capital on Saturday against the Taliban’s decision to shut their secondary schools just hours after reopening them this week.

Bangkok Post

Welcome to Britain … now what? Afghan families on their lives in limbo

As war in Ukraine creates millions of new refugees, many people airlifted to safety from Kabul last summer are still stuck in UK hotels. We spent six months following three families as they adjust to life in their new home

The Guardian - UK

‘We suffered for a long time to get an education’: The Taliban reopens schools, but not for all pupils

After promising to allow girls of all ages to attend school, the Taliban has now banned those aged 13 and above from returning, writes Susannah George

The Independent UK

After surprise stopover in Kabul, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi lands in Delhi

Visits kept secret, first such visit to Delhi after LAC standoff and PLA transgressions began in April 2020

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China's foreign minister makes surprise stop in Afghanistan

China's foreign minister made a surprise stop in Kabul to meet Afghanistan's Taliban rulers even as the international community fumes over the hardline movement's broken promise a day earlier to open schools to girls beyond Grade 6

The Independent UK

China's foreign minister visits Afghanistan

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Kabul on Thursday to meet his Afghan counterpart, a spokesman for Afghanistan's foreign ministry said, the highest-level visit by a Chinese official since the Taliban took power last year.

Reuters

The Taliban closes Afghan girls’ schools hours after reopening

Backtracking by the Taliban means female students above the sixth grade will not be able to attend school.

Al Jazeera

Silence replaces old folk tunes in historic quarter of Kabul

The songs are silent in the traditional musicians' quarter of Kabul's Old City, ever since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan six months ago

The Independent UK

Glasgow cabbie stuck in Pakistan after fleeing Kabul forced to leave wife and kids behind

Feeling like they were no closer to being accepted on the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme - which they are eligible for - the family are still despairingly stuck in limbo.

Daily Record

Afghan children whose families fled Kabul get new start at school

SEATTLE — They lined up at the doors of Southern Heights Elementary in Burien, momentarily subdued as they waited for their first glimpse of American school. Awais, 9, in a sharp black blazer and white shirt, led the way, followed by Fazilat, 10, in sparkly pumps and a bright pink…

Tribune News Service

Afghanistan’s former finance minister now drives an Uber in Washington, DC

Minister fled country week before Taliban took Kabul

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Al Jazeera

‘One day to enjoy’: Economy woes dampen Afghan Nowruz celebration

The Taliban rule and the flagging economy have seemingly put a dampener on celebrations this year.

Daily Record

Boris Johnson 'did intervene' to prioritise animals in Afghanistan airlift

A second Foreign Office whistleblower has come forward to back up claims that Boris Johnson intervened to have rescue animals airlifted out of Kabul while Afghans fleeing the Taliban struggled to get onto aircraft.

The Independent UK

Second whistleblower says decision to evacuate Afghan animals did come from PM

Boris Johnson previously said it was “complete nonsense” to suggest he had been involved.

The Guardian - US

Afghanistan’s former finance minister is now Uber driver in Washington DC

Washington Post rides with Khalid Payenda, who left for the US before the fall of Kabul

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Salon

Bombed out: Why we keep making war

War is brand new every time it happens, and it's one of our oldest ideas. We claim to hate it, but it's part of us

The Guardian - UK

The response to Ukraine is laudable. But as a British Afghan, I’m a little jealous

Seven months since Kabul’s fall, my family are pleading for help. Has the world forgotten this crisis?, says journalist and documentary maker Nelufar Hedayat

The Independent UK

British girl, 8, stranded in Afghanistan while parents are in UK as ministers show ‘indifference’

Exclusive: Ministers told to act urgently to get child out of Kabul as situation ‘getting worse day by day’

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN to Vote on Its Scope in Afghanistan, Barring a Russia Veto

The Security Council votes Thursday on a resolution to secure the United Nations' presence in war-torn Afghanistan into the future -- unless Russia, which has stymied negotiations this week, vetoes the measure. The draft text introduced by Norway reshapes the global body's relations with Kabul to account for last year's…

Daily Mirror

Detainee at secret CIA detention site was used as living prop for torture techniques

Ammar Al-Baluchi - a Pakistani 9/11 suspect still being held at Guantanamo Bay - was routinely and repeatedly tortured by CIA agents while at a secret facility north of Kabul, Afghanistan known as "Cobalt" or "the darkness" to prisoners, declassified documents have revealed

The Independent UK

UN refugee chief in Kabul to say Afghans are not forgotten

The head of the U.N. refugee agency is in Kabul to tell Afghans they have not been forgotten — even as the international community scrambles to deal with the devastation of the war in Ukraine and a humanitarian crisis unseen in Europe since World War II

The Hindu

Pakistan’s neutrality, Taliban’s worry

The Afghan Taliban will be affected by Imran Khan’s diplomatic manoeuvres in the Ukraine minefield

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