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More Afghan evacuees now finding homes, even as resettlement collides with the housing crisis

PHILADELPHIA — Months after he escaped Afghanistan aboard a U.S. military plane, Mohibullah Hasrat found himself walking the sidewalks of Philadelphia, hoping to find what for many evacuees had become an elusive prize:

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Safety and sadness: Afghan refugees observe their first Ramadan in the US

LOS ANGELES — Last year, Maqsood Maqsoud celebrated Ramadan, a time of reflection, piety and charity, in the city of Kabul, where he grew up.

Los Angeles Times

American released by Taliban recounts months-long nightmare in detention

Safi Rauf, 27, was helping at-risk Afghans evacuate before the Taliban accused him of espionage.

Axios

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Climate change is making Afghanistan’s hunger crisis worse

Drought had already devastated Allawddin Rahimi’s wheat fields when the Taliban reached his village in northern Afghanistan. The group’s takeover left him with no choice but to flee.

Tribune News Service

Blast hits mosque in Kabul during prayers, injuring six

An explosion rocked a mosque in central Kabul during prayer time on Wednesday, injuring at least six people, officials said.

Reuters

From Kabul to Europe: One journalist's experience of the migrant route

In 2016, Matthieu Aikins was a journalist living in the Afghan capital Kabul. When the war finally pushed his Afghan friend Omar to flee his homeland and leave everything he knew in a bid to reach Europe, Aikins decided to join him. "The Naked Don’t Fear the Water" is the…

France 24

Blast in Afghan capital kills one, wounds dozens - health workers

A blast hit the money exchange hub in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Sunday, killing one and injuring dozens, health workers said.

Reuters

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Afghan women traveling alone boarding flights despite ban

An airport official says Afghan women unaccompanied by a male guardian have been allowed to board aircraft in the capital Kabul since Saturday

The Independent UK

Australia fast-tracked visas for Afghan army officers after warning of negative publicity, documents show

Briefing to Peter Dutton five days after fall of Kabul reveals department’s concern over Afghan officers who had studied in Australia

The Guardian - AU

Now Taliban preserve buddhas, with eye to China investment

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are working to protect ancient buddha statues in caves carved into cliffsides outside Kabul

The Independent UK

With eye to China investment, Taliban now preserve buddhas

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers are working to protect ancient buddha statues in caves carved into cliffsides outside Kabul

The Independent UK

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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Bangkok Post

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.

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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 Hindu

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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The Independent UK

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

Reuters

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

The Independent UK

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

Daily Record

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.

Tribune News Service

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…

The Independent UK

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

Minister fled country week before Taliban took Kabul

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