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Afghan refugees Zia and Baqir share a common past, but the paths they walk are vastly different

Ziaullah Zia arrived in Australia from Afghanistan after the fall of Kabul. Baqir Alidad arrived by boat a decade ago. While the pair share a similar past, Australia has offered one man security, while the other is left in "limbo".

ABC News

‘The Taliban want revenge’: Afghanistan’s female judges in exile in Australia

Fifteen judges – at risk of Taliban and criminal retribution after the fall of Kabul – were forced to flee their homeland

The Guardian - AU

Taliban releases four women’s rights activists but fear persists

On February 12, the Taliban released four Afghan women’s rights activists, who were arrested nearly a month earlier. Dozens more are being held in Taliban custody, according to other activists and US diplomats. The released women have not yet been able to share what happened to them in Taliban custody…

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Majithia: Asr East like war-torn Kabul

AMRITSAR: On the last day of campaigning, SAD(B) candidate from Amritsar East assembly constituency, Bikram Singh Majithia gave slogans of ‘vote for change’ and ‘vote for hope’.

The Times of India

Afghans face new uncertainties, after months on army bases in US

Rights groups are calling on Congress to pass law to grant Afghan refugees path to permanent residency in US.

Al Jazeera

Afghan war crimes suspect says he is a victim of mistaken identity

A 76-year-old Afghan man accused of being the commander of the Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul in the 1980s, where he allegedly abused political opponents, on Wednesday told The Hague court it was a case of mistaken identity.

Reuters

The fate of the Afghan reserves in the United States

How is the U.S planning to distribute Afghanistan’s central bank funds which it had earlier frozen? Will the Taliban have access?

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With Australia reopening its borders to tourists, why are thousands of refugees still waiting for entry?

More than five months after Taliban forces overran Kabul, Immigration Minister Alex Hawke made a long-awaited announcement in January to resettle Afghan refugees. Over the next four years, Australia will offer 10,000 places to Afghans in humanitarian need and another 5,000 visas to Afghans reuniting with family in Australia.

The Conversation

'My heart and body shake': Afghan women defy Taliban

KABUL: One after the other, quickly, carefully, keeping their heads down, a group of Afghan women step into a small Kabul apartment block -- risking their lives as a nascent resistance against the Taliban.

Bangkok Post

Afghans refugees living in ‘nightmare’ six months after fall of Kabul as UK fails to find them proper homes

Ministers accused of giving thousands who fled Afghanistan the ‘cold shoulder’ instead of ‘warm welcome’ pledged by Boris Johnson

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on a Kabul heist: snatching money from the starving

Editorial: Afghans are not to blame for 9/11, though they have paid for it many times over. Cruelly, they are being punished again

The Guardian - UK

Evening Standard Comment: Diplomacy — alongside Western steadfastness — is vital over Ukraine

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has rightly won plaudits for his steadfast action during the fall of Kabul, as well as his efforts to corral a Western unity when it comes to a threatened Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Evening Standard

The Taliban forced Afghan TV workers into hiding. Now they’re asking Hollywood for help

Television industry employees once used their programs to address progressive ideas. Many are now out of work and fearful to leave their homes

The Guardian - US

Biden administration responsible for chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, Pentagon report reveals

Decision to delay shuttering of Kabul embassy among chief issues cited in DoD report

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The Guardian - UK

Flee review – an Afghan refugee confronts his past in masterly animated documentary

A long, hard journey from Kabul to Copenhagen is relived in Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s ultimately uplifting film – a deserving awards contender

Wales Online

Foreign Office must learn from 'chaos' of Kabul in assisting Ukraine, says Labour

David Lammy said the first duty of any government 'is to keep its people safe'

The Independent UK

Foreign Office must learn from ‘chaos’ of Kabul in assisting Ukraine – Labour

David Lammy said the first duty of any government ‘is to keep its people safe’.

The Guardian - UK

Taliban have detained 29 women and their families in Kabul, says US envoy

Report by senior diplomat Rina Amiri raises concerns about number of ‘unjust detentions’ in Afghanistan

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Six months after the fall of Kabul, Afghan families reflect on the road that led them to Perth

Ali Rahmani still cannot believe his family made it out of Afghanistan when they were forced to flee the Taliban. Six months later, they could not be more grateful to call Perth home, but memories of their homeland will always be tinged with trauma.

The Guardian - AU

Government plans to send Hazara asylum seeker back to Afghanistan may face high court challenge

Immigration minister Alex Hawke argued the initial decision to send the asylum seeker back to Afghanistan should be upheld regardless of Taliban rule

Asharq Al-Awsat

Afghans Protest US Order to Give $3.5B to 9/11 Victims

Demonstrators in Afghanistan’s capital Saturday condemned President Joe Biden’s order freeing up $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the US for families of America’s 9/11 victims — saying the money belongs to Afghans. Protesters who gathered outside Kabul's grand Eid Gah mosque asked America for financial compensation for the…

The Independent UK

British journalist detained in Afghanistan released by Taliban

Former BBC South Asia correspondent Andrew North has been released, the PA news agency understands.

Reuters

Swiss raise rights concerns, including girls' education, with Afghan Taliban

Switzerland has raised concerns about human rights in Afghanistan, including about girls' education, in a meeting with the Taliban, a government spokesman said on Friday, as the new rulers in Kabul wrapped up a week of talks in Geneva.

The Independent UK

Taliban detain UNHCR staff, 2 foreign journalists in Kabul

UNHCR says the Taliban have detained two foreign journalists on assignment with the aid organization and a number of its Afghan staff in the capital, Kabul

The Guardian - UK

Taliban release British journalist Andrew North from detention in Kabul

Journalist and several other reporters freed after being held while on assignment with UNHCR

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