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Former BBC journalist detained in Afghanistan by Taliban

Andrew North, the former South Asia correspondent, has been captured along with several others.

The Independent UK

Ex-BBC journalist Andrew North 'kidnapped by Taliban' according to reports

Afghanistan's former Vice President Amrullah Saleh says nine people from western countries are among those taken by the group in the last few months.

Daily Record

Ex-BBC journalist Andrew North 'kidnapped' by the Taliban according to reports

Sources say the former BBC reporter based in Afghanistan is among nine people kidnapped in recent months as the UN confirms two journalists have been detained in Kabul

Daily Mirror

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Exclusive-U.N. aims to launch new Afghanistan cash route in February: U.N. note

The United Nations aims to kickstart this month a system to swap millions of aid dollars for Afghan currency in a plan to stem humanitarian and economic crises and bypass blacklisted Taliban leaders, according to an internal U.N. note seen by Reuters.

Reuters

Pakistan’s ‘good Taliban-bad Taliban’ strategy backfires, posing regional risks

For decades, Pakistan pursued a policy of supporting the Afghan Taliban while cracking down on the Pakistani Taliban, the Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP). With the Taliban in power in Afghanistan, Islamabad may have won its “long game”. But its game of chicken may be backfiring with jihadists coming home to roost.

France 24

Covid news: Sweden scraps almost all restrictions and testing despite pleas from scientists; Spain’s King Felipe tests positive – as it happened

Sweden scraps almost all of its few restrictions and stops most testing; Spain’s King Felipe tests positive after displaying mild symptoms

The Guardian - AU

Five Great Reads: Kabul child workers, Dickens decoded, and a sex club renaissance

Guardian Australia’s weekday wrap of essential reads and enthralling stories selected by Rafqa Touma

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US offers $10m reward for information on ISKP leader

ISKP, an Afghanistan affiliate of ISIL (ISIS), had claimed responsibility for deadly attack on Kabul airport last year.

Al Jazeera

U.S. offers reward for information on ISIS-K leader, Kabul airport attack

The United States said it was offering a reward of up to $10 million each for information leading to the identification or location of ISIS-K leader Sanaullah Ghafari and for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for an August 2021 attack at the Kabul airport.

Reuters

Scared, hungry and cold: child workers in Kabul – picture essay

As temperatures fall below freezing, children as young as four trying to make a living on the Afghan capital’s streets are all that stand between their family and starvation

The Guardian - UK

Five Pakistan soldiers killed in attack from Afghanistan, military says

Militants firing from inside Afghanistan killed at least five Pakistani soldiers at a border post in northwestern Kurram district on Sunday, the Pakistan military said, the second such attack since Taliban militants took over Kabul in August.

Reuters

Ali Agshar Hussaini: Australian wrestling champ who can’t compete for Australia

National champion in 57kg freestyle wrestling and bricklaying Hazara refugee’s visa status means he cannot move forward – in sport, or beyond

The Guardian - AU

Refugee hotel rooms ‘not good value for money’ says Afghanistan evacuee

Abdul has lived with his wife in a London hotel room for nearly five months.

The Independent UK

Home Office to stop paying for Afghan refugees’ toiletries and medication

Letter to former guard at British embassy in Kabul says measures will come into effect on 11 February

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Single bomber carried out Kabul airport attack, U.S. military says

The U.S. military said on Friday that a single Islamic State bomber killed 13 U.S. troops and at least 170 Afghans at Kabul airport last August, not the complex attack originally suspected, and that it could not have been prevented with the resources on hand.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Demands Taliban Provide Info on Two More Missing Women Activists

The United Nations has demanded the Taliban provide information on two more women activists allegedly detained by the group this week -- bringing to four the number missing this year. Since returning to power in August the Taliban have cracked down on dissent by forcefully dispersing women's rallies, detaining critics…

The Hindu

Morning Digest | Process on to amend criminal laws, says Govt; Kabul bomber was on a suicide mission to India in 2017, claims Islamic State, and more

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The Guardian - UK

Zac Goldsmith: official who stated PM cleared Kabul pet rescue was ‘mistaken’

Foreign Office minister says official wrongly interpreted that Boris Johnson personally authorised airlift of Pen Farthing’s animals

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The Guardian - UK

Don’t panic: why Ukraine doesn’t like western talk of imminent attack

Analysis: While Putin’s intentions remain unclear, Kyiv would rather it didn’t get classed as the next Kabul

The Independent UK

Claims of PM involvement in Afghan animal airlift ‘absurd’, says minister

A Tory frontbencher acknowledges ‘confusion’ with correspondence indicating the Prime Minister approved the operation

The Hindu

Kabul bomber was on a suicide mission to India in 2017

Was deported after CIA tip-off

France 24

Soaring pneumonia and starvation is killing thousands of children in Afghanistan

Pneumonia cases are soaring in Afghanistan and killing children unable to access healthcare facilities, leading humanitarian organisation for children Save the Children said on Monday. Since the Taliban takeover last August, unemployment levels have exploded throughout Afghanistan, leaving parents unable to provide for their families. The direct result has been…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Conversations with God: Afghan evacuees in Philly say faith sustains them amid upheaval

PHILADELPHIA — The American troops shouted over the chaos of the crowds, Ahmad said, telling him to get inside the Kabul airport while he still could.

Reuters

Afghanistan's Taliban told they can't take their guns to the funfair

Taliban fighters will no longer be allowed to carry their weapons in amusement parks in Afghanistan, the group's spokesman said on Wednesday, in what appeared to be another effort by the country's new rulers to soften their image.

Axios

Leaked document reveals Biden’s Afghan failures

The notes shed new light on how the administration was unprepared to evacuate Afghan nationals who'd helped the U.S. against the Taliban.

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