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Qatar reaches deal with Taliban to resume evacuations: Report

Deal reported by Axios allows biweekly chartered flights and comes as US reportedly seeks to re-up Afghan resettlements.

Al Jazeera

Qatar reaches deal with Taliban to resume evacuations - Axios

Qatar has reached an agreement with the Taliban to resume chartered evacuations out of Kabul airport, the Axios news website reported on Tuesday citing an interview with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.

Reuters

Taliban raised on war bring a heavy hand to security role

The Taliban are trying to keep discipline over thousands of young fighters who bring heavy-handed methods of war into their new roles as security forces in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

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Flee: inside the film about a Kabul boy who finds happiness, cats and a husband in Denmark

He escaped death, fled across the Baltic, and eventually found love and a new life. Jonas Poher Rasmussen describes how he turned Amin’s often harrowing story into an uplifting, award-winning animation

The Guardian - UK

After Oslo talks, what’s next for Afghanistan?

Analysts say talks between Taliban and US and European officials imply a ‘de facto’ recognition of the Taliban gov’t.

Al Jazeera

Pregnant NZ journalist Charlotte Bellis battling to return home as Afghan health system crumbles

A pregnant New Zealand journalist stranded overseas due to COVID-19 border restrictions is urging the NZ government to find a way to help women like her, saying she went public because her lawyer had represented 30 women who had been through it before.

ABC News

Taliban to reopen public universities, no word on female students

Afghanistan's public universities, closed since the Taliban seized power in August, will reopen in February, the Taliban acting higher education minister said on Sunday, without specifying whether female students would be able to return.

Reuters

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From Kabul, pregnant reporter fights NZ govt to come home

A pregnant New Zealand reporter has chosen Afghanistan as a temporary base for her uphill fight to return home because of her country's stringent COVID-19 entry rules

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s chief of staff ‘spent day watching cricket’ just before Kabul fell

Dan Rosenfield watched England v India at Lord’s three days before Taliban forces entered capital, according to reports

The Guardian - UK

In suburban Kentucky, Afghan refugees make a new life

Some 75,000 Afghan refugees are expected to settle in America in 2022. Photographer Amira Karaoud visits new arrivals finding a fresh start in Bowling Green, Kentucky

The Independent UK

Animal charity founder denies Boris Johnson intervened in Afghanistan evacuation

Paul Farthing said he had ‘absolutely no dealings with anybody in government’

The Independent UK

Nowzad founder believes Boris Johnson did not intervene in animal evacuation

Paul Farthing said he had ‘absolutely no dealings with anybody in Government’.

The Independent UK

Kabul animal airlift: Foreign Office official sorry for misleading MPs

Senior official Sir Philip Barton apologises to foreign affairs committee for denial of correspondence with Boris Johnson

The Guardian - UK

Top Foreign Office official apologises for misleading MPs on Afghan animal evacuation

Boris Johnson has been accused of lying over whether he authorised the airlift of cats and dogs from Afghanistan - but he branded claims 'total rhubarb'

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Ex-government Workers Mine for Salvation in Afghan Mountains

In the bone-splitting chill of the Afghan mountains, Mohammad Israr Muradi digs through coarse earth spilling from the open mouth of an emerald mine. With an improvised sieve and a few splashes of water, the former police officer scours a slag heap for fragments of the green gemstone, swarmed by…

Daily Mirror

New evidence Boris Johnson 'lied' about animal rescue - just as he slams 'rhubarb' claims

Boris Johnson insisted he 'absolutely [did] not' approve a mission to airlift dogs and workers out of Kabul - but new e-mails revealed by the BBC show officials were relying on No10 for guidance

Daily Record

Boris Johnson says it is 'total rubharb' to claim he was involved in airlift of dogs from Kabul

The Prime Minister has been under pressure about whether he intervened after e-mails emerged showing it was claimed he had authorised flights for animals.

The Guardian - UK

UK defence secretary asked to explain denial of Kabul animal airlift

Labour says Ben Wallace’s statement to MPs contradicts Foreign Office email that Boris Johnson authorised flight

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Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson calls claim he ordered airlift of pets from Kabul 'total rhubarb'

Bombshell emails from a whistleblower say the Prime Minister "authorised" the controversial evacuation effort to get Pen Farthing, pets and Nowzat charity workers out of Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Minister disputes evidence suggesting PM ‘authorised’ animal airlift from Kabul

Therese Coffey said Boris Johnson ‘had no role in individual evacuations’.

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson yet to receive Sue Gray report and says it’s ‘total rhubarb’ he authorised Kabul animal airlift – as it happened

Downing Street says it’s ‘hypothetically’ possible report will be published today or tomorrow; PM denies making call to airlift Pen Farthing’s animals

Evening Standard

‘Total rhubarb’: Boris Johnson dismisses claims he approved Afghanistan pet rescue as fresh email emerges

Fresh evidence has emerged suggesting No 10 was involved in the airlift of animals out of Afghanistan as Boris Johnson sought to dismiss allegations that he personally intervened as “total rhubarb”.

The Independent UK

In freezing Afghanistan, aid workers rush to save millions

A flickering flame of paper, rags and random twigs is the only heat Gulnaz has to keep her 18-month-old son warm, barely visible beneath his icy blanket as she begs on a bitterly cold highway on the road to Kabul

Wales Online

Boris Johnson accused of lies over Afghanistan evacuation of Pen Farthing's animals

An email has surfaced which seems to suggest the PM gave the go-ahead for the operation, which Mr Johnson denies

Daily Record

Boris Johnson did prioritise 'pets over people' in Afghan airlift, emails reveal

Labour has accused the Prime Minister of 'lying again' after official emails contradict his claim that he did not intervene in the airlift of cats and dogs belonging to a charity during the evacuation of Kabul.

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