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Taliban kill IS 'mastermind' of Kabul airport attack: White House

Washington (AFP) - Taliban government forces have killed the Islamic State mastermind of a devastating suicide bomb attack at the Kabul airport during the chaotic withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan in 2021, the White House said Tuesday.

AFP

ISIL leader behind Kabul airport bombing killed, Taliban says

The leader has yet to be identified but may have been killed early in April amid Taliban operations against ISIL (ISIS).

Al Jazeera

Taliban kill IS 'mastermind' of Kabul airport attack: US media

Washington (AFP) - The Taliban government has killed the alleged mastermind of a devastating suicide bomb attack at the Kabul airport during the chaotic withdrawal of US forces in 2021, American media reported on Tuesday, citing US officials.

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Kabul airport attack 'mastermind' killed by Taliban - U.S. officials

The Taliban have killed an Islamic State militant who was the "mastermind" behind a suicide attack at Kabul's international airport in 2021 that killed 13 U.S. troops and scores of civilians during the United States' chaotic evacuation from the country, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Taliban kill IS group 'mastermind' behind Kabul airport suicide attack

The Taliban have killed the senior Islamic State group leader behind the August 2021 suicide bombing outside the Kabul airport that left 13 US service members and about 170 Afghans dead, according to the father of a Marine killed in the attack who was briefed Tuesday by military officials.

France 24

Taliban kills planner of Kabul airport bombing that left 13 US troops dead

Mastermind of the 2021 suicide attack was a leader in the Islamic State in Afghanistan, also known as ISIS-K, say officials

The Independent UK

Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport

The Taliban have killed the senior Islamic State group leader behind the August 2021 suicide bombing outside the Kabul airport that left 13 U.S. service members and about 170 Afghans dead

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UK secretly deported 100 Nepali guards who protected staff in Kabul

Exclusive: People who risked their lives and were evacuated to Britain were forcibly removed to Nepal days later

The Guardian - UK

Brits stranded in Sudan could face terrifying choice as civil war ravages country

Thousands of Brits in Sudan remain unable to return to the UK as the country is ravaged by civil war, with fears they risk being killed if they leave home in search for food

Daily Mirror

Rescue of UK civilians from Sudan could be more dangerous than evacuation of Kabul, officials warn

‘In Khartoum there is fighting in the neighbourhoods where Western nationals are most heavily concentrated, and that makes it very difficult,’ says one defence official

The Independent UK

Killer political blow for UK's karate-loving deputy PM

London (AFP) - Dominic Raab has had a bumpy ride in British politics ranging from an aborted try to be Tory chief to a stinging demotion after failing to rush back to work from holiday as Kabul fell to the Taliban.

AFP

UN says 34 million Afghans in poverty under Taliban rule

Kabul (AFP) - The number of Afghans in poverty nearly doubled to 34 million as the nation was racked by the collapse of the US-backed government and the Taliban takeover, the United Nations said Tuesday.

AFP

Taliban say ban on Afghan women working for UN 'an internal issue'

Kabul (AFP) - A ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations was an internal issue, the country's Taliban authorities said Wednesday, adding that the decision "should be respected by all sides".

AFP

UN says forced into 'appalling choice' by Taliban ban on women

Kabul (AFP) - The United Nations is being forced to make an "appalling choice" over whether to continue operations in Afghanistan while the Taliban government bans women from working for the organisation, the world body said Tuesday.

AFP

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The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on Afghanistan: withdrawal should be a cause for lasting shame in Britain and the US

Governments on both sides of the Atlantic are still failing to take responsibility for abandoning the Afghan people to the Taliban

Al Jazeera

Republicans furious at Biden’s Afghanistan review, Democrats mum

A review released by the White House largely blamed former President Trump for chaotic US pullout from Afghanistan.

ABC News

Biden administration reviews chaotic US withdrawal from Afghan, blaming predecessor Donald Trump

President Joe Biden's administration lays blame on his predecessor, Donald Trump, for the deadly and chaotic 2021 withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan that brought about some of the darkest moments of Mr Biden's presidency.

Al Jazeera

Taliban top spokesman Mujahid asked to work from Kandahar

Zabihullah Mujahid to split work between Kandahar and Kabul in a move seen as assertion of control by the Taliban chief.

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Afghanistan's Taliban Move Spokesman's Office to Kandahar

The main spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban administration will move his office from the capital to the southern city of Kandahar, the information ministry said, a sign of the growing importance of the region that is home to its supreme leader. The province of Kandahar is the historical birthplace of the…

AFP

UN demands Taliban revoke ban on women staff

Kabul (AFP) - Top UN officials warned Wednesday that a Taliban government ban on Afghan women working for its mission in the country would violate the world body's charter, and demanded it be revoked.

The Independent UK

UK halts removal of Nepalese security guards who worked at British embassy in Kabul

Some of Nepalese men who were detained have been released

The Guardian - UK

Home Office pauses removal of three Nepali guards airlifted from Kabul

Fourth man is released from detention after arrest in March of 10 guards who protected UK embassy staff in Afghanistan

AFP

UN chief demands Taliban revoke ban on world body's women staff

Kabul (AFP) - Top UN officials warned Wednesday that a Taliban government order banning Afghan women from working for its mission in the country would violate the world body's charter and demanded the ban be revoked.

AFP

UN warns Taliban women staff ban violates world body's charter

Kabul (AFP) - A top UN official warned Wednesday that a Taliban government order banning Afghan women from working for its mission in the country "is going to violate" the world body's charter, which rejects gender segregation.

AFP

UN to hold talks with Taliban officials over women staff ban

Kabul (AFP) - The United Nations mission in Afghanistan will hold talks Wednesday with Taliban officials in Kabul "to seek clarity" on a new government ban that blocks women from working for the world body across the country.

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