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How patriarchal mindset prevents women in peace efforts

Can Afghan and Syrian women ever be involved in the peace process or will it remain a pipe dream?

360info · Mar 5, 2023

How an Afghan girls’ school principal fled the Taliban

After fleeing Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, a former head teacher from Kabul tries to make a new life in Canada.

Al Jazeera · Mar 5, 2023

Anger grows over Afghan journalists still stranded by Home Office inaction

Press members living under the Taliban, and living uncertain lives in Pakistan, must be given clarity say campaign groups

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2023

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Wife of man locked up by Taliban fears for his life as he languishes in jail

Mortaza Behboudi has been held in Afghanistan since January 7, two days after he arrived in his native Afghanistan on a reporting trip and his wife shares to The Mirror concerns on his welfare

Daily Mirror · Mar 2, 2023

Pakistan crackdown on Afghan refugees leaves ‘four dead’ and thousands in cells

Asylum seekers in Karachi tell of terror of being sent back to the Taliban and despair at being shackled and held in Pakistani jails

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023

Spike in Afghan-produced methamphetamine being imported by bikie gangs into NSW

The Australian Federal Police say there has been an increase in shipments of the drug known as ice from Afghanistan since the Taliban took over in 2021.

ABC News · Mar 1, 2023

Swiss-based trust holds second meeting to discuss plans for Afghan funds -trustee

The board of the Swiss-based trust fund managing some $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan central bank assets met for a second time last month, one of its trustees said, and discussed options for disbursing funds in line with achieving monetary stability.

Reuters · Mar 1, 2023

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80 Afghan citizens dead in Italian shipwreck - Taliban foreign ministry

Afghanistan's Taliban-led foreign ministry said on Tuesday that 80 Afghan citizens, including children, had died in Sunday's shipwreck off the southern coast of Italy.

Reuters · Feb 28, 2023

Taliban: 2 senior IS members killed in Afghanistan

Two senior regional members of the Islamic State group have been killed in Afghanistan in recent weeks during separate raids in Kabul

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023

Pakistan’s Twin Crises

The dangerous convergence of a collapsing economy and surging terrorism.

Foreign Affairs · Feb 28, 2023

Will China’s latest investment in Afghanistan actually work?

While a deal to extract oil has raised hopes in the war-torn nation, experts warn of China’s sketchy record.

Al Jazeera · Feb 27, 2023

Taliban Forces Kill 2 ISIS Members in Kabul Raid

Taliban security forces killed two militants from the ISIS group and detained a third in an overnight raid in the Afghan capital of Kabul, the spokesman for the Taliban government said Monday. The regional affiliate of the ISIS group — known as the ISIS in Khorasan Province — is a…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 27, 2023

Afghan refugees in Pakistan protest delay in US resettlement

Hundreds of Afghan refugees facing extreme delays in the approval of U.S. visas are protesting in Pakistan’s capital on, as an American program to help relocate at-risk Afghans fleeing Taliban rule stalls

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2023

‘Books they love’: A Kabul graveyard library for two schoolgirls

In Taliban’s Afghanistan, Hazara cousins, both blast victims who loved to read, inspire a library – and new readers.

Al Jazeera · Feb 26, 2023

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Daily Mirror · Feb 25, 2023

War hero badly hurt in Afghanistan to climb Everest - so he can propose to wife again

Veteran Martyn Compton, who's friends with Prince Harry, suffered severe burns to 75% of his body in a Taliban attack and will climb Everest to propose to his wife on their 15th anniversary

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2023

Seattle Opera puts story of Afghan women center stage

An opera based on the popular novel “A Thousand Splendid Suns," which is set in Afghanistan, is making its world debut in Seattle

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2023

She put Taliban members behind bars for their crimes. Now she’s in fear for her life – and the UK won’t help

Exclusive: Afghan judge, Yousa, has had death threats, been shot at and is a Taliban target after putting many behind bars. She is now ‘stateless’ in Pakistan and the UK government won’t help, as Maya Oppenheim reports

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2023

Trade resumes as Pakistan, Afghanistan reopen Torkham border

Officials say the normal trade and movement of people between Pakistan and Afghanistan has fully resumed after the two sides reopened a key border crossing that was shut down a week ago by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers

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Reuters · Feb 24, 2023

Sept. 11 families cannot halt U.S. decision on Afghan central bank asset seizure

A U.S. judge on Friday rejected a request by families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks not to enforce his decision against letting them seize $3.5 billion of frozen Afghan central bank assets to satisfy court judgments owed by the Taliban.

WEKU · Feb 24, 2023

The Taliban ended college for women. Here's how Afghan women are defying the ban

The December ban on college education for women has led some to turn to online options. But that pption comes with its own set of problems.

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2023

Farzana survived rape, addiction and losing her children. Then the Taliban came – now she is missing

Exiled Afghan psychologist Mariam is desperately trying to trace 15 domestic abuse survivors she was helping before the Taliban seized control

ABC News · Feb 24, 2023

Temporary protection visa scrapping welcomed by Swan Hill asylum seeker Rohullah Hussaini

The scrapping of temporary protection visas means Rohullah Hussaini is a step closer to meeting his three-year-old daughter for the first time and reuniting with his wife, as part of a new start in Victoria's "heart of the Murray".

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2023

Only 22 Afghans resettled in UK under ‘pathway’ to help vulnerable refugees

Charity says disparity with 8,633 Afghans who arrived in small boats last year shows lack of functioning route

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023

Defence secretary accuses Prince Harry of ‘boasting’ about killing Taliban fighters

‘If you start talking about who did what, you’re letting down all those other people,’ says Ben Wallace

Wales Online · Feb 23, 2023

Just 22 people resettled in UK from Afghanistan via government scheme while 8,633 crossed Channel in boats

The Refugee Council said the Government needed to 'urgently rethink its approach'

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