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Calls to urgently save former ADF interpreters on the run from the Taliban in Afghanistan

Afghans who worked for the ADF are calling on the federal government to urgently help them come to Australia. They say the Taliban continues to threaten their families to punish them for helping its foreign enemies.

ABC News

Precious memories: 8 refugees share the things they brought to remind them of home

If you had to leave your home, you'd bring essential items for survival. But if you could take one sentimental object, what would it be? We asked refugees from Ukraine, Afghanistan, Honduras and more.

WEKU

Taliban Kill Six ISIS Militants in Raid in Afghan Capital

Taliban security forces killed six ISIS militants in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a spokesman for the ruling group's administration said on Saturday. The ISIS members killed in the raid on their hideout were involved in two major attacks in recent weeks, one on a city mosque…

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Taliban kill six Islamic State members in raid in Afghan capital - spokesman

Taliban security forces killed six Islamic State members in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a spokesman for the ruling group's administration said on Saturday.

Reuters

Australia's Afghan diaspora excited to see their 'Blue Tigers' play in T20 World Cup cricket tour

Members of the Afghan diaspora in Australia say the Blue Tigers' first tour of Australia since the Taliban returned to power in Kabul is a chance to take pride in their country and show Afghanistan is "not just about war and suffering".

ABC News

Danish Siddiqui’s parents file ‘additional evidence’ against Taliban at International Criminal Court

The parents of photojournalist Danish Siddiqui have filed additional evidence with the International Criminal Court with respect to their complaint asking for an investigation into Siddiqui’s death. According to a press release issued by the Danish Siddiqui Foundation, the evidence includes affidavits, a medical opinion on the autopsy, and a…

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Afghan refugees in Chicago urge Congress to provide long-term immigration protections

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., who is a co-sponsor of the bill in the House, said she feels cautiously optimistic that the legislation will pass by the end of the year. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said there aren’t yet sufficient sponsors in the Senate to get the legislation passed — but…

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Afghan women’s long and hard struggle for the right to divorce

Women had struggled long and hard for the right to divorce, but since the Taliban’s takeover, the situation worsened.

Al Jazeera

The persecution of the Hazaras: Afghan Shiites targeted by deadly attacks

Afghanistan's Hazara community, a Shiite minority, is regularly targeted by the Afghan branch of the Islamic State (IS) group, which considers Hazaras as heretics. Dozens of people, mostly girls, were killed in an attack on an education centre in a Shiite neighbourhood of Kabul on September 30. Although the attack…

France 24

Student tortured to death by Taliban as murderous group send video to his family

Hahmed Sabouri was taken to a detention centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, where the Taliban tortured him for three days before shooting him in the back of the head

Daily Mirror

Gay Afghan student ‘murdered by Taliban’ as anti-LGBTQ+ violence rises

Death of Hamed Sabouri is latest in wave of attacks, with rights groups warning thousands are in hiding or trying to flee country

The Guardian - UK

Report: Taliban killed captives in restive Afghan province

A U.K.-based nonprofit says the Taliban captured, bound, and shot 27 men to death in Afghanistan's Panjshir province last month as part of their operations against resistance forces in the area

The Independent UK

Germany launches new program to help at-risk Afghans

The German government is launching a new program to help to bring about 1,000 people who are at risk of persecution in Afghanistan to Germany each month

The Independent UK

Germany starts new admission programme for Afghan refugees

Germany has started a new programme to admit Afghans deemed most at risk following last year's Taliban takeover in Kabul, the interior and foreign ministries said on Monday.

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Al Jazeera

US will not fund non-state actors in Afghanistan: Taliban sources

Taliban sources tell Al Jazeera that US officials assured them during a meeting in Doha.

Daily Mirror

Woman, 24, found dead day before she's going to be stoned to death in execution

The 24-year-old was sentenced to death by stoning last week after the Taliban caught her out and about with a man who was not her family member in Afghanistan

Reuters

Afghan refugees camp out in Brazilian airport in search of new life

Blankets and luggage carts have become the makeshift homes to more than a hundred Afghan migrants in Sao Paulo's international airport, serving as a temporary shelter for refugees after their year-long odyssey since the Taliban returned to power.

Daily Mirror

Gay Afghan man brutally murdered by Taliban in evil bid to ‘eradicate’ LGBTQ+ people

Under the Taliban's interpretation of Sharia Law, homosexuality is strictly prohibited and punishable by death meaning many gay people fear for their lives in the country

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The Independent UK

Taliban say Afghanistan secure enough for big projects

The Taliban say there is enough security across Afghanistan to restart major economic projects, despite attacks rocking the country since the group seized power more than a year ago

The Independent UK

Ukraine’s forgotten refugees: They fled Putin’s war too – but Britain won’t help because of their nationality

Refugees Welcome: Non-Ukrainian nationals who escaped the same invasion have been cut out of the schemes offering sanctuary. Now they find themselves alone with nowhere to turn, reports May Bulman

Reuters

United States restricts visas to Taliban, others over repression of Afghan women

The United States has restricted visas from being issued to current and former members of the Taliban, among other individuals, for repressing women and girls in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a statement on Tuesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Malala Visits Pakistan on 10th Anniversary of Taliban Shooting

Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday returned to her native Pakistan to meet flood victims, 10 years after a Taliban assassination attempt against her. Her visit -- only the second since she was flown to Britain for life-saving treatment -- comes as thousands of people protested in her home…

The Independent UK

Ted Cruz attacks AOC for calling out Kanye’s antisemitic tweet

‘So you’ll be voting to censure the Squad’

ABC News

Afghanistan on brink of mental health catastrophe, with girls most at risk, report warns

Experts are warning that Afghanistan is on the brink of a mental health catastrophe as the country's economic crisis and decades of conflict take a dangerous toll on children and teens' mental wellbeing.

Radio France Internationale

Chilling documentary reveals women's struggle for survival in Afghanistan

British-Iranian correspondent Ramita Navai was in Bayeux, Normandy on Thursday to present the première of her documentary "Afghanistan: No Country for Women", a harrowing look at life under the Taliban. Often using a hidden camera, she witnessed the daily struggle women face to stay alive.

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