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UN slams killings, rights abuses under Afghanistan's Taliban

The United Nations says in a new report that despite an overall improved security situation in Afghanistan, at least 700 people have been killed since the Taliban took over last year

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Afghan despair, poverty fuel addiction scourge

Drug addiction has long been a problem in Afghanistan, the world’s biggest producer of opium and heroin

The Independent UK

Martin Compston helped family escape Taliban after chatting with Afghan taxi driver

MARTIN Compston has told of how he helped an Afghan taxi driver’s family escape the Taliban after he gave him a lift home from a night out.

The National (Scotland)

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How one mobile app is helping Afghans send aid

The consumer-based startup pivoted to let donors buy aid kits to provide to locals hit by an earthquake last month.

Al Jazeera

Afghan refugees protest delayed visas at US embassy in Madagascar

Afghan refugees living in the east African island nation say they lack basic support and want to be relocated to the US.

Al Jazeera

Something insidious is happening to the health of Afghanistan’s women

Doctors and authorities are at odds as to the cause of mysterious collective ailments affecting Afghan women and girls.

Inverse

‘She will be killed’: Wife of Afghan man who worked for British army denied UK visa

Exclusive: Hafizullah Husseinkhel, commended by his cavalry regiment for his ‘outstanding’ contribution in Helmand province, says he feels ‘betrayed’ and ‘terrified’ after the Home Office refused his wife’s application to join him in Britain

The Independent UK

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Send us a man to do your job so we can sack you, Taliban tell female officials

As economy collapses, women from Afghanistan’s finance ministry say they have been asked to suggest male relatives to replace them

The Guardian - UK

The school for new arrivals, where refugee teens can find their feet in Australia

From figuring out how public transport works, to adjusting to a foreign school system and making new friends — arriving in an unfamiliar country as a teenager can bring many challenges. But these young Afghan migrants are leading the way.

ABC News

In Kabul, a new ritual: Hungry women wait for bread outside bakeries

Since the Taliban came to power, food insecurity has risen. Women in blue burqas sit in front of the city's upscale bakeries, silently waiting for charitable passersby to purchase bread for them.

WEKU

'NHS saved me after Taliban massacre - now I want to be a surgeon to repay that hope'

Waleed Khan was shot when six Taliban gunmen opened fire at his school. He was then brought over to the UK for reconstructive surgery and has undergone 13 major procedures in the last eight years

Daily Mirror

Dad-of-two shares horror 6-month ordeal as Taliban hostage with no daylight for 2 months

Anthony Stephen Malone and a former BBC cameraman were grabbed off the streets of Kabul and were held hostage for until June and they went two month without seeing daylight

Daily Mirror

Avignon’s 76th Theatre Festival: Kubra Khademi on Afghanistan’s heroines

Avignon may be France’s oldest arts festival, but it has a resolutely contemporary approach to the dramatic arts, with experimental performances that draw on dance, theatre and poetic traditions. We sit down with multidisciplinary artist Kubra Khademi, whose performance “From Armour to Jackets” kicks off the festival, to hear about…

France 24

Utah Wants To Help Afghan Refugees Prosper. Will the Federal Government Get in the Way?

The federal government set the tone on the beginning of the resettlement process. It continues to keep legal status for certain evacuees out of reach.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Harassed here too’: Afghan artists find no sanctuary in Pakistan

Musicians had hoped to keep their art alive after fleeing Taliban but now face crackdown on refugees

Daily Mirror

Afghan refugee, 22, escaped Taliban through roof after abrupt NATO withdrawal

The fallout from the chaotic withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan last August has continued, as fleeing refugees like Hadeeb Sangin struggle to settle in Europe

The National (Scotland)

Call for 'Australia-style' inquiry into claims SAS troops killed detainees in Afghanistan

The documentary claimed special forces soldiers were allegedly involved in 54 suspicious killings during a six-month tour of Afghanistan

The Hindu

Don’t use the Udaipur killing to tar Indian Muslims

Neither the Koran nor the Prophet prescribed any earthly punishment for blasphemy although it is considered a great sin theologically.

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WEKU

Secret schools enable Afghanistan's teen girls to skirt Taliban's education ban

The official rule: no secondary school for girls. But behind a veil of secrecy, women are opening small schools so that at least some of these teenagers are able to continue learning.

Evening Standard

International Malala Day: History, significance, and facts about the Pakistani activist

Everything you need to know about International Malala Day

The Independent UK

SAS unit ‘killed detainees and unarmed men in Afghanistan’

A Panorama investigation reportedly uncovered 54 suspicious killings carried out by one British SAS unit on a six-month tour.

Radio France Internationale

Afghanistan women athletes in peril, future uncertain

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August last year crushed the dreams and hopes of millions of Afghan women who had made significant strides in the past 20 years.

The National (Scotland)

David Pratt: The latest from Japan, DRC, Afghanistan and Nicaragua

TODAY Japan goes to the polls in a parliamentary election. It does so, however, in the shadow of the killing on Friday of former prime minister…

The Guardian - AU

‘You called us brothers’: Afghans who fought with Australian troops still live in fear of Taliban

Australian volunteers working to get Afghans to safety say they are frustrated by ‘inefficient’ government response

The Hindu

Ahead of FATF visit, Pakistan doubles efforts to ‘trace’ Masood Azhar

Senior FATF team to verify if Pakistan, on the ‘grey list’ since 2018, has carried out task list actions

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