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Taliban order Afghan women to cover faces again

Afghanistan's Taliban government ordered women on Saturday to cover their faces in public, a return to a signature policy of their past hardline rule and an escalation of restrictions that are causing anger at home and abroad.

Reuters

Taliban orders Afghan women to cover faces in public

The Taliban on Saturday ruled that Afghan women must cover their faces, according to a decree from the group’s supreme leader, an escalation of growing restrictions on women that is drawing backlash from the international community and many Afghans.

Bangkok Post

Prosecutor who put Taliban behind bars fears for his life as UK ‘turns its back’ on Afghans

Former director of prosecution ‘terrified’ in immigration limbo in Pakistan

The Independent UK

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‘The best day’: Afghan women’s football team find back of the net and rediscover joy

The group of women are finally back where they belong on a pitch and enjoying their football after resettling in Melbourne

The Guardian - AU

UK not delivering on pledge to help Afghans under Taliban threat, ex-Army boss claims

UK general brands Afghan resettlement programme an ‘appalling situation’

The Independent UK

Afghans who want teen girls back in school have new allies: Taliban-affiliated clerics

For 9 months, teen girls have been pretty much unable to go to school. Protests have been shut down. Now clerics — including some affiliated with the Taliban – are urging an end to the school ban.

WEKU

Heavy Rain and Floods in Afghanistan Kill 22, Destroy Hundreds of Homes

Heavy rain and flooding has killed 22 people, destroyed hundreds of homes and damaged crops in Afghanistan, which is already facing a humanitarian crisis, a disaster management official said on Thursday.

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Heavy rain and floods in Afghanistan kill 22, destroy hundreds of homes

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Witness for Ben Roberts-Smith denies emails show the pair colluded to make sure their evidence aligned

A former SAS patrol commander denies colluding with Ben Roberts-Smith after the pair exchanged emails before they were due to submit outlines of their evidence for the war veteran's defamation trial.

ABC News

AOC-sponsored Afghan families still waiting for humanitarian visas from Australian government

After fleeing Afghanistan, the five families — which have been sponsored by the Australian Olympic Committee — are desperately waiting for the Australian government to issue the visas.

ABC News

A letter to … the Taliban men who drove me from my home

‘The faces familiar to me, of my family and my friends, are left behind in the country that you took from us.’

Al Jazeera

End of the age of soft power?

The 21st century was to be driven by the win-win use of soft power — but in the last few years global leaders have rejected it in favour of a ‘might is right’ attitude

The Hindu

His bus has been shot and blown up but this US veteran is still crossing Ukraine, saving lives

EXCLUSIVE: Project Dynamo’s cofounder Bryan Stern tells Rachel Sharp about both the heartbreaking goodbyes and the emotional reunions as he carries out dangerous rescue missions to evacuate people out of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Brit in Afghanistan thanked Taliban for 'amazing' meal before getting food poisoning

The 22-year-old boasted to his Twitter followers about all the "amazing" food he bagged for just £20 before falling ill a few hours later

Daily Mirror

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‘I am sure they will change’: Taliban swap guns for pens to learn about human rights

Young men who have spent most of their lives in combat are learning how to behave with civilians as the Taliban transitions from fighting to governing

The Independent UK

As Iran-Taliban tensions rise, Afghan migrants in tinderbox

Afghanistan's border with Iran has become a lifeline for desperate refugees after the country plunged into economic crisis following the withdrawal of American and NATO troops last summer

The Independent UK

Muslims mark Eid al-Fitr holiday with joy, worry

Muslims are observing the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, typically marked with communal prayers, celebratory gatherings around festive meals and new clothes

Al Jazeera

Eid brings little joy for millions of Afghans facing hunger

Afghans struggle to put food on the table as the humanitarian situation continues to remain grim.

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The Guardian - UK

Judge in Afghanistan ‘backstabbed’ by UK government’s refusal of sanctuary

Officials say man in hiding who helped prosecute terrorists does not meet relocation criteria, despite high court ruling in his favour

Reuters

Second bombing in two days in Kabul on eve of Eid al-Fitr holiday

A bomb blast in a passenger van in Kabul on Saturday killed at least one person, officials said, in the second explosion in the Afghan capital in two days, as security concerns rise on the eve of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.

Reuters

Blast kills more than 50 at Kabul mosque, its leader says

A powerful explosion killed more than 50 worshippers after Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque, its leader said, the latest in a series of attacks on civilian targets in Afghanistan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

The Independent UK

Powerful explosion at Kabul mosque kills at least 10 people

A Taliban spokesman says a powerful explosion at a Sunni mosque in Kabul has killed at least 10 worshippers and wounded 20

Evening Standard

50 killed in explosion at Kabul mosque during Friday prayers

Emergency Hospital in downtown Kabul said it was treating 21 patients wounded in the blast

France 24

Powerful blast at Kabul mosque kills at least 10 people

A powerful explosion ripped through a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Friday, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 20, a Taliban spokesman said.

WEKU

Shabana Basij-Rasikh: The ongoing fight to educate Afghan girls

In 2016, Shabana Basij-Rasikh created Afghanistan's School of Leadership for girls. When the Taliban took control in 2021, she helped her students flee and continued their education abroad.

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