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Watchdog: US troop pullout was key factor in Afghan collapse

A new report says decisions by Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan were the key factors in the collapse of that nation’s military, leading to the Taliban takeover last year

The Independent UK

US-Taliban deal pushed Afghanistan to collapse, watchdog finds

WASHINGTON — The U.S. deal with the Taliban — forged under President Donald Trump and implemented under President Joe Biden — was “the single most important factor” in the rapid collapse of Afghanistan’s forces as American troops withdrew last year.

Tribune News Service

Taliban dissolve Afghanistan's Human Rights Commission, other key bodies

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan dissolved five key departments of the former U.S.-backed government, including the country's Human Rights Commission, deeming them unnecessary in the face of a financial crunch, an official said on Monday.

Reuters

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A war that is shrinking India’s geopolitical options

The main worry now is about how to manage a China that is attempting to consolidate the region under its influence

The Hindu

Leaked Prevent review attacks ‘double standards’ on far right and Islamists

Exclusive: draft of Shawcross report calling for crackdown on Islamist extremism raises concerns it will try to ‘politicise counter-terrorism’

The Guardian - UK

Pakistan says it foiled suspected suicide attack against Chinese nationals

Pakistani police arrested a would-be suicide bomber who planned to blow herself up near a convoy of Chinese nationals along the China Pakistan Economic-Corridor (CPEC), a police statement said.

Reuters

Scoop: U.S. to deny entry to some Afghans in Kosovo

The determinations stem from security concerns, or the identification of potential ties to the Taliban or terrorist organizations.

Axios

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SCO terror meet begins with officials from China, Pakistan and Russia in Delhi

On same day as meet, OIC issues statement criticising delimitation in J&K, earning MEA’s ire

The Hindu

‘We are worse off’: Afghanistan further impoverished as women vanish from workforce

From civil servants, teachers and doctors to journalists and business owners, loss of female workers under the Taliban has already cost the economy $1bn

The Guardian - UK

Mum grieves for soldier son 15 years after losing his brother in Taliban bombing

Jan Hawkins lost her son Alex in an explosion in Afghanistan in 2007, and now his younger brother Nigel - who served alongside Prince Harry - has died after struggling with PTSD

Daily Mirror

‘I will not wear the burqa’: Some Afghan women defy Taliban edict

The Taliban earlier this month issued a decree urging women to stay home and ordering those who have to go out to cover their faces with a burqa. But a few brave Afghan women have vowed to defy the restrictive edict.

France 24

Daughter begs Government to save mum from Afghanistan and blasts Tory 'double standards'

Shabnam Nishat's mum has been in hiding in Afghanistan since thousands of troops were dispatched to Kabul to rescue UK nationals and Afghan allies from the Taliban advance

Daily Mirror

Women voters could swing Australian election result

With anger over misogyny in the Australian parliament, women's rights have dominated the election campaign as Australia heads to the polls later this month with a record number of female candidates standing as independents. Also the Taliban has ordered women in Afghanistan to cover their faces when in public while…

France 24

Self-declared ‘war tourist’ aims to sail £15 dinghy along Channel refugee route

Provocative Twitter personality says £15 Amazon dinghy has ‘more leg room than Ryanair’

The Independent UK

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Asharq Al-Awsat

G7 Condemns Taliban over Growing Restrictions on Women

The Group of Seven industrialized nations on Thursday condemned the growing restrictions placed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan, accusing the hardline group of isolating the country. "We call on the Taliban to urgently take steps to lift restrictions on women and girls," the foreign ministers of…

France 24

UN Security Council holds emergency session on Taliban crackdown on women

The U.N. Security Council held emergency closed consultations Thursday on the Taliban’s latest crackdown on Afghan women as it considered a presidential statement that would express deep concern at its new ban on women leaving home “without necessity” and wearing head-to-toe clothing when they do go out in public.

Daily Mirror

Sharon Osbourne gives thumbs up to Elon Musk's plan to get Donald Trump back on Twitter

Sharon Osbourne has said everyone has the right to be on Twitter, "even the Taliban", as she backed Elon Musk's proposal to reverse Twitter's ban on Donald Trump.

ABC News

Proud moment for fashion designer as Afghan refugee who fled the Taliban steps onto the runway at Australian Fashion Week

On a usual day, she would be hand-sewing hundreds of beads onto gowns. Now she's turning heads in the world of fashion.

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Al Jazeera

RETRACTION

The Taliban has denied the ban on family gatherings and dinners in restaurants and hotels in the eastern province.

The Conversation

Landscapes can be weaponized to influence public opinion and perception during war

Blast craters, denuded landscapes and burning oil wells. When we think of the relation between war and the landscape, we think of such destructive acts and toxic legacies. Through this lens, nature and the landscape are often seen as casualties of war.

The Independent UK

Sharon Osbourne says she supports Elon Musk’s plan to lift Donald Trump’s Twitter ban

‘If they have the Taliban and the guy who runs Iran, they might as well have Trump,’ talk show presenter said

Reuters

Many Afghan women pushing back against Taliban orders to cover up

Many women in the Afghan capital are delaying a return to fully covering their faces in public in defiance of orders from Islamist Taliban rulers, others are staying at home and some have been wearing COVID-19 face masks anyway.

Manchester Evening News

People smugglers locked children as young as two inside 'coffin-like' wardrobes

The group was given a combined sentence of more than 24 years for smuggling 35 Afghan refugees including children as young as two

Daily Record

Ricky Gervais slams Piers Morgan for interview with official Taliban spokesman on TalkTV show Uncensored

Ricky had previously wished Piers Morgan 'good luck' during a cameo appearance on his first show.

The Independent UK

Ricky Gervais makes dig at Piers Morgan over Taliban interview: ‘I’ve lost all respect for them’

Morgan interviewed Dr Suhail Shaheen on his show ‘Uncensored’

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