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Slain photojournalist Danish Siddiqui's parents to initiate legal action against Taliban

It is understood that Siddiqui's family will be moving the International Criminal Court against the Taliban

The Hindu

Will initiate legal action against Taliban: Danish Siddiqui’s parents

In a press note issued on Monday, the parents of slain photojournalist Danish Siddiqui said they will initiate legal action for an investigation into his killing and to bring to book those responsible, including high-level commanders and leaders of the Taliban.

Newslaundry

Boris Johnson 'did intervene' to prioritise animals in Afghanistan airlift

A second Foreign Office whistleblower has come forward to back up claims that Boris Johnson intervened to have rescue animals airlifted out of Kabul while Afghans fleeing the Taliban struggled to get onto aircraft.

Daily Record

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Child labour, underage marriage and babies sold as Afghan parents face 'excruciating choices'

In a desperate attempt to feed their five other children, Nosheen and Aziz decide to sell their unborn child, as a failing economy and soaring food prices drives thousands of Afghan parents to make "desperate, life-altering decisions".

ABC News

Taliban cancel public holiday for Nowruz but say celebrations allowed

Afghanistan's Taliban administration said there would be no public holiday for the Persian New Year this week, but said they would not stop people from celebrating the festival.

Reuters

Afghan refugees ‘still lingering in hotels’ as UK welcomes Ukrainians

The UK still has around 12,000 Afghans living in hotels after the Taliban took over the country last year.

The Independent UK

Desperate Afghans plea 'don't forget about us' as country starves under Taliban control

Residents are in hiding and starving to death without access to food or medicine since the Taliban took over and feel "completely ignored"

Daily Mirror

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Afghanistan world’s unhappiest country, even before Taliban

It is according to a so-called world happiness report released ahead of the UN-designated International Day of Happiness

The Independent UK

The response to Ukraine is laudable. But as a British Afghan, I’m a little jealous

Seven months since Kabul’s fall, my family are pleading for help. Has the world forgotten this crisis?, says journalist and documentary maker Nelufar Hedayat

The Guardian - UK

British girl, 8, stranded in Afghanistan while parents are in UK as ministers show ‘indifference’

Exclusive: Ministers told to act urgently to get child out of Kabul as situation ‘getting worse day by day’

The Independent UK

Taliban release three Afghan journalists after media crackdown

TOLOnews staffers were arrested after the channel broadcast a report on the Taliban’s ban on foreign drama series.

Al Jazeera

Helping Afghanistan: On the UN mission in Afghanistan

The world must save Afghans from poverty, while pressuring the Taliban to end oppression

The Hindu

U.N. and U.S. raise concern over reports of Afghan journalist arrests

The United Nations and the United States said there were credible reports of journalists from local Afghan media organisation Tolo News being detained this week and that attacks on independent media must stop.

Reuters

Taliban detain journalists over report on TV show censoring

An Afghan journalist says that Taliban intelligence men came in the night to arrest three staff of TOLO TV, one of Afghanistan’s largest television stations

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Reuters

Russia abstains on U.N. Afghan mission vote over 'ignorance' of new realities

The U.N. Security Council on Thursday renewed the world body's assistance mission in Afghanistan for another year, but Russia abstained from the vote over what it called a "stubborn ignorance of the new realities" after the Taliban seized power.

The Independent UK

UN's new Afghanistan mandate focuses on equality, inclusion

The U.N. Security Council has approved a robust mandate for its political mission in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover last August

Reuters

Taliban to open high schools for girls next week, official says

The Taliban will allow girls around Afghanistan to return to class when high schools open next week, an education official said on Thursday, after months of uncertainty over whether the group would allow full access to education for girls and women.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN to Vote on Its Scope in Afghanistan, Barring a Russia Veto

The Security Council votes Thursday on a resolution to secure the United Nations' presence in war-torn Afghanistan into the future -- unless Russia, which has stymied negotiations this week, vetoes the measure. The draft text introduced by Norway reshapes the global body's relations with Kabul to account for last year's…

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Homeland Security gives Afghans in US temporary protected status

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday it will designate Afghanistan for temporary protected status, providing 18 months of deportation relief to Afghans who fled the country following its fall to the Taliban last year.

Axios

DHS offering temporary protection and work permits to Afghans in U.S.

Roughly 80,000 Afghans have been evacuated and brought to the U.S. since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan

Roll Call

Homeland Security gives Afghans in US temporary protected status - Roll Call

More than 75,000 Afghans have been resettled in the US since their country's fall to the Taliban last year.

The Independent UK

Countess of Wessex tells UN event ‘life has regressed’ for women in Afghanistan

Sophie called on the international community to support women peacebuilders and activists who have stood up to the Taliban to demand their rights.

The Independent UK

UN refugee chief in Kabul to say Afghans are not forgotten

The head of the U.N. refugee agency is in Kabul to tell Afghans they have not been forgotten — even as the international community scrambles to deal with the devastation of the war in Ukraine and a humanitarian crisis unseen in Europe since World War II

The Hindu

Pakistan’s neutrality, Taliban’s worry

The Afghan Taliban will be affected by Imran Khan’s diplomatic manoeuvres in the Ukraine minefield

Asharq Al-Awsat

World Must Not Forget Afghanistan Because of Ukraine War, Says UN

The Russian invasion of Ukraine must not make the world forget Afghanistan, the UN refugee chief said on Tuesday, warning that ignoring its humanitarian needs could be "very risky". UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi, who is on four day visit to Afghanistan, said the international community must continue to engage with…

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