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Editorial: It’s Afghan money: President Biden shouldn’t reserve $3.5 billion for a subset of terrorism victims

In an executive order last month, President Joe Biden moved to divide and release $7 billion from Afghanistan’s central bank — funds frozen after the Taliban takeover of the country. Half would go to meet urgent Afghan humanitarian needs, and half would apparently be disbursed to a subset of U.S.…

Tribune News Service · Mar 5, 2022

Pakistan vows to arrest masterminds of IS mosque attack

Officials in Pakistan are vowing to hunt down and arrest the masterminds behind a deadly mosque attack claimed by an Islamic State affiliate

The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2022

Afghan journalist Zahra Joya among Time’s women of the year

Now a refugee in the UK, Joya and the Rukhshana Media agency defied threats to report on life for women under the Taliban

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2022

Gunfight and bomb blast at Pakistani Shiite mosque kills dozens

A powerful bomb exploded inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, killing at least 56 people and wounding 194 others, according to a hospital official.

France 24 · Mar 4, 2022

Kind-hearted Dublin residents come together to raise money for refugee family

Founder Ann Kelleher the idea came to her while watching the heartbreaking scenes in Kabul after it was captured by the Taliban last year

Dublin Live · Mar 3, 2022

UN envoy: Afghan failing economy heads to `irreversibility'

The U_N_ special envoy for Afghanistan says the international community hasn’t done enough to revive the country’s economy as it heads toward “a point of irreversibility.”

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2022

Famine may have been averted, but Afghan economic crisis deepens -U.N. envoy

Humanitarian agencies may have distributed enough aid in Afghanistan to avert famine and large-scale starvation, but the country's economic collapse is "approaching a point of irreversibility," the U.N. envoy to Kabul said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Mar 2, 2022

Australian Christian Lobby criticises Scott Morrison for saying Ukrainians at ‘top of pile’ for visas

Group asks what message Australia is sending to people fleeing from ‘horrors of the Taliban’ in Afghanistan

The Guardian - AU · Mar 2, 2022

Scotland can offer homes to both Afghan and Ukrainian refugees, insists Angus Robertson

Around 300 Afghans are still waiting to be offered permanent accommodation in Scotland after fleeing the Taliban takeover last year.

Daily Record · Mar 2, 2022

World Bank Announces More than $1 bn in Aid for Afghanistan

The World Bank on Tuesday announced more than $1 billion in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, stating the money will go to UN agencies and international NGOs while remaining "outside the control" of the country's Taliban rulers. The reallocation from the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) follows the $280 million in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 2, 2022