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Delusions of Paradise by Maiwand Banayee review – a compelling rejection of fundamentalism

An Afghan exile’s account of life in war-torn Kabul and a Taliban-dominated refugee camp is an unflinching study of how radicalisation takes root, and his own renunciation of it

The Guardian - UK

“Imagine being told you can’t run, just because of who you are”: how Free to Run is using outdoor sports to empower girls and women

We meet up with a charity that uses running, hiking and camping to empower girls and women in places afflicted by conflict and gender discrimination

Advnture

Meet the last female Afghan ambassador as she leads the resistance against the Taliban

INTERVIEW: Arpan Rai sits down with Manizha Bakhtari, Afghanistan’s only remaining female ambassador, to talk about the Taliban’s new regime and what it means to resist

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Pakistan Foreign Minister Due In Kabul As Deportations Rise

Pakistan's foreign minister was due to visit Afghanistan on Saturday after his country expelled more than 85,000 Afghans, mostly children, in just over two weeks.

International Business Times

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer reenlists in Marine Corps reserves after 15 years

Dakota Meyer, a Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Afghanistan War, is reenlisting in the the military and will serve in the Marine Reserves

The Independent UK

Russia’s top court removes Taliban’s terror group designation

The ruling does not amount to formal recognition for the Taliban authorities

The Independent UK

Russia’s Supreme Court suspends ban on Afghanistan’s Taliban

The group that seized power in Afghanistan in 2021 is removed from Russia’s list of banned ‘terror’ organisations.

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Russia Lifts Ban on Taliban As It Deepens Ties With Islamist Group

The Russian Supreme Court lifted a ban on the Taliban as it deepens relations with the Islamist group ruling Afghanistan

Latin Times

Russia's top court removes terrorist designation on Afghanistan's Taliban

Russian officials have recently emphasised the need to engage with the Taliban to "help stabilise" Afghanistan.

Euronews

Russia Scraps Taliban's 'Terror' Label Amid Warming Ties

Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday removed the Taliban's designation as a "terrorist organisation", a symbolic gesture aimed at building friendly ties with Afghanistan's de facto rulers.

International Business Times

Pakistan accelerates deportation of Afghans: UN

Nearly 60,000 people have crossed back into Afghanistan since the start of April.

Al Jazeera

Nearly 60,000 Afghans Return From Pakistan In Two Weeks: IOM

Nearly 60,000 Afghans have been forced to leave Pakistan since the start of April, the International Organization for Migration said Tuesday, after Islamabad ramped up a campaign to deport migrants to Afghanistan.

International Business Times

Pakistan wants to deport millions of Afghans. In one region, they have no plans to go

Pakistan wants to expel more than 3 million Afghans this year as part of a crackdown on foreigners it says are in the country illegally

The Independent UK

Afghanistan’s women cricketers get ICC funding and elite coaching

ICC says Australia, India and England will work to support displaced Afghan women players

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Trump officials end ‘temporary protected status’ for Afghans, Cameroonians

More than 14,600 Afghans and 7,900 Cameroonians are legally in the US under the programme which grants temporary safety.

The Guardian - AU

Liberal candidate co-authored inquiry submission suggesting Hazaras not persecuted for ethnicity in Afghanistan

Exclusive: Zahid Safi, who is running in Melbourne seat of Bruce, listed as last author on 2021 Senate submission which says victims of Afghanistan war ‘not based on ethnicity’

The Independent UK

Millions of Afghans will be ‘abandoned’ to famine thanks to Trump’s aid cuts, warns UN

World Food Programme says essential programmes to prevent malnutrition and death will not be possible unless Elon Musk-led USAID cuts are reversed

International Business Times

Four Men Publicly Executed In One Day In Afghanistan

Four men were publicly executed in Afghanistan on Friday, the Supreme Court said, the highest number of executions to be carried out in one day since the Taliban's return to power.

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Euronews

British couple detained in Afghanistan to face Taliban court verdict

The Reynolds family say that their parents have faced harsh conditions and arbitrary detention for unspecified reasons.

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Journalist barred from war crime hearing after surprise

As a former SAS soldier stands accused of war crimes during the Afghan War, an award-winning journalist has been forced to leave the courtroom.

The Guardian - UK

Elderly British couple ‘interrogated 29 times by Taliban’ since imprisonment

Daughter of Peter and Barbie Reynolds, 79 and 75, says they have ‘no idea’ why they have been in jail for two months

Evening Standard

British couple imprisoned by Taliban faced 29 ‘interrogations’, daughter says

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were arrested as they travelled to their home in Bamyan province, in central Afghanistan, in February.

The Independent UK

Taliban enforcers detain men and their barbers over ‘non-compliant’ haircuts, UN says

More than half of those detained in the first six months of new laws regulating personal conduct were men who had noncompliant hairstyles, the U.N. says

International Business Times

Pressure Builds On Afghans Fearing Arrest In Pakistan

Convoys of Afghans pressured to leave Pakistan are driving to the border, fearing the "humiliation" of arrest, as the government's crackdown on migrants sees widespread public support.

The Guardian - AU

Fleeing Taliban fighters, Ibrahim begs the country he helped – Australia – to save his family

Mohammed Ibrahim spent four years as a translator for aid workers who taught children and trained doctors. In today’s Afghanistan the penalty for that is death

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