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Taliban Orders 13-Year-Old Afghan Teen to Shoot Family's Killer as Massive Crowd of 80,000 Watches

Details of a public execution in Khost, Afghanistan, where Taliban officials made a 13-year-old kill his family's murderer in front of 80,000 spectators in a stadium, highlighting Afghanistan's justice practices.

International Business Times UK

Ali Faqirzada is an Afghan refugee. He deserves to stay in America

In a more reasonable, more compassionate country, we would thank Ali Faqirzada for how much he has done on behalf of his people and our own

The Guardian - US

Suspected DC National Guard shooter may have carried out attack after being blackmailed by Taliban, bombshell report claims

Officials are reportedly probing whether the National Guard shooting suspect was among Afghans who have faced retribution for previously collaborating with U.S. forces in Afghanistan

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Trump is using a tragic shooting to demonize millions

The administration is heightening its anti-immigrant crackdown – and punishing people from a country the US helped destroy

The Guardian - US

Gunmen kill a government official and 3 others after vehicle ambush in northwestern Pakistan

Officials say suspected militants have ambushed a vehicle carrying a government administrator in northwest Pakistan, killing him, two of his guards and a passerby

The Independent UK

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers carry out public execution in sports stadium

The man had been convicted of killing 13 members of a family, including children, and was executed by one of their relatives, according to police.

Euronews

Taliban makes 13-year-old boy execute convicted murderer in stadium spectacle attended by 80,000

Huge crowds of men gathered at a sports stadium in Khost to witness in the “inhuman and cruel” spectacle

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The Russia-Ukraine peace deal is not a loss. Nor is it a victory

The conflict is neither a clearcut defeat nor a feelgood victory, but an in-between outcome that contains profound elements of each

The Guardian - US

Former US ambassador urges Trump to avoid bad Ukraine deal ‘for the sake of signing something’

With the US president seemingly more concerned with getting a peace deal signed than the details of its contents, experts tell Arpan Rai what the agreement must include to prevent the future destruction of Ukraine

The Independent UK

CIA-Linked Afghan Terror Suspect 'Wasn't Vetted' Before Entering US: Trump Intel Official Reveals

Joe Kent says Afghan suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal 'wasn't vetted' before entering the US, linking the DC National Guard shooting to Biden's withdrawal.

International Business Times UK

New Witness Footage of Rahmanullah Lakanwal's Ambush Released; Netizens React

The Wall Street Journal has released new footage from the crime scene where Rahmanullah Lakanwal allegedly ambushed the National Guard troops near the White House on Wednesday.

International Business Times UK

Taliban used discarded UK kit to track down Afghans who worked with west, inquiry hears

Whistleblower tells Afghan leak inquiry those affected were told to move and change phone numbers to protect themselves

The Guardian - UK

The Latest: Trump wants to ‘permanently pause’ migration to the US from poorer countries

President Donald Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the United States by revoking their legal status

The Independent UK

Trump Orders 'Rigorous Reexamination' of Green Cards From Afghan Nationals After DC Shooting

An Afghan national is the suspect in the shooting incident on Wednesday near the White House, and Trump now wants to review all immigration requests from individuals born in Afghanistan.

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The DC national guard shooting suspect was working directly with a government agency as a partner

Those links keep ended up with the CIA.

Reason

Trump's Unjust and Counterproductive Collective Punishment of Afghan Migrants

Stopping all immigration processing for Afghan migrants is unjust and undermines rather than furthers the goal of combatting terrorism.

Euronews

EU Migration Commissioner: ‘We need the trust of the people back’

EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner sees the new Pact and Asylum and Migration on track to tackle an issue that has been feeding populism for many years. He also defends negotiating with the Taliban and initiatives to negotiate ‘return hubs’ with non-EU countries.

The Independent UK

Trump wants US diplomats to pressure European allies over ‘violent crimes’ committed by immigrants, report says

Report comes as president says ‘every single alien’ who arrived in U.S. under Joe Biden ‘must’ be ‘re-examined’ by DHS

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EU must engage with Taliban on migration, EU Commissioner tells Euronews

The EU must talk to the Taliban about migration on a technical level, even if it is not "fun" or "easy", EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner told Euronews.

Euronews

Afghan national charged over attack on National Guard members in Washington

Two West Virginia National Guard members were ambushed and critically wounded near the White House. Authorities have charged an Afghan national in the attack.

The Independent UK

What is Operation Allies Welcome? The refugee scheme that allowed DC shooting suspect into the US

Trump claims Biden-era scheme has let in ‘20 million unknown and unvetted foreigners’, but government figures reveal fewer than 200,000 people have entered US through resettlement program

International Business Times UK

'Send Them All Back!' National Guard Shooting by Afghan Immigrant Spurs Calls for ICE to Double Down on Arrests

A 29-year-old Afghan national who entered the US in 2021 critically wounded two National Guard members near the White House, prompting Trump to suspend Afghan immigration and review all recent arrivals.

Reason

Another Afghan Ally Detained Despite Legal Status

Mohammad Ali Dadfar survived the Taliban, the Darién Gap, and a monthslong journey to the U.S. only to be jailed by ICE while his asylum case is still pending.

The Independent UK

Afghanistan says Pakistani airstrikes in east of the country have killed 10 people, mostly children

Afghanistan’s Taliban government has accused Pakistan of launching overnight airstrikes in three eastern provinces, killing 10 civilians

The Independent UK

Taliban say nine children killed in latest Pakistani attack as border tensions soar

Kabul accuses Pakistan of carrying out airstrikes day after suicide bombers target major security installation on other side of border

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