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UN holds Afghanistan crisis talks without Taliban

Doha (AFP) - The Taliban authorities will be absent from UN-led talks on Afghanistan that open Monday in Qatar, as a government spokesman rejects linking international engagement with women's rights in the crisis-stricken country.

AFP

Family of man locked up in secret Taliban prison for four months beg for help

Kevin Cornwell, 53, has been held by the Taliban's intelligence agency since January 11. His family are worried for his health as he suffers from chronic kidney issues and requires hospital treatment

Daily Mirror

UN holds Afghanistan crisis talks in Qatar, without Taliban

Doha (AFP) - The Taliban will be absent from UN-led talks that open Monday in Qatar on how to handle Afghanistan's rulers and press them to ease a ban on women working and girls going to school.

AFP

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Former UK head of coalition forces in Afghanistan: It would be a ‘travesty’ to deport hero pilot

Kicking the Afghan fighter pilot out of the UK would be so ‘contrary to British instincts’, says General Lord David Richards

The Independent UK

UN chief, envoys in key talks on Afghanistan crisis

Doha (AFP) - UN chief Antonio Guterres will gather international envoys at a secret location in Doha on Monday in an increasingly desperate bid to find ways to influence Afghanistan's Taliban rulers.

AFP

Afghan women urge no recognition of Taliban

KABUL: A group of Afghan women protested in Kabul on Saturday, defying a crackdown on dissent to urge foreign nations not to formally recognise the Taliban government ahead of a United Nations summit next week.

Bangkok Post

Afghan women protesters urge against foreign recognition of Taliban

Kabul (AFP) - A group of Afghan women protested in Kabul on Saturday, defying a crackdown on dissent to urge foreign nations not to formally recognise the Taliban government ahead of a UN summit next week.

AFP

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The Hindu

Taliban not invited to UN Doha meeting on Afghanistan, says UN

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has not invited the Taliban administration to a meeting that he is convening with special envoys on Afghanistan from various countries in Doha next week, a U.N. spokesperson said on Friday.

Reuters

Taliban say ban on women working for UN 'internal social matter'

Kabul (AFP) - The decision to ban Afghan women from working for the United Nations was an "internal social matter", the country's Taliban authorities said Friday, a day after the UN Security Council demanded they overturn the ruling.

AFP

Taliban leader says UN Security Council 'pressure' won't work

Kabul (AFP) - A senior Taliban leader warned the United Nations Security Council Friday to give up its "failed policy of pressure" after members adopted a resolution condemning Kabul's growing restrictions on women.

AFP

UN Security Council Unanimously Condemns Taliban's Crackdown on Women's Rights

The UN Security Council unanimously condemned on Thursday a Taliban administration ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations in Afghanistan and called on Taliban leaders to "swiftly reverse" a crackdown on the rights of women and girls. The resolution - drafted by the United Arab Emirates and Japan…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on women

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh restrictions on women and girls, which range from very severely restricting education to banning women from most jobs, public spaces and gyms

The Independent UK

Security Council condemns Taliban ban on Afghan women working for UN

The U.N. Security Council unanimously condemned on Thursday a Taliban administration ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations in Afghanistan and called on Taliban leaders to "swiftly reverse" a crackdown on the rights of women and girls.

Reuters

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The Independent UK

UN draft urges Afghan rulers to reverse bans on women, girls

A U.N. resolution that calls on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh restrictions on women and girls and condemns their ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations is set to be voted on Thursday by the Security Council

Reuters

UN Security Council set to condemn Taliban crackdown on Afghan women

The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on Thursday to condemn a ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations in Afghanistan and call upon the Taliban administration to "swiftly reverse" its crackdown on the rights of women and girls.

The Independent UK

US had ‘no involvement’ in Taliban killing of Kabul bombing mastermind, White House says

The White House says the US has confirmed the death of the Isis-K bomber

The Independent UK

UN agency: Afghanistan needs $4.62 billion in aid for 2023

The U.N.’s humanitarian affairs agency says Afghanistan needs $4.62 billion in humanitarian aid from the international community this year for nearly 24 million people in need

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Salon

War, what is it good for? Very little

There simply is nothing great about them, except their power to destroy not just the enemy, but themselves as well

The Independent UK

Thousands of Afghan refugees to be evicted from Home Office hotels with no offer of housing

Thousands of Afghan refugees are living in hotels after fleeing the Taliban in August 2021

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: calls grow for government to ease student debt; Singapore executes man over cannabis; and Ardern off to Harvard

Independent MP Zoe Daniel joins Coalition in calling for Labor to freeze the Hecs indexation

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban Kill Mastermind of Suicide Bombing at Kabul Airport

A ground assault by the Taliban killed the ISIS militant who spearheaded the August 2021 suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that left 13 US troops and about 170 Afghans dead during the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan, US officials said Tuesday. Initially, neither the US — nor apparently the…

Axios

Taliban kill ISIS leader behind deadly Kabul airport bombing, U.S. says

An ISIS suicide bomber killed dozens of Afghans and 13 American troops during the U.S.-led evacuation of Afghanistan in 2021.

Daily Mirror

Taliban kills ISIS chief who murdered 13 US troops and 170 Afghans in bombing

US officials said on Tuesday he was killed during a series of battles early this month in southern Afghanistan between the Taliban and the Islamic State group's affiliate

AFP

Taliban kill IS 'mastermind' of Kabul airport attack: White House

Washington (AFP) - Taliban government forces have killed the Islamic State mastermind of a devastating suicide bomb attack at the Kabul airport during the chaotic withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan in 2021, the White House said Tuesday.

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