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Pakistani, Afghan Taliban forces trade fire at Torkham border crossing, killing 3 Afghan civilians

Officials say Pakistani and Afghan Taliban forces have traded cross-border fire near a key northwestern crossing, killing a woman and two children on the Afghan side

The Independent UK

My Dear Kabul review – inspirational resilience in an Afghan women’s writing group

The collective diary of 21 women, compiled using WhatsApp messages, is an intimate, courageous chronicle of life as it unfolds under Taliban rule

The Guardian - UK

Buddhas of Bamiyan: The colossal twin statues that stood sentinel over Afghanistan — until the Taliban destroyed them

The twin Buddha statues stood sentinel over a valley in Afghanistan until being destroyed by the Taliban. Now all that's left are two cavities.

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Faceless Mannequins Show Off Clothes In Afghanistan

In Afghanistan's capital, shop windows display dazzling ball gowns and three-piece wedding suits -- with the face of each mannequin covered.

International Business Times

Migrant workers sent $650bn overseas last year – what it means

People living abroad are sending more money to their families at home, but how do money transfers work?

Al Jazeera

Breakdancer who fled Taliban disqualified over ‘free Aghan women’ message

The World DanceSport Federation said B-girl Talash was thrown out of the Games for ‘displaying a political slogan on her attire’

The Independent UK

Refugee breakdancer disqualified for displaying words ‘Free Afghan Women’ on cape

Olympics reiterated ‘no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites’

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With protests, talent, and ridicule Breaking’s Olympic debut points toward an uncertain future

Japan’s Ami Yuasa became the first ever Breaking Olympic champion while Refugee Olympic Team’s Manizha Talash made a political statement unveiling a message that read: ‘Free Afghan Women’

The Independent UK

Athletes from conflict zones outside the spotlight find hope at the 2024 Olympics

When they compete at the Paris Games, they’re just athletes at their peak, and the emphasis isn't that they come from regions ravaged by war

The Independent UK

Australia must pay war crime victims, UN experts urge

Australia's failure to compensate victims more than a decade after Australian soldiers allegedly killed Afghan civilians, has been criticised by UN experts.

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British troops in Lebanon on standby for evacuation ‘on same scale’ as Kabul

Hundreds of servicemen and women are ready in the UK to be deployed to the region at short notice as fears for an all-out war grow

The Independent UK

First Afghan woman to compete internationally after Taliban takeover seeks Olympic gold in Paris

Taekwondo Paralympian Zakia Khudadadi says she is competing in the name of women in Afghanistan who have gradually been stripped of their rights over the past three years

The Independent UK

The Taliban says foreigners in Afghanistan on previous government's visas can stay for now

Afghanistan’s Taliban government says it will allow people in the country on visas issued by the former Western-backed government to stay for now

The Independent UK

Afghan Sprinter Kimia Yousofi Sends Powerful Message At Olympics

Afghan sprinter Kimia Yousofi makes a powerful statement on women's rights at the Olympics in Paris, challenging Taliban oppression.

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Afghanistan’s first female Olympic breakdancer: ‘I want my big dream’

Defiant Afghan refugee Manizha Talash fled the Taliban for her chance to dance on the world stage.

France 24

Afghan sister cyclists fly the flag of a fallen country at the Paris Olympics

Fariba and Yulduz Hashimi fled Kabul after the city once again fell to the Taliban in 2021. Three years later, the sister cyclists are riding alongside one another in the 2024 Paris Olympics women’s road race on Sunday, proudly bearing the black, red and green Afghan tricolour torn down by…

The Guardian - UK

These are the slowest fastest women on Earth. And they have a story to tell

From American Samoa’s Filomenaleonisa Iakopo to Kimia Yousofi of Afghanistan, the roads to the 100m are diverse

The Guardian - AU

Afghanistan 100m runner Kimia Yousofi sends Olympic message to the Taliban

Kimia Yousofi, part of the six-person Afghan team competing in Paris, had a message for the Taliban after her 100m heat

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‘I’m happy for everyone released, but there is also sadness’: film-maker Odessa Rae on today’s momentous prisoner swap

The Oscar-winning documentary-maker was instrumental in the historic US-Russian prisoner swap, but she says, the one person missing from the deal was her friend Alexei Navalny. She talks about her last conversation with him, her new film about the Taliban and her next project in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Evacuated Afghan refugees can reunite in UK with families, government announces

‘Afghans did right by us, and we will do right by them’, immigration minister says

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Taliban Disavows Afghan Diplomatic Missions Overseas

The Taliban disavows Afghan diplomatic missions, imposes restrictions on documents, and faces challenges in gaining international recognition due to their ...

The Independent UK

The Independent’s award-winning war correspondent Kim Sengupta dies

In a career spanning more than four decades, it was at The Independent that Kim would define his legacy as one of Britain’s best on-the-ground correspondents, writes international editor Chris Stevenson

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The Taliban disavows some Afghan diplomatic missions abroad and rejects their consular services

The Taliban on Tuesday disavowed many Afghan diplomatic missions overseas, saying it will not honor passports, visas and other documents issued by diplomats associated with Afghanistan’s former Western-backed administration

The Guardian - AU

Ruqia was murdered by the man she was forced to wed. Her mother has now been jailed over the marriage

Sakina Muhammad Jan to serve at least 12 months in prison in Australia’s first forced marriage conviction

The Guardian - UK

Documentary-maker Ibrahim Nash’at on filming the Taliban: ‘The secret service asked to see my footage. I left the same day’

Embedded with the Taliban after US forces fled Kabul, Nash’at’s fly-on-the-wall documentary, Hollywoodgate, offers a darkly comic, damning insight into the regime

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