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First flight transporting Afghan refugees from Pakistan lands in UK - reports

Thousands of Afghans who worked for the British government have been promised UK visas

Evening Standard

Afghanistan girls education activist Matiullah Wesa released by Taliban

Wesa, who travelled the country campaigning for girls to have access to education, freed after seven months in prison.

Al Jazeera

Afghan girls' education advocate is freed from Taliban prison

Matiullah Wesa was arrested and spent 215 days in prison. He has been outspoken in his demands for girls to have the right to go to school. The Taliban bar girls from school beyond the sixth grade.

WEKU

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Taliban free Afghan activist arrested 7 months ago after campaigning for girls’ education

A nonprofit organization in Afghanistan says the Taliban have freed an activist who campaigned for the education of girls

The Independent UK

UN warns that Gaza desperately needs more aid − an emergency relief expert explains why it is especially tough working in Gaza

United Nations agencies on Oct. 24, 2023, pleaded for more aid to be allowed into Gaza, saying that more than 20 times the amount of food, water and medical supplies and other items that are currently reaching people is needed.

The Conversation

Pakistan prepares deportation centres for undocumented migrants

While unregistered migrants leaving voluntarily are offered help, others will be detained and deported after November 1.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan sets up deportation centers to hold migrants in the country illegally starting next week

Pakistan is setting up deportation centers to hold migrants living in the country illegally, including an estimated 1.7 million Afghans

The Independent UK

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Quakes killed thousands in Afghanistan. Critics say Taliban relief efforts fall short

A series of devastating quakes has taken thousands of lives and left thousands more homeless. Aid specialists say the Taliban lacks the equipment and experience to help the survivors.

WEKU

For Afghans around the world this Cricket World Cup is providing a rare moment of joy

From Kabul to Melbourne, millions are celebrating Afghanistan’s stunning performance. It’s about more than just cricket

The Guardian - AU

UK government shame as Afghan refugee faces being sent back to Taliban after admin error

Exclusive: ‘They led him down this road of believing he had a chance and they put him up for months in Islamabad at an eye-watering cost of money. At the end of all this process they’re booting him out’

The Independent UK

Watch: Afghanistan celebrates rare cricket triumph over Pakistan in World Cup

Kabul's skies were illuminated by fireworks and celebratory gunfire as Afghans rejoiced in their remarkable eight-wicket victory over Pakistan in the ICC World Cup, marking a rare moment of public jubilation.

The Times of India

Restricted rights put Afghan women and girls in a 'deadly situation' during quakes, UN official says

A U.N. official says Afghan women and girls are in a “not only difficult

The Independent UK

Western leaders look to Qatar to get their citizens home

The Gulf state’s role in the release of two American hostages by Hamas has burnished its reputation as a global mediator

The Guardian - UK

French-Afghan journalist freed in Afghanistan: RSF

French-Afghan journalist Mortaza Behboudi, held in detention since January in Afghanistan, was freed after charges against him were dropped, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Wednesday.

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The Independent UK

Former US officials ask Pakistan not to deport Afghans seeking relocation to the United States

A group of former U.S. diplomats and representatives of resettlement organizations has asked Pakistan not to deport thousands of Afghans who have been waiting for U.S. visas under an American program that relocates at-risk Afghan refugees fleeing Taliban rule

Evening Standard

What is the Belt and Road initiative? Vladimir Putin attends summit in Beijing with Xi Jinping

More than 130 nations are represented at 10-year anniversary event of global project aimed at increasing China's influence worldwide

The Hindu

In Kazakhstan, NSA Doval says a ‘particular country’ is hurdle in India-Central Asia connectivity

Ajit Doval addressed the second meeting of the NSAs of India and Central Asian countries in Kazakhstan

Al Jazeera

World has abandoned Afghanistan, says country’s last women’s minister

Hasina Safi speaks to Al Jazeera on the global response to the war-torn country’s humanitarian crises.

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The Conversation

A reflexive act of military revenge burdened the US − and may do the same for Israel

In the wake of the shocking invasion of southern Israel by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to destroy Hamas.

Al Jazeera

Afghanistan’s Herat province hit by third earthquake in nearly a week

At least one person reported dead and nearly 100 injured after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Herat province.

France 24

A week after devastating quakes, another powerful jolt shakes Afghanistan's Herat

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake shook western Afghanistan on Sunday, killing one and injuring dozens more in the same region where more than 1,000 people died in tremors last week.

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re so fearful’: Pakistan rounds up Afghan refugees for deportation

Rewards offered for turning in ‘illegal Afghans’ as refugees pay price for tensions between Pakistani government and Taliban

The Guardian - AU

Five Great Reads: ‘time optimism’, Troye Sivan, and the Taliban’s party hotel

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

The Conversation

Afghanistan earthquakes: Taliban interference in aid efforts is affecting disaster response

Over 1,000 people are thought to have been killed in the latest earthquake to hit Afghanistan. Humanitarian aid agencies are scrambling to help the affected villages. But the realities of Taliban rule are starting to have an impact on the ground, as relations between the authorities and NGOs fray.

The Guardian - UK

Herat hospital at breaking point as earthquake victims keep coming

Casualties from levelled villages in Afghanistan’s quake-stricken province look for help from a health system already stretched too thin

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