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Taliban official calls for schools to be reopened for girls

Senior member of Afghanistan’s Taliban-run government urges rulers to reopen secondary schools for girls.

Al Jazeera

After fleeing Kabul, Afghan lawyers seek new life — and legal careers — in California

LOS ANGELES — Masooda Qazi held her 8-year-old son's hand tightly as she frantically tried to convey to a group of Dutch soldiers that she was an employee of the U.S. Embassy and was promised transport out of Kabul as it fell to the Taliban last year.

Los Angeles Times

Why do the US midterms matter?

Joe Biden's name won't be on any of the US midterm ballots, but the November election will be seen as a verdict on the US president's performance – and could impact his ability to govern.

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War hero who went on to achieve Paralympic glory recalls the moment he lost his arm in Taliban attack

Jaco van Gass, who lives in Sale with his wife, lost his arm in Afghanistan

Manchester Evening News

She fled Afghanistan and became a soccer star. Nadia Nadim wants to give women hope.

LOS ANGELES — All Nadia Nadim needed was a chance. A chance at an education, a chance to study medicine, a chance to play soccer.

Los Angeles Times

Afghan children put to backbreaking work in brick kilns as economy collapses

The number of children put to work in Afghanistan is growing, fuelled by the collapse of the economy after the Taliban took over the country and the world cut off financial aid just over a year ago.

ABC News

Pakistan's prime minister talks Kashmir, floods at UN

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has appealed for a peaceful end to the dispute over Kashmir and deplored regional instability

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The AP Interview: Pakistani leader details flood devastation

Flooding likely worsened by climate change has submerged one-third of Pakistan’s territory and left 33 million of its people scrambling to survive

The Independent UK

Taliban: Car Bomb Near Kabul Mosque Kills 7, Wounds 41

A car bomb went off Friday as worshippers were leaving a Kabul mosque, killing at least seven people and wounding 41, including several children, a Taliban official said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, the latest in a steady stream of attacks since the Taliban seized power in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Trump says he threatened Taliban leader with satellite image of his house

“He said, I understand, your Excellency’

The Independent UK

Western nations concerned by presence of extremist groups in Afghanistan

Some western countries expressed grave concern about the presence and operations of extremist groups in Afghanistan and said the Taliban were not meeting their counter-terrorism commitments.

Reuters

Afghan visa program falls short of promises, senator’s review finds

SIV program “has not lived up to the promise we made to participants” and requires policy changes to meet its full potential, a review found.

Roll Call

AP PHOTOS: Backbreaking work for kids in Afghan brick kilns

Aid agencies say the number of children working in Afghanistan is growing ever since the economy collapsed following the Taliban takeover more than a year ago

The Independent UK

Around 240 Afghans waiting more than six months for UK relocation

The Government has been accused of ‘failing’ Afghan nationals at risk from the Taliban

The Independent UK

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‘This is what it was like’: reliving the devastating US withdrawal from Afghanistan

In the harrowing documentary Escape from Kabul, first-hand accounts and archival footage bring us back to a terrifying time in 2021

The Independent UK

Taliban official: explosion kills 3 people in Afghan capital

The Taliban say at least three people have been killed and 13 others wounded in an explosion in the Afghan capital

The Independent UK

Amid UN criticism, Taliban name new education minister

The Taliban have appointed a new education minister for Afghanistan, days after the United Nations called on the country’s new rulers to reopen schools for girls beyond sixth grade

ABC News

Former Australian commando under investigation over 2012 Afghanistan rotation

A former special forces soldier is a target of a war crimes investigation for the alleged killing of at least one unarmed detainee in Afghanistan in 2012.

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AFP

Taliban supreme leader appoints new education minister

Kabul (AFP) - The Taliban supreme leader has installed a loyalist cleric as Afghanistan's education minister, with the hardline Islamists doubling down on their ban on secondary education for girls.

Reuters

At U.N., emotional appeals for world leaders to protect Afghan girls' education

After pleading with world leaders at the United Nations to protect the education and rights of women in Afghanistan a year after the Taliban took over, Somaya Faruqi, former captain of the Afghan girls robotics team, broke down in tears backstage.

Chicago Sun-Times

Former hostage Mark Frerichs — raised in Lombard — at U.S. military hospital in Germany

Charlene Cakora, Frerichs’ sister, on Tuesday threw a spotlight on the plight of at least 64 other U.S. citizens who are detained or are hostages.

WEKU

He wanted his company to be the Etsy of Afghanistan. Now it has a crucial new mission

As international charities pulled out or faced funding issues after the Taliban takeover, Aseel, an online business that sells local crafts, wondered: Could it help ease the rising wave of hunger?

Reuters

Taliban replaces Afghan acting education minister in reshuffle

The Taliban's supreme leader issued an order on Tuesday announcing a reshuffle of several national and provincial positions, including replacing the acting education minister.

The Conversation

To adapt to a changing world, heritage conservation needs to look toward the future

Wars, pandemics, artificial intelligence, a swiftly unfolding climate crisis… The world is changing rapidly, and human communities must adapt to many challenges. In this situation, world heritage presents something of a twofold paradox: when the world needs global solidarity and collaboration, world heritage sites serve as cultural totems of the…

Bangkok Post

Taliban shoot dead 2 women in search operation

Taliban forces shot dead two Afghan women during a search of their house in the southern province of Helmand over the weekend, a cleric and an official said on Tuesday.

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