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Main Afghan-Pakistani border crossing closed, residents report gunfire

The main border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan was closed on Monday, officials from the two sides said, and residents in the area reported the sound of gunfire near the normally bustling border transit point.

Reuters

Taliban BANS contraception with pharmacists ordered to clear their shelves of stock

Birth control such as the Pill and contraceptive devices have reportedly been banned in two of Afghanistan's major cities, with Taliban officials ordering pharmacies to remove them

Daily Mirror

Factbox-Who are the Pakistan Taliban?

Islamists stormed a police station in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Friday, killing at least two people amid gunfire and explosions, officials said.

Reuters

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House GOP opens investigation of Afghanistan withdrawal

Several Biden Cabinet members have received a letter from House Republicans as they launch the second investigation into the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan

The Independent UK

British Council has failed to support Afghan staff after fall of Kabul, former director warns

Afshaneh, a teacher for the British Council for three years, said she ‘screamed with excitement’ when she was interviewed for the job: ‘Now when I think about it, I only feel regret’

The Independent UK

China, Iran call on Afghanistan to end restrictions on women

China and Iran have called on mutual neighbor Afghanistan to end restrictions on women's work and education

The Independent UK

Ruling Taliban display rare division in public over bans

A rare public show of division is emerging in the ranks of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban

The Independent UK

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Doctor? Engineer? As dreams fade, Afghan girls turn to madrasas

In a chilly classroom in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban movement, teenage girls pore over Islamic texts as the disembodied voice of a male scholar emanates from a loud speaker.

Reuters

Cameron Brenson launches TikTok challenge: sample cuisine from every country in the world via Chicago restaurants

Starting with traditional eats from Afghanistan, Albania and Algeria, the TikTok content creator hopes to try food from new countries around the world in alphabetical order at least twice a week.

Chicago Sun-Times

Taliban forces kill 3 IS members in raid on Kabul building

An official says Taliban intelligence forces killed three Islamic State group militants and arrested one other in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital of Kabul

The Independent UK

The Agony of Afghanistan’s Ironwoman

You can draw a straight line from the hellish endurance race Zeinab Rezaie ran two years ago, trying to escape Kabul, to the moment she became the first Afghan woman to finish an Ironman 70.3.

Sports Illustrated

Investigators of alleged war crimes by Australians in Afghanistan set to hand over first brief of evidence

The Office of the Special Investigator is looking at between 40 and 50 alleged offences, Senate estimates hears

The Guardian - AU

Court allows review of UK visa rejections for ex-BBC journalists in Afghanistan

Judge rules caseworker interpreted eligibility criteria too narrowly for eight claimants who are in hiding

The Guardian - UK

Afghan journalists win case against UK government over relocation

Eight Afghan journalists who worked for the BBC broadcaster won a legal challenge on Monday against Britain's refusal to relocate them from Afghanistan, which they said put them at high risk of being killed by the Taliban rulers.

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Who is Pat Tillman? The NFL player killed in Afghanistan being honoured at Super Bowl LVII

The Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII and before the match an NFL legend who was killed while serving his country in Afghanistan will be honoured

The Independent UK

Ex-RAF paratrooper sets record running 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days

Luke Wigman recovered after stepping on a ‘hidden bomb’ while on tour in Afghanistan in 2011.

The Guardian - UK

Veteran who lost both legs in Afghanistan plans Everest summit bid

Hari Budha Magar, a former Gurkha, hopes to be first ever double above-the-knee amputee to scale mountain

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of Afghans who helped British forces ‘remain stranded by UK’

Damning report by MPs urges government to ensure safe passage for interpreters and contractors at risk from Taliban

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The Independent UK

‘Open and honest’ review of UK Afghanistan involvement required, say MPs

The 30-page report from the cross-party Commons Defence Committee criticises the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021.

ABC News

Veteran Shaun Spain, who took his life, blamed Department of Veterans' Affairs

Shaun Spain spent 15 years in the army and completed five tours in East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq. Before he died, he left a note.

Daily Record

Former soldier who served in Afghanistan left ex-wife 'completely broken' after cruel scam

Daniel Fairfield took out a huge loan under the name of his former partner.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Merkel Receives UNESCO Peace Prize for Welcoming Refugees to Germany

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel received a UNESCO peace prize Wednesday for her decision to welcome more than 1.2 million migrants to Germany despite resistance at home and among European partners. Organizers said that Merkel showed political courage when Germany welcomed refugees in 2015-2016 who had fled conflicts in Syria,…

Reuters

Taliban administration to send earthquake aid to Turkey, Syria

Afghanistan's Taliban administration will send around $165,000 in aid to Turkey and Syria to help the response to a devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck this week, according to a foreign ministry statement.

The Conversation

Despite the Taliban's pledge to eradicate opium, the poppy trade still flourishes in Afghanistan

The Taliban have always had a complicated relationship with the opium trade. As a narcotic, opium is haram, or forbidden under Islamic law. But at the same time opium production has tended to increase in areas they have controlled, where local leaders reportedly raise money to fund their operations by…

Al Jazeera

Pervez Musharraf, ex-military ruler of Pakistan, laid to rest

Pervez Musharraf, who backed the US invasion of Afghanistan, wasburied at a cemetery in Karachi with ‘military honours’.

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