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Pakistan Militants Kill 4 Police Officers, Hurt 6 in Attacks

Taliban militants killed four police officers by targeting a police vehicle with a roadside bomb and wounded six in an attack on a police station in northwest Pakistan early Thursday, police and the insurgents said. The bomb killed four officers in a police vehicle carrying reinforcements sent to respond to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Afghan applying to resettle in UK asked to provide Taliban approval

Despite MoD assurances, applicant and former British Council worker still being asked for Taliban-stamped papers

The Guardian - UK

Why Force Fails

The dismal track record of U.S. military interventions.

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Why the debate over repealing Iraq War approval matters

Congress is now considering doing something it hasn’t done since the Vietnam War — repealing authorizations for the use of military force

The Independent UK

OPINION - Government to move asylum seekers into ex-military bases

Deterrence lies at the heart of the government’s asylum policy. Now, it is not true to say that Britain offers no legal and safe routes for refugees. First, there are the three bespoke avenues for those from Afghanistan, Ukraine and Hong Kong.

Evening Standard

‘Farcical and appalling’: Military chiefs join call to stop Afghan war hero being deported from UK to Rwanda

Former minister Rory Stewart called the case ‘shameful’ while General Sir Richard Barrons said the evacuation from Afghanistan had been a ‘mess’

The Independent UK

Calls Mount for Taliban to Free Girls' Education Activist

Calls mounted Wednesday for the Taliban to free a girls' education activist arrested earlier this week in Kabul, as a government minister defended the detention. Matiullah Wesa, founder and president of Pen Path — a local nongovernmental group that travels across Afghanistan with a mobile school and library — was…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Calls mount for Taliban to free girls' education activist

A top US diplomat says the Taliban must free detained Afghanistan activists, following the arrest of a girls’ education advocate

The Independent UK

Taliban confirm arrest of prominent Afghan education activist amid push to allow teenage girls back to school

A prominent education activist is arrested in Afghanistan by the Taliban amid calls to allow teenage girls and women back into classrooms.

ABC News

Paul Brereton appointed to lead National Anti-Corruption Commission

Paul Brereton, who led the Afghanistan war crimes inquiry, is appointed to lead the National Anti-Corruption Commission.

ABC News

How Afghan evacuees are faring in Australia 18 months after fleeing Afghanistan

A survey of Afghan refugees who fled the country after the fall of Kabul in 2021 finds they feel welcome and supported in Australia, but are struggling with the cost of living.

ABC News

Livid London MP slams ministers for ‘abandoning’ five British children hiding from Taliban in Kabul

A furious London MP slammed ministers on Tuesday for “abandoning” five British children in Kabul under the Taliban’s brutal rule.

Evening Standard

An Afghan girls' education activist has been arrested, the U.N. says

Matiullah Wesa is the founder and president of Pen Path — a local nongovernmental group that travels across Afghanistan with a mobile school and library. He was reportedly detained on Monday.

WEKU

Pilot who served with British forces and fled to UK in small boat facing deportation

An Afghan pilot who flew 30 combat missions fighting against the Taliban with British forces had no option but to travel to the UK via small boat and now faces deportation

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Glasgow woman fears for life if sent back to Afghanistan after visa refused

Community activist Maryam Amiri came to the UK on a spousal visa seven years ago. The Home Office has refused to renew her visa and advised her to return to Afghanistan where her life is in danger.

Evening Standard

Prominent girls’ rights activist arrested in Afghanistan

A prominent activist who campaigned for girls’ education in Afghanistan has been arrested by Taliban authorities in Kabul.

The Guardian - US

Afghans resettled in US fear being sent back as pathway to legal status stalls in Congress

More than 78,000 Afghan refugees relocated to the US as part of Operation Allies Welcome, but few have gained permanent status

The Independent UK

UN says Afghan girls' education activist arrested in Kabul

The United Nations says an Afghan rights activist who has campaigned for girls' education has been arrested in Kabul

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House GOP to subpoena Blinken over Afghanistan dissent cable

House Republicans plan to deliver a subpoena to Secretary of State Antony Blinken for classified cables related to the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan

ABC News

Former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz charged with war crime granted bail

A former Australian special forces soldier charged with a war crime related to his deployment in Afghanistan is granted bail, after a Sydney magistrate accepted he was in a potentially dangerous position in custody.

Reuters

US House committee chair signs subpoena for State Dept Afghanistan documents

The Republican chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Monday he signed a subpoena to be delivered to Secretary of State Antony Blinken for documents related to the August 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

AAP

Ex-SAS soldier bailed due to Taliban threat

A former SAS soldier charged over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan has been granted bail due to danger posed by extremist Islamic inmates.

The Independent UK

Artist to project sculpture filled with Afghan blood on St Paul’s in protest over Harry’s Taliban kills claim

The Duke of Sussex attracted criticism after he detailed his time serving in Afghanistan in his memoir Spare earlier this year, claiming he killed 25 Taliban fighters during two tours in the country

Daily Mirror

US Marine who survived tours in Iraq and Afghanistan shot dead driving Uber in California

Los Angeles Police and Uber are investigating the death of army hero and father-of-two Aaron Orozco who was shot dead at a 7-Eleven in California after a 'physical altercation' with two early morning passengerts

Al Jazeera

Six killed in suicide attack near Afghan foreign ministry

At least six people killed and several others wounded in the second attack near the foreign ministry since January.

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