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Veterans give searing testimony on US withdrawal from Afghanistan at hearing

Witnesses described the chaos and panic of the 2021 US departure during the Republican inquiry, which had people in tears at times

The Guardian - US

An injured Marine gives searing testimony on the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan

The Marine sergeant, who survived a terrorist bombing on the Abbey gate at the Kabul airport in 2021, recounted chaos and atrocities he witnessed. Veterans urged Congress to help those left behind.

WEKU

UN warns of aid cuts over Taliban crackdown on women's rights

The U.N. envoy in Afghanistan warned on Wednesday that a Taliban administration crackdown on women's rights is likely to lead to a drop in aid and development funding in the country, where women fear being cut from public life as much as violent death.

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Veterans testify of 'catastrophic' impact of Afghan collapse

Active-service members and veterans have provided first-hand testimony in the House of Representatives about the implications of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, describing in harrowing and explicit detail the trauma experienced on the ground

The Independent UK

Afghan refugee girls continue their education in Pakistan

Since the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan in August 2021, thousands of Afghan families have found refuge in neighbouring Pakistan. Many Afghans decided to flee their country in order for their daughters to have an education, the Taliban having imposed a ban on secondary and higher education for girls. Pakistan…

France 24

World marks Women´s Day but abuses, inequality still rampant

Hundreds of thousands of people will be taking part in demonstrations, rallies, and events around the globe to mark International Women´s Day, the day established to celebrate and demand equality for half of the planet´s population

The Independent UK

British Army told to stop handing weapons to traumatised retiring veterans after double murder

The British Army has been urged to stop giving out weapons as retirement gifts after an Afghanistan War veteran used a ceremonial dagger to murder his neighbours.

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International Women’s Day: The exclusion of Afghanistan’s women

Eighty percent of school-aged Afghan girls and young women – totalling 2.5 million people – continue to be out of school

Al Jazeera

Campaign calls for gender apartheid to be crime under international law

Prominent Afghans and Iranians say current laws do not capture the systematic suppression of women

The Guardian - UK

EU imposes global sanctions over rights abuses against women

The European Union has announced sanctions against officials from six countries, including Russia and Afghanistan, for violence and rights abuses against women. This comes as countries around the globe mark International Women's Day on Wednesday.

Radio France Internationale

UN: Afghanistan is world's most repressive country for women

The United Nations says that since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls

The Independent UK

The erosion of women’s rights since the Taliban took over Afghanistan

Meet the 22-year old journalist who refuses to stop reporting on the Taliban’s abuses against women.

ABC News

Russia, Afghanistan's neighbours set up club to discuss road to peace

Russia and six nations bordering Afghanistan have set up a club to discuss ways to achieve long-term peace in the war-torn nation, with diplomats at the inaugural meeting on Tuesday calling for a freeze on Afghan central bank assets to be lifted.

Reuters

10 things we learned from Prince Harry’s live interview with trauma expert

Prince Harry’s 90-minute live conversation with ‘toxic trauma’ expert Dr Gabor Maté covered everything from hugs, drugs and his true feelings on the invasion of Afghanistan...

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Bangkok Post

Afghan universities reopen but women still barred

KABUL: Afghan universities reopened on Monday after a winter break, but only men returned to class with a "heartbreaking" ban by the Taliban authorities on women in higher education still in force.

360info

How patriarchal mindset prevents women in peace efforts

Can Afghan and Syrian women ever be involved in the peace process or will it remain a pipe dream?

The Independent UK

AP Month in Pictures: Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan

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How an Afghan girls’ school principal fled the Taliban

After fleeing Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, a former head teacher from Kabul tries to make a new life in Canada.

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Daily Mirror

Prince Harry admits not all British soldiers 'necessarily' agreed with Afghanistan war

Prince Harry has opened up about his time as a soldier in Afghanistan, admitting that there were some troops who didn't 'necessarily agree or disagree' with the conflict

Daily Mirror

7 Harry Q&A bombshells - from marijuana 'really helping him' to Afghanistan war claim

The Duke of Sussex was joined by Dr Gabor Maté, an expert in trauma, to discuss the lasting effects of trauma on the Prince's life from losing his mum from a young age to finally taking steps to overcome it with wife Meghan Markle

The Guardian - UK

Anger grows over Afghan journalists still stranded by Home Office inaction

Press members living under the Taliban, and living uncertain lives in Pakistan, must be given clarity say campaign groups

Evening Standard

Almost 1,000 Afghans who helped UK armed forces still to be relocated, investigation finds

The scheme was launched in April 2021 in order to help those who helped the armed forces flee the country

Manchester Evening News

The army veteran who became a 'lieutenant' for a drugs gang is caught in £3million cocaine and heroin bust... but ordered to pay back just £11

Roy Evans saw action in several tours including in Afghanistan and is now serving a 20 year prison sentence

The Independent UK

Number of imprisoned veterans concerns former defense chiefs

Two former Iraq and Afghanistan War-era defense secretaries are recommending that the government consider new ways to ensure that military service is taken into account when courts prosecute former service members

Daily Mirror

Wife of man locked up by Taliban fears for his life as he languishes in jail

Mortaza Behboudi has been held in Afghanistan since January 7, two days after he arrived in his native Afghanistan on a reporting trip and his wife shares to The Mirror concerns on his welfare

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