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Kabul hotel attack: 3 killed and others injured as ISIS storm building in 'bomb vests'

ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, saying its regional affiliate, ISIS-K, targeted Chinese nationals as well as Taliban members

Daily Mirror

Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing reopens after deadly firing

Chaman crossing reopens two days after exchange of fire killed at least nine Pakistani civilians and an Afghan soldier.

Al Jazeera

5 Chinese Nationals Wounded in Kabul Hotel Attack

Five Chinese nationals were wounded in an attack on a hotel in central Kabul on Monday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday. The attack, claimed by ISIS, prompted China to lodge representations with Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration, Wang told a regular news briefing.

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Five Chinese citizens badly injured in Kabul attack, businessman says

Over a dozen Chinese citizens were wounded, five of them seriously, in a gun and bomb attack on a hotel in downtown Kabul, a Chinese businessman in the Afghan capital said on Tuesday, as local authorities kept the premises sealed.

Reuters

Islamic State group claims attack on hotel in Afghan capital

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a coordinated attack on a hotel in Afghanistan’s capital

The Independent UK

Former Afghan senator and women's rights advocate Shah Bibi Kamawee calls on Australia to protect her

Facing growing risks of Taliban prosecution, a former Afghan senator and women's rights activist calls on Australia to offer her safety.

ABC News

Pakistan reopens key Afghan border point shut after clashes

Pakistani authorities have reopened a key border crossing with neighboring Afghanistan that was briefly shut during clashes between the two sides

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Factbox-Recent attacks on foreigners in Afghanistan

The Taliban took back control of Afghanistan last year as U.S. and foreign troops withdrew after 20 years of conflict following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

Reuters

Armed Men Open Fire At Hotel Housing Chinese Visitors In Afghanistan's Kabul

Armed men, on Monday, opened fire inside a hotel, which is frequently visited by Chinese and other foreigners, in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, Reuters reported citing two Taliban and residents. Read on for details:

Dynamite News

Taliban: Assailants attack hotel in Afghan capital Kabul

A Taliban official says a hotel catering to foreign visitors in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul was attacked and three of the assailants were killed

The Independent UK

Kabul hotel attack ends as three gunmen killed; two foreigners injured

Armed men opened fire on Monday inside a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals in an attack that ended when at least three gunmen were killed by security forces, the Taliban-run administration said.

Reuters

Deliveries of millions in hard cash prompts concern over financial transparency in Afghanistan

This picture is said to show millions in cash arriving in Kabul. It's one of several images published by the Taliban-controlled central bank of Afghanistan in recent weeks that has some experts concerned.

ABC News

Return of Afghan floggings as Taliban takes a hardline path

In Afghanistan, public floggings and executions bring back memories of harsh Taliban rule in the 1990s.

Al Jazeera

Afghan academic rebuilds life in Italy, dreams of returning

Batool Haidari was a prominent professor of sexology at a university in Kabul before last year’s Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

The Independent UK

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Salon

Filming as the war in Afghanistan ends

Salon talks to Matthew Heineman about his new film about the final days of the U.S. War in Afghanistan

Birmingham Post

Site for planned Bristol retirement and leisure scheme set to become temporary housing for refugees

Investment firm FORE Partnership, care operator Amicala and developer Socius said a building on the former school grounds will provide short-term homes for people from Afghanistan, Sudan, Russia, and Ukraine

AAP

Ex-soldier in court after defending friend

An ex-soldier used excessive force defending a friend in a casino fight after experiencing hyper-vigilance and PTSD as an Afghanistan veteran, a court heard.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Congress should keep our promises to our allies by passing the Afghan Adjustment Act

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Tribune News Service

New initiative takes aim at mental health crisis among refugees

ATLANTA — U.S. troops’ chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan is something Hogai Nassery has been confronted by long after August 2021, when the last plane took off from Kabul, marking the end of the U.S.’ longest war. Starting last year, Nassery has supported Afghan evacuees who have resettled in metro Atlanta…

WEKU

Taliban carry out the first public execution since taking over Afghanistan

The announcement underscored the intentions by Afghanistan's new rulers to continue hardline policies implemented since they took over the country and to stick to their interpretation of Islamic law.

Roll Call

‘Retrograde’ chronicles the human consequences of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan - Roll Call

Matthew Heineman's documentary "Retrograde" shows the human consequences of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Daily Mirror

First Taliban execution since return to power sees killer shot dead by victim's dad

Taliban security forces carried out their first execution since they took power in Afghanistan, which was witnessed by top leaders and hundreds of spectators

Reuters

Taliban publicly execute man accused of murder, senior officials attend

The Taliban administration on Wednesday put to death a man accused of murder in western Afghanistan, its spokesperson said, in the first officially confirmed public execution since the group took over the country last year.

Axios

Republicans launching investigation into handling of U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal

The operation was clouded by a suicide attack that left 13 Americans and roughly 200 Afghans dead.

Reuters

Olympics-IOC warns Afghanistan over women's access to sport

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) warned Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Tuesday that allowing women and young girls safe access to sport was a condition for the country's representation at the 2024 Paris Games.

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