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The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

'Freedom, happiness, opportunities': Afghan women learn to swim, drive in Australia

By Stefica Nicol Bikes

Reuters

International economists ask Biden to release Afghan central bank funds

More than 70 economists and experts, including Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, called for Washington and other nations to release Afghanistan's central bank assets in a letter sent to U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday.

Reuters

Afghan women are refusing to remain silent one year after the Taliban takeover

On Aug. 15, it will be a year since the Taliban’s forceful takeover of Afghanistan for a second time.

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Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Afghan Adjustment Act To Help Afghan Evacuees Stay in the U.S.

But thousands of Afghans who helped U.S. forces are still stuck in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.

Reason

Ireland vs Afghanistan LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Afghanistan in Ireland 2022

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The Independent UK

A year after Biden's Afghanistan exit, accountability in short supply

(This August 10 story has been refiled to make clear in paragraph 17 Austin chose to impose no accountability)

Reuters

'International community should take responsibility for Afghan people', says former minister

A report released by Amnesty International marking one year since the withdrawal of US and NATO troops concludes that the Taliban has decimated the rights of girls and women in Afghanistan. To understand exactly what's happening in the country today, FRANCE 24 spoke to Dr. Habiba Sarabi, a former Afghan…

France 24

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The U.S. lost track of why it was in Afghanistan, former commander says

Recently retired General Frank McKenzie reflects on the withdrawal from Afghanistan, who bears responsibility for the way it unfolded, and how the U.S. "lost track" of why it was in the country.

WEKU

Afghan man charged in killings of Muslims in New Mexico

The ambush killings of four Muslim men in New Mexico shook the community but inspired a flood of information, including a tip that led to the arrest of a local Muslim man originally from Afghanistan

The Independent UK

U.N.’s terror sanctions regime at an ‘all time low’, says India

In sharply critical speech at Security Council, India envoy calls for “one voice” against terrorism, slams the global body for selectivity

The Hindu

No energy to study, play or work: Taliban has ‘shattered’ lives of Afghan girls

‘Some days my father cannot bring food. I don’t eat, and I save my food for my brothers and sisters,’ says teenage girl

The Independent UK

From future lawyer to betrothed to a Taliban fighter: August in Kabul shows how life changed overnight for so many in Afghanistan

On page 79 of August in Kabul, Andrew Quilty introduces us to Nadia Amini, a 19-year-old student of Tajik descent who attends a madrassa, or religious school, in the Afghan capital. She is completing her third-semester exams with ambitions to become a lawyer.

The Conversation

‘The US let him go free’: release of terrorist who killed unarmed Australian soldiers shows contempt for ally, family says

Exclusive: Father of one of three soldiers slain by Hekmatullah says Australia was ‘sidelined’ in deal between US and Taliban to release terrorist from prison

The Guardian - AU

Afghanistan: Expert panel to explore The Taliban’s war on women

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The Hindu

Manoj Prabhakar appointed Nepal cricket coach

The former India all-rounder who earlier served as the bowling coach for Afghanistan, succeeds Pubudu Dassanayake

Asharq Al-Awsat

One Year after Afghan War, Biden Struggles to Find Footing

The 12 months since the chaotic end to the US war in Afghanistan haven't been easy for Joe Biden. The new president was flying high early in the summer of 2021, the American electorate largely approving of Biden's performance and giving him high marks for his handling of the economy…

The Independent UK

One year after Afghan war, Biden struggles to find footing

The nearly 12 months since the chaotic end to the U.S. war in Afghanistan haven’t been easy for Joe Biden

The Independent UK

Islamic communities fearful after 4 killings in Albuquerque

The killings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico, are sending fear through Muslim communities across the U.S. First was the death of a Muslim man from Afghanistan late last year

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A year after Taliban's return, some women fight for lost freedoms

Monesa Mubarez is not going to give up the rights she and other Afghan women won during 20 years of Western-backed rule easily.

WEKU

Inside a TV news station determined to report facts in the Taliban's Afghanistan

Once a mortal threat, the Taliban have let Afghanistan's leading news channel stand. But every day is a struggle for the journalists who still work there.

Reuters

Pakistani militant with $3 million US bounty killed in Afghanistan - sources

A senior Pakistani militant with $3 million U.S. bounty on his head has been killed along with three aides in neighbouring Afghanistan, three militant commanders and an intelligence official said on Monday.

The Independent UK

Ireland vs Afghanistan LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Afghanistan in Ireland 2022

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Liverpool Echo

BBC's Freddie Flintoff 'can't stop smiling' after protégé granted asylum

Adnan Miakhel fled Afghanistan and showcased his talents on the cricketer's Field of Dreams programme

The Independent UK

Shiite Muslims in Mideast mark solemn holy day of Ashorua

Millions of Shiite Muslims, from Iran to Afghanistan and Pakistan, are marking the festival of Ashoura

Daily Mirror

Soldier who shot dead three unarmed men treated as 'returning hero' by Taliban

The source said: "The person I met is a dangerous terrorist, a dangerous man. He is not repentant, not regretful. He is a threat, he can cause harm to the world. He should not have been released.”

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