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The school for new arrivals, where refugee teens can find their feet in Australia

From figuring out how public transport works, to adjusting to a foreign school system and making new friends — arriving in an unfamiliar country as a teenager can bring many challenges. But these young Afghan migrants are leading the way.

ABC News

In Kabul, a new ritual: Hungry women wait for bread outside bakeries

Since the Taliban came to power, food insecurity has risen. Women in blue burqas sit in front of the city's upscale bakeries, silently waiting for charitable passersby to purchase bread for them.

WEKU

SAS accused of unlawful killings in Afghanistan, just a year after the British government made it harder to prosecute such crimes

A BBC investigation has found evidence supporting very serious allegations against members of the SAS while they were operating in Afghanistan in 2010-11. This includes the allegation that one unit alone may have unlawfully killed 54 people over the course of six months.

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Avignon’s 76th Theatre Festival: Kubra Khademi on Afghanistan’s heroines

Avignon may be France’s oldest arts festival, but it has a resolutely contemporary approach to the dramatic arts, with experimental performances that draw on dance, theatre and poetic traditions. We sit down with multidisciplinary artist Kubra Khademi, whose performance “From Armour to Jackets” kicks off the festival, to hear about…

France 24

SAS killing claims will be fully investigated if new evidence shared – minister

Defence minister James Heappey was responding to an urgent question in the Commons.

The Independent UK

‘Harassed here too’: Afghan artists find no sanctuary in Pakistan

Musicians had hoped to keep their art alive after fleeing Taliban but now face crackdown on refugees

The Guardian - UK

Afghan refugee, 22, escaped Taliban through roof after abrupt NATO withdrawal

The fallout from the chaotic withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan last August has continued, as fleeing refugees like Hadeeb Sangin struggle to settle in Europe

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Burn pits legislation nears finish line with House approval

The House has approved a significant expansion of health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Call for 'Australia-style' inquiry into claims SAS troops killed detainees in Afghanistan

The documentary claimed special forces soldiers were allegedly involved in 54 suspicious killings during a six-month tour of Afghanistan

The National (Scotland)

Former military chief calls for ‘thorough investigation’ of SAS Afghanistan killing claims

A BBC Panorama programme claims one SAS unit was responsible for up to 54 deaths

The Independent UK

Secret schools enable Afghanistan's teen girls to skirt Taliban's education ban

The official rule: no secondary school for girls. But behind a veil of secrecy, women are opening small schools so that at least some of these teenagers are able to continue learning.

WEKU

The Guardian view on the SAS in Afghanistan: investigate claims of war crimes

Editorial: The elite soldiers of the British army cannot be allowed to escape the laws of war

The Guardian - UK

Amended veterans toxic exposure bill teed up in House - Roll Call

Measure would extend health care and disability benefits to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who contracted any of 23 conditions.

Roll Call

Report: UK soldiers killed dozens of Afghan detainees

A BBC investigation has alleged that British special forces killed dozens of detainees in suspicious circumstances during counter-insurgency operations in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

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The Hindu

BJP to face Sri Lanka, Afghanistan-like protest by people: Abhishek Banerjee

TMC leader slams Centre for rising prices

The Independent UK

SAS unit ‘killed detainees and unarmed men in Afghanistan’

A Panorama investigation reportedly uncovered 54 suspicious killings carried out by one British SAS unit on a six-month tour.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Damascus Turns from Drugs Transit Point to Trafficking Hub

As the Syrian regime reclaimed regions that were out of its control in 2018, the drug trade in the war-torn country moved on towards a new phase. The trade exploded with the eruption of the conflict in 2011. Syria used to be a crossing point for drugs smuggled from Afghanistan…

Reason

Biden Told Congress U.S. Troops Are Fighting in the Middle East. Now He Says They Aren't.

He claims he'll be "the first president to visit the Middle East since 9/11 without U.S. troops engaged in a combat mission there." But that's not true.

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Radio France Internationale

Afghanistan women athletes in peril, future uncertain

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August last year crushed the dreams and hopes of millions of Afghan women who had made significant strides in the past 20 years.

The National (Scotland)

David Pratt: The latest from Japan, DRC, Afghanistan and Nicaragua

TODAY Japan goes to the polls in a parliamentary election. It does so, however, in the shadow of the killing on Friday of former prime minister…

The Guardian - AU

‘You called us brothers’: Afghans who fought with Australian troops still live in fear of Taliban

Australian volunteers working to get Afghans to safety say they are frustrated by ‘inefficient’ government response

ABC News

Thailand's biggest romance scam snagged a chief financial officer and convinced her to steal millions

When Chamanun received a LinkedIn message from an unknown man claiming to be an American doctor, it marked the beginning of a tangled web of lies that would ultimately lead to Chamanun's arrest for stealing $250 million from her employer, and 20 years in prison.

Daily Mirror

Afghanistan to search for new coach after England legend Graham Thorpe's serious illness

It was announced in May that England legend Graham Thorpe was seriously ill in hospital and he has been unable to start work as Afghanistan's head coach

The Guardian - US

‘If I’d not got help, I’d probably be dead’: Jason Kander on PTSD, politics and advice from Obama

He was a rising star in the Democratic party and ‘sorta ran for president’ but, as he recounts in his new book, haunted by his experiences in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Millions of Muslims commemorate Eid al-Adha amid high prices

Millions of Muslims across the globe — including in countries like Afghanistan, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen — were celebrating Eid al-Adha, one of the biggest holidays of the Islamic calendar

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