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The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Prince Harry set to wear military uniform in special tribute to the Queen

Prince Harry served two tours in Afghanistan and works extensively with veterans

Evening Standard

NIA arrests three more in Mundra port heroin seizure case

The probe revealed that five consignments were imported through the same network from Nov 2020 to Sep 2021

The Hindu

Declassified report shows US predictions of IS group threat

A newly declassified U.S. intelligence report predicted in 2020 that the Islamic State group was likely to regain much of its former strength and global influence, particularly if American and Western forces reduced their role in countering the extremist movement

The Independent UK

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Afghanistan blames border clash on Pakistan’s bid to build post

Taliban says Pakistan tried to erect a military structure on Afghan-Pakistani border, causing Tuesday’s deadly skirmish.

Al Jazeera

Man's story of his family's extraordinary escape from Afghanistan to become National Theatre play

The story of Hamed Amiri's family and their arduous escape from Afghanistan is now being shown at the prestigious National Theatre in London

Wales Online

Rasooli, Safi named in Afghanistan's squad for T20 World Cup

KABUL: Batter Darwish Rasooli and pacer Salim Safi were on Thursday picked in Afghanistan's 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup in Australia.

The Times of India

US seeks to sidestep Taliban with $3.5 billion Afghan aid plan

The U.S. will put $3.5 billion in Afghanistan’s central bank reserves under the control of a Swiss-based oversight board to pay for limited financial services in the country while ensuring the Taliban regime doesn’t get access to the money, the U.S. Treasury Department said.

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Meet the teenage Afghan refugee who has found a new home on the wickets of Weston-super-mare

Uphill Castle CC have helped Imran Oriykhail settle in Somerset after fleeing Afghanistan earlier this year

Bristol Post

Saving Nezam From the Taliban

Green Beret Scott Mann suffered severe trauma following his three tours in Afghanistan. He never wanted to have anything to do with country again. Then his friend Nezam called to say that his life was in danger.

Reason

US sets up Afghan relief fund with frozen central bank money

The U.S. and Swiss governments and Afghan economics experts say they'll transfer $3.5 billion in frozen funds from Afghanistan’s central bank to use for the country’s people as hunger grips every province there

The Independent UK

UK inviting North Korea to send envoy to Queen Elizabeth's funeral - source

Britain is inviting a representative from North Korea to attend Queen Elizabeth's funeral on Monday, but Afghanistan, Syria and Venezuela will not be given an invite, a foreign office source said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Three more countries NOT invited to Queen's funeral - and some will just send ambassadors

A total of six countries have not made the invitation list for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on Monday, including Afghanistan, Syria and Venezuela, as inside sources confirmed North Korea and Iran will be invited at ambassadorial level

Daily Mirror

U.S. to move $3.5 billion in Afghan central bank assets to Swiss-based trust

The United States on Wednesday announced that it would transfer $3.5 billion in Afghan central bank assets into a new Swiss-based trust fund that will be shielded from the Taliban and used to help stabilize Afghanistan's collapsed economy.

Reuters

For India, the buzzword now is ‘all-alignment’

Its participation in the SCO summit is a clear signal of pursuing multi-alignment with its partners worldwide

The Hindu

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Iran may urge India to restart oil import

Chabahar, regional connectivity and Afghanistan on agenda for talks on sidelines of SCO summit

Evening Standard

Prince Harry hits back over funeral ban ‘military service not determined by uniform’

The Duke of Sussex served two tours of duty in Afghanistan

Evening Standard

Prince Harry blocked from wearing uniform while mourning Queen but Prince Andrew allowed

The Duke of Sussex has been denied the chance to wear military uniform as he mourns the Queen, even though his disgraced uncle the Duke of York will be permitted to do so at the lying in state vigil. Harry, who saw action on the front line during two tours…

France 24

Afghanistan: Underground radio station broadcasts lessons to girls stuck at home

Since the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, most girls have been banned from going to high school. But some women are resisting, like Hamida Aman, founder of Radio Begum. Against the rules, she has set up an underground school within her radio station. The girls, aged…

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Tribune News Service

Editorial: Unfinished business: US must do more to welcome Afghan refugees

In the year since the botched U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, tens of thousands of Afghans have been forced to suffer through another administrative disaster, this one unfolding mostly in drab D.C. office buildings via mountains of monotonous paperwork.

The Times of India

Three things Sri Lanka got right that Team India will be looking to improve on ahead of the T20 World Cup

NEW DELHI: A prolonged political and economic crisis at home, a below-par run on the cricket field in the last five-six years and a humiliating eight-wicket defeat against Afghanistan in the tournament opener - Not too many people would have bet on Sri Lanka, going through one of the most…

USA Today Sports Media Group

Photos: Dana White’s Contender Series 54 weigh-ins and faceoffs

Check out these photos from the Dana White's Contender Series 54 weigh-ins and faceoffs in Las Vegas.

Al Jazeera

UN expert decries ‘systematic’ attacks on Afghan Shia groups

UN expert warns attacks against Hazaras, other Shia Muslims in Afghanistan bear ‘hallmarks of international crimes’.

Reuters

U.N. says three Afghan female staff temporarily detained by Taliban

The United Nations' Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Monday said three of its female Afghan employees had been temporarily detained by Taliban security agents and called on the group to stop intimidation of its local female staff.

Reuters

U.N. human rights expert decries 'descent towards authoritarianism' in Afghanistan

A U.N. expert on Monday said that human rights had deteriorated under the Taliban, describing a "descent towards authoritarianism" and calling for radical changes.

Radio France Internationale

Paris Perspective #33: Global crises and the International Rescue Committee - David Miliband

In this edition of Paris Perspective, RFI's David Coffey meets former UK foreign secretary and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, David Miliband, to discuss the crises the world is facing in 2022 and what his NGO is doing to help millions of refugees and internally displaced.

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