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Afghan refugees Zia and Baqir share a common past, but the paths they walk are vastly different

Ziaullah Zia arrived in Australia from Afghanistan after the fall of Kabul. Baqir Alidad arrived by boat a decade ago. While the pair share a similar past, Australia has offered one man security, while the other is left in "limbo".

ABC News

Queen comforts family of Prince Harry's heroic comrade with note to soldier's parents

The Queen sent a letter to the parents of Nathan Hunt, who served in Afghanistan. Derek and his wife Maria had turned to Her Majesty in a bid to have their son's name added to the Armed Forces Memorial

Daily Mirror

Ben Roberts-Smith: how the soldier’s newspaper defamation suit went from battlefield to backyard

This has been a brutal and uncompromising trial – and it still has many weeks to run

The Guardian - AU

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‘The Taliban want revenge’: Afghanistan’s female judges in exile in Australia

Fifteen judges – at risk of Taliban and criminal retribution after the fall of Kabul – were forced to flee their homeland

The Guardian - AU

Afghanistan name Stuart Law as interim head coach for Bangladesh tour

KABUL: Former Australian cricketer Stuart Law was on Saturday named as the interim coach of the Afghanistan team ahead of its tour of Bangladesh for a limited over series.

The Times of India

Taliban releases four women’s rights activists but fear persists

On February 12, the Taliban released four Afghan women’s rights activists, who were arrested nearly a month earlier. Dozens more are being held in Taliban custody, according to other activists and US diplomats. The released women have not yet been able to share what happened to them in Taliban custody…

France 24

Afghan Hindu-Sikh delegation meets PM Modi

A delegation of Sikhs and Hindus from Afghanistan met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence on Saturday.

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Jaishankar meets German counterpart; discusses bilateral and global issues

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has met with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock and held a wide range of discussion covering bilateral and global issues, including the Indo-Pacific, the developments surrounding Ukraine and the situation in Afghanistan.

Dynamite News

Afghan-Australian 'Kardashians' threatened by the Taliban to pull reality TV show

The Australian star of an Afghan reality TV show — that has been likened to Keeping up with the Kardashians — says he's been threatened by the Taliban to pull the show as the hardline Islamist regime cracks down on Afghanistan's media.

ABC News

Afghanistan's Taliban detain Brits, American; reason unclear

The U.S. and British governments, as well as a family member, say Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have detained several British citizens and an American

The Independent UK

Exclusive-World Bank proposal would shift about $1 billion from Afghan trust

The World Bank's management has approved a plan to use some $1 billion in a frozen Afghanistan trust fund for education, agriculture, health and family programs, according to a bank paper and two sources, in what would be a major boost to efforts to ease the country's worsening humanitarian and…

Reuters

Young boy dies after three days trapped in well in southern Afghanistan

A young boy in trapped in a well in southern Afghanistan for three days died before locals and authorities were able to rescue him, officials said on Friday.

Reuters

Tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees made it to the US – here's how the resettlement process works

As of February 2022, some 65,000 Afghans evacuated during the American withdrawal from Afghanistan have settled in U.S. communities. Several hundred more remain on military bases in the U.S., while nearly 2,800 are still waiting on U.S. bases abroad.

The Conversation

Tragedy as six-year-old boy trapped in well in Afghanistan for three days dies

A six-year-old boy who became trapped in a well in a remote village in Afghanistan for three days has died.

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Daily Mirror

Boy, 6, dies after falling 33ft down well despite three-day rescue effort

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT The youngster's grandfather said little Haidar fell down the well while helping adults dig a new borehole to reach water in the drought-ravaged region of Afghanistan

Bangkok Post

Boy trapped 3 days down Afghan well dies after rescue

ZABUL, Afghanistan: A five-year-old boy trapped for three days down a remote Afghan village well died moments after being pulled out alive, officials said Friday.

Bangkok Post

Afghanistan faces famine, it can't be ignored

Because the Taliban have been designated as "terrorists", it is possible for the United States not only to embargo American aid and trade to Afghanistan, but also to block or at least seriously hinder efforts by other countries to send humanitarian aid. As a result, more than half the country's…

Al Jazeera

2022 Pakistan polio vaccinations key to eradication goal: Gates

Pakistan and Afghanistan are the last countries where polio remains endemic.

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The Times of India

Entire Afghan team tests negative for COVID-19 ahead of series against Bangladesh

DHAKA: The entire touring Afghanistan team and support staff on Thursday tested negative for COVID-19 after being hit by the virus days ahead of the white-ball series against Bangladesh.

Al Jazeera

Afghan, Syrian refugees face uncertain future in Denmark

UNHCR criticises Danish asylum policies as Syrians and Afghans fear being told they cannot remain in the country.

Reuters

Bill Gates visits Pakistan, says polio eradication possible in a few years

Microsoft Corp co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates visited Pakistan on Thursday, meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan and saying polio eradication could be possible in coming years in one of the last two countries of the world where the virus is endemic.

Bangkok Post

Rescuers battle to save boy trapped down Afghan well

ZABUL, Afghanistan: Rescuers were desperately scrambling Thursday to reach a nine-year-old boy trapped for two days down a well in a remote southern Afghan village.

Reuters

Pakistan struggles to quell violence on its Afghan border

Pakistan's military has stepped up operations along the Afghan border in recent weeks after a spate of militant attacks that has dashed any hope the frontier might see more peace and stability after the end of the war in Afghanistan.

The Independent UK

Fear runs through Afghanistan's 'hazardous' media landscape

Journalists in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan say they operate in a climate of fear and uncertainty

The Guardian - UK

‘Whatever horrors they do, they do in secret’: inside the Taliban’s return to power

The long read: Mazar-i-Sharif was once the most secular, liberal of Afghan cities. But 20 years of corruption and misrule left it ripe for retaking by the Taliban. Will anything be different this time?

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