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The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Staff at British embassy in Ukraine not offered refuge in UK, say diplomats

Exclusive: Ministers accused of creating ‘Afghanistan part two’ after failure to evacuate embassy staff

The Independent UK

‘Courage and defiance’: female Guardian reporters on the women who inspired them

From an abortion rights campaigner in Poland to a protester in Myanmar, our correspondents choose some of the women they most admire to mark International Women’s Day

The Guardian - UK

IPL 2022: Afghanistan opener Gurbaz likely replacement of Jason Roy in Gujarat Titans' squad

NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans will in all likelihood be replacing Jason Roy with Rahmamullah Gurbaz, the hard hitting Afghanistan opener, for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season. Roy had pulled out of the IPL as he didn't want to stay in the bubble for a prolonged period.

The Times of India

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Makar Kathleen Jamie reworks famous Burns poem to highlight women’s plight

Scotland’s Makar has released ‘A Woman’s A Woman’ to highlight female challenges in times of conflict and disaster.

The Independent UK

Terror in Peshawar: on Shia mosque attack

Islamist terrorists are seeking to set off a Sunni-Shia sectarian war in Af-Pak region

The Hindu

Nearly 400 civilians killed in Afghanistan under Taliban rule: UN

It is the first major human rights report since the Taliban seized power from the former US-backed government in August.

Al Jazeera

Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine: how many refugee crises can the world cope with?

On the borders of Turkey, a six-metre high wall in the snow is holding back a tide of people desperate to find a haven from tyranny, says Anushka Asthana of ITV News

The Guardian - UK

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Nearly 400 civilians killed in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover, UN says

(This March 7 story corrects name of U.S. ambassador in final para to Michele Taylor, not Sheba Crocker)

Reuters

Australia’s SAS was riven by ‘toxic’ infighting serving soldier tells Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial

‘The SASR is like a country wives’ club,’ says elite soldier under cross-examination

The Guardian - AU

A wary and reluctant embrace

Pragmatic motives like security concerns in its western frontiers have forced China to build ties with Taliban

The Hindu

Russian Invasion Reorders West’s Calculations on Cost of War

Not long after winding down 20 years of war, President Joe Biden now finds the United States entrenched in a conflict in Ukraine, even without sending in US troops, that could have a more far-reaching effect on a larger cross section of Americans than Afghanistan or Iraq ever did. Fighting…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sir Tony Blair: I thought Iraq invasion was the right thing to do

‘People often say over Iraq or Afghanistan that I took the wrong decision but you’ve got to do what you think is right,’ the 68-year-old said.

The Independent UK

Biden rises to the moment as Ukraine makes battle against autocracy real

A year ago no one foresaw a Russian invasion as the president’s top issue but US approval for his handling of the crisis is rising

The Guardian - US

From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe: sexual abuse allegations in football around the world

Over the past few years, allegations of abuse have been reported from a number of countries and there is a sense that this is just the beginning

The Guardian - UK

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The Canberra Times

Honours for soldiers who went way beyond the call of duty

Fifteen awards to soldiers who served in Iraq, Afghanistan as well as Australian floods and pandemic

The Independent UK

Russian invasion reorders West's calculations on cost of war

Not long after winding down 20 years of war, President Joe Biden now finds the United States entrenched in a conflict in Ukraine

Salon

War 101: What it means to "take" a city

Russia's attack on Ukraine is stupid, pointless, destructive and remarkably vicious. That's what happens in war

The Independent UK

Taliban official wanted by U.S. makes rare public appearance

The Taliban's acting interior minister says Taliban security police guilty of misconduct in Afghanistan are being penalized after many abuse allegations

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Tribune News Service

Editorial: It’s Afghan money: President Biden shouldn’t reserve $3.5 billion for a subset of terrorism victims

In an executive order last month, President Joe Biden moved to divide and release $7 billion from Afghanistan’s central bank — funds frozen after the Taliban takeover of the country. Half would go to meet urgent Afghan humanitarian needs, and half would apparently be disbursed to a subset of U.S.…

The Independent UK

Pakistan vows to arrest masterminds of IS mosque attack

Officials in Pakistan are vowing to hunt down and arrest the masterminds behind a deadly mosque attack claimed by an Islamic State affiliate

The Guardian - UK

Afghan journalist Zahra Joya among Time’s women of the year

Now a refugee in the UK, Joya and the Rukhshana Media agency defied threats to report on life for women under the Taliban

Los Angeles Times

Test for Putin: Public messaging on Russian military casualties in Ukraine

Back in the Soviet era, the Kremlin had a simple strategy for dealing with combat casualties in messy foreign wars like the one in Afghanistan: near silence on the subject.

The Independent UK

Inside life under the Taliban for homeless addicts in Afghanistan

Under Taliban rule, Afghan drug users face beatings, harsh winters outside and poor treatment facilities. Photographer Maxim Shipenkov visited Kabul to witness their life on the edge

Wales Online

Dad from Wales books one-way ticket to Ukrainian border to join fight against Russia

Ex soldier Keiran Murphy from Ruthin served in Afghanistan for 10 years

The Guardian - UK

The world’s game, a global scandal: the struggle to be heard in football’s sexual abuse crisis

At all levels and in every corner of football, allegations of harassment and worse are being uncovered. But Fifa and the game’s authorities are ill-equipped to tackle them

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