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The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Taliban delegation to hold humanitarian talks in Norway

Norway’s foreign minister stresses that the planned visit is not a ‘legitimisation or recognition of the Taliban’.

Al Jazeera

French cannibal who ate victim with white beans attacks again after escape from custody

Jeremy Rimbaud, an Afghanistan veteran, had escaped from a psychiatric unit

The Independent UK

Cannibal murderer goes on run from custody and attacks woman walking her dog

Cannibal murderer Jeremy Rimbaud escaped custody and grabbed the victim on a street in Toulouse, France, leaving her "absolutely terrified", an investigating source said

Daily Mirror

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European Union re-establishes physical presence in Afghanistan -spokesman

The European Union said on Friday it was re-establishing a physical presence in Afghanistan for humanitarian purposes, but stressed it was not formally recognising the Taliban-led administration.

Reuters

Taliban delegation due in Norway for humanitarian talks

Representatives of Afghanistan's Taliban will arrive in Norway on Sunday for three days of talks on how to alleviate a humanitarian crisis, the Norwegian foreign ministry said on Friday.

Reuters

Report says government should help Afghans who assisted Australian military

Every effort should be made to aid Australian employees who remain trapped in Afghanistan, while a full review should also be undertaken into the issues around their evacuation, a senate inquiry report finds.

ABC News

Liz Truss warns Putin he risks a ‘massive strategic mistake’ over Ukraine

The Foreign Secretary will tell Vladimir Putin he faces being drawn into a quagmire like the Soviet-era war in Afghanistan

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ICC U-19 World Cup: England, Pakistan cruise to quarterfinals; Bangladesh bounce back with win

BASSETERRE (St Kitts): Skipper Tom Prest smashed an unbeaten 154 as former champions England cruised to the Super League quarterfinals of the ICC U-19 World Cup with a thumping 189-run win over the UAE here, while Pakistan too booked their place in the next stage with a 24-run victory over…

The Times of India

Count the cost of Afghanistan war: report

A Senate committee examining Australia's engagement in Afghanistan has called for the release of the cost of the war and more work to help those seeking refuge.

AAP

‘Dishonourable’: report says Afghans left behind ‘at high risk of brutal reprisals’ due to links with Australia

Senate inquiry finds August evacuation ‘heroic’ but delay in getting people out earlier meant some local staff reportedly ‘injured or killed by the Taliban’

The Guardian - AU

Aid groups deal with 'painfully thin and lifeless children' as Afghan food crisis deepens

Aid workers say the number of "dangerously malnourished" children they are treating has more than doubled in the past five months, with some dying before they can reach a hospital.

ABC News

England to face Afghanistan in first round of T20 World Cup

The fixtures also include a re-match of the 2021 semi-final between England and New Zealand.

The Independent UK

Amid hunger crisis, Biden urged to release frozen Afghan funds

WASHINGTON — Calls are growing on Capitol Hill for the Biden administration to release some of the billions of dollars in seized Afghan financial assets the United States is keeping frozen.

Tribune News Service

Military veterans are helping to get the country boosted, one arm at a time

Sally Orange spent more than two decades helping service personnel returning from conflicts such as Iraq and Afghanistan recover and rehabilitate.

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Nation records highest death toll for the pandemic following grim two weeks of rising numbers – as it happened

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Roll Call

Amid hunger crisis, Biden urged to release frozen Afghan funds - Roll Call

There is a growing outcry from lawmakers for President Biden to release billions in frozen Afghan funds to help ease a hunger crisis there.

The Independent UK

Taliban storm Kabul apartment, arrest activist, her sisters

The Taliban have stormed an apartment in Kabul, arresting a woman rights activist and her three sisters

The Independent UK

Labour: Government has ‘badly let down’ British Council workers in Afghanistan

The Government said it is working with the international community to help relocate people.

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Reuters

Analysis-Russian troop build-up sparks unintended NATO renewal

Russia's troop buildup near Ukraine is galvanising NATO defences in Europe that President Vladimir Putin wants to dismantle, giving the alliance a sense of renewal after failures in Afghanistan.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ancient Afghan Minaret in Danger of 'Collapse' after Quakes

An 800-year-old minaret considered one of the finest examples of Islamic architecture in Afghanistan was damaged by two earthquakes this week and is in danger of collapse, an official has said. The Minaret of Jam, a UNESCO world heritage monument in the central province of Ghor, was in desperate need…

Salon

Trump's foreign policy continues: Why?

Biden promised a new era of diplomacy, stability and American leadership — but has doubled down on Trump's failures

Asharq Al-Awsat

AFRICOM: Al-Qaeda, ISIS Unity Efforts Threaten Lake Chad Basin

Last year, the US withdrawal from wars in Somalia and Afghanistan turned attention to other theaters of conflicts around the world to see if they, in turn, would witness similar US regression. Such a scenario poses risks threatening the fall of regimes and the growth of the influence of extremist…

Edinburgh Live

Ex-soldier 'threatened to kill' Edinburgh woman over illicit photo message

Robert Scoular, who served in Afghanistan, was photographed with his ex-partner in a "state of undress," a court heard after she discovered "evidence" he had been seeing another woman

Evening Standard

From a diabolical Afghanistan withdrawal, spiraling tension with Kamala and Covid hell — Joe Biden’s first year

After an initial honeymoon period for the Biden administration, the last twelve months have seen one setback after another. Can he turn it around? Oliver Wiseman reports

Reuters

Afghan women losing jobs fast as economy shrinks and rights curtailed

In a small tailoring workshop in Kabul, 29-year-old Afghan entrepreneur Sohaila Noori looks on as her dramatically reduced workforce of around 30 women sew scarves, dresses and baby clothes.

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