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Russia’s Supreme Court suspends ban on Afghanistan’s Taliban

The group that seized power in Afghanistan in 2021 is removed from Russia’s list of banned ‘terror’ organisations.

Al Jazeera

Russia's top court removes terrorist designation on Afghanistan's Taliban

Russian officials have recently emphasised the need to engage with the Taliban to "help stabilise" Afghanistan.

Euronews

Russia Scraps Taliban's 'Terror' Label Amid Warming Ties

Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday removed the Taliban's designation as a "terrorist organisation", a symbolic gesture aimed at building friendly ties with Afghanistan's de facto rulers.

International Business Times

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Malnourished Children In Afghanistan At 'High Risk Of Dying' Without US Aid

At a malnutrition treatment centre in Afghanistan's capital, the cries of children have given way to a heavy silence, as patients are turned away and medical staff laid off due to US aid cuts.

International Business Times

Afghan children will die because of US funding cuts, aid official says

An aid agency official says Afghan children will die because of US funding cuts

The Independent UK

Afghanistan veteran guilty of killing amputee who was run over with own Mercedes

Errol Woodger broke into a block of flats in Erith, south-east London, in the early hours of December 29 2019, the Old Bailey had heard.

Evening Standard

More Than 10% Of Afghans Could Lose Healthcare By Year-end: WHO

More than 10 percent of the Afghan population could be deprived of healthcare by the end of the year due to the termination of US aid, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday.

International Business Times

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Pakistan accelerates deportation of Afghans: UN

Nearly 60,000 people have crossed back into Afghanistan since the start of April.

Al Jazeera

Nearly 60,000 Afghans Return From Pakistan In Two Weeks: IOM

Nearly 60,000 Afghans have been forced to leave Pakistan since the start of April, the International Organization for Migration said Tuesday, after Islamabad ramped up a campaign to deport migrants to Afghanistan.

International Business Times

Pakistan wants to deport millions of Afghans. In one region, they have no plans to go

Pakistan wants to expel more than 3 million Afghans this year as part of a crackdown on foreigners it says are in the country illegally

The Independent UK

Afghanistan’s women cricketers get ICC funding and elite coaching

ICC says Australia, India and England will work to support displaced Afghan women players

The Independent UK

UN Warns US Aid Cuts Threaten Millions Of Afghans With Famine

Fresh US cuts to food assistance risk worsening already widespread hunger in Afghanistan, according to the World Food Programme, which warned it can support just half the people in need -- and only with half rations.

International Business Times

Trump officials end ‘temporary protected status’ for Afghans, Cameroonians

More than 14,600 Afghans and 7,900 Cameroonians are legally in the US under the programme which grants temporary safety.

Al Jazeera

Liberal candidate co-authored inquiry submission suggesting Hazaras not persecuted for ethnicity in Afghanistan

Exclusive: Zahid Safi, who is running in Melbourne seat of Bruce, listed as last author on 2021 Senate submission which says victims of Afghanistan war ‘not based on ethnicity’

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Trump ICC sanctions order challenged in US court by human rights advocates

Exclusive: Lawsuit says ‘unconstitutional’ order violates right to share information with court’s chief prosecutor

The Independent UK

Millions of Afghans will be ‘abandoned’ to famine thanks to Trump’s aid cuts, warns UN

World Food Programme says essential programmes to prevent malnutrition and death will not be possible unless Elon Musk-led USAID cuts are reversed

International Business Times

Four Men Publicly Executed In One Day In Afghanistan

Four men were publicly executed in Afghanistan on Friday, the Supreme Court said, the highest number of executions to be carried out in one day since the Taliban's return to power.

Euronews

British couple detained in Afghanistan to face Taliban court verdict

The Reynolds family say that their parents have faced harsh conditions and arbitrary detention for unspecified reasons.

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Elderly British couple ‘interrogated 29 times by Taliban’ since imprisonment

Daughter of Peter and Barbie Reynolds, 79 and 75, says they have ‘no idea’ why they have been in jail for two months

Evening Standard

British couple imprisoned by Taliban faced 29 ‘interrogations’, daughter says

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were arrested as they travelled to their home in Bamyan province, in central Afghanistan, in February.

Evening Standard

Woman who planned to fly to Afghanistan to join IS and martyr herself is jailed

Farishta Jami, 36, had researched one-way flights to Afghanistan and had pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State, a court heard.

The Independent UK

School dinner lady jailed after police discover plans to martyr herself

Farishta Jami, 36, had researched one-way flights to Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Taliban enforcers detain men and their barbers over ‘non-compliant’ haircuts, UN says

More than half of those detained in the first six months of new laws regulating personal conduct were men who had noncompliant hairstyles, the U.N. says

International Business Times

Pressure Builds On Afghans Fearing Arrest In Pakistan

Convoys of Afghans pressured to leave Pakistan are driving to the border, fearing the "humiliation" of arrest, as the government's crackdown on migrants sees widespread public support.

The Guardian - AU

Fleeing Taliban fighters, Ibrahim begs the country he helped – Australia – to save his family

Mohammed Ibrahim spent four years as a translator for aid workers who taught children and trained doctors. In today’s Afghanistan the penalty for that is death

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