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Hamid Karzai stays on in Afghanistan — hoping for the best, but unable to leave

When the Taliban reclaimed Kabul last August, the U.S.-backed government collapsed and hundreds of thousands of Afghans fled the country. Former president Hamid Karzai was not one of them.

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Morning mail: Hekmatullah living as ‘hero’ in Kabul, Barilaro at inquiry, Australia’s best musicals

Monday: Rogue Afghan soldier who killed three unarmed diggers welcomed back by Taliban. Plus: the best Australian musicals, ranked

The Guardian - AU

‘I will continue killing foreigners’: soldier who shot dead unarmed Australians treated as ‘returning hero’ by Taliban

Exclusive: Hekmatullah, who killed three Australian soldiers, is living in a heavily protected luxury Kabul home after being freed from prison

The Guardian - AU

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‘They beat girls just for smiling’: life in Afghanistan one year after the Taliban’s return

Despite their promises of peace and stability, the country is on its knees, and its people are desperate

The Guardian - UK

Photographer Fatimah Hossaini: ‘In Kabul, there was so much hope and desire’

The Afghan-Iranian artist narrowly escaped from Kabul to Paris last August, as the Taliban took over. She talks about the terror of that time, why she still longs for home, and her work photographing Afghan women in exile

The Guardian - UK

Embassy intact, India ups Kabul work

Technical team which reopened mission in June found ammunition and all equipment intact

The Hindu

Bomb blast in Kabul kills eight, injures more than 20

A bomb blast in a busy shopping street in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least eight people and injured 22, hospital officials and witnesses said.

Reuters

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A former Marine details the chaotic exit from Afghanistan — and how we should mark it

As the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan last year, Marine Corps veteran Elliot Ackerman was frantically rebuilding a network of old allies to help desperate Afghans escape.

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Taliban Say Bomb Kills 8 People in Kabul

A bomb hidden in a cart went off on Friday near a mosque in a minority Shiite neighborhood of the Afghan capital, killing at least eight people and wounding 18, a Taliban official said. Also Friday, hundreds of Afghans — apparently organized by the Taliban — rallied in several provinces,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban say bomb kills 8 people in Shiite area of Kabul

The Taliban say at least eight people have been killed after a bomb hidden in a cart went off near a mosque in a minority Shiite neighborhood in the Afghan capital

The Independent UK

Islamic State claims responsibility for blast in Afghanistan's capital

The Islamic State militant group claimed on Friday responsibility for a blast in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, the group said on its telegram channel.

Reuters

Blast hits Afghanistan's capital Kabul - official

An explosion in a Shi'ite residential area in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Friday killed at least two people and left three wounded, police said.

Reuters

Feared Taliban family dubbed 'The Sopranos of Terror' killed by US 'ninja' missile

Members of the Taliban mafia have been killed alongside the Al-Qaeda boss in Afghanistan. Sources told the Mirror that Ayman al-Zawahiri was not the only person to die in the missile strike

Daily Mirror

Anti-U.S. protests erupt in Afghanistan

Hundreds of Afghans carried anti-American banners on Friday to protest against a U.S. drone strike that Washington says killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri this month.

Reuters

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We visited a Taliban leader's compound to examine his vision for Afghanistan

On the day a U.S. drone strike killed the leader of al-Qaida in Afghanistan, NPR sat down for an interview with the man in charge of the country's defense.

Tribune News Service

Taliban say they were unaware of al-Qaida leader’s presence in Kabul

Top Taliban officials didn’t know al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was hiding in Afghanistan, a spokesman said, and an investigation is underway to check the veracity of U.S. claims he was killed in an American airstrike in the capital Kabul over the weekend.

ABC News

How could a secret Hellfire missile kill Ayman al-Zawahiri without leaving a scratch on his house or family?

Some experts suspect the CIA might have used the Hellfire R9X — a highly secretive missile sometimes called the "knife bomb", the "ninja bomb" or the "flying Ginsu" — to kill Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.

ABC News

Taliban say they are investigating US 'claim' of killing al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

The Taliban says it was unaware Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was living in Afghanistan's capital city.

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Al Jazeera

Taliban investigating US ‘claim’ of killing al-Qaeda chief

Taliban representative to UN says the Afghan government and group’s leadership is ‘not aware’ of what is being claimed.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban Claim They Unaware of Qaeda Leader in Afghanistan

The Taliban broke its silence Thursday, days after a US drone strike killing al-Qaeda’s top leader in Afghanistan’s capital, acknowledging his slaying and pledging to launch an investigation. The killing of Ayman al-Zawahri on the balcony of a Kabul safehouse Sunday has further strained relations between the Taliban and the…

Tribune News Service

Bobby Ghosh: Al-Zawahri killing gives Afghanistan an opening with US

The U.S. drone strike that killed Ayman al-Zawahri in Kabul on Sunday caught the Taliban leadership both red-handed and flat-footed. Their promises to prevent the country from once again becoming a terrorist haven have been exposed as lies: The al-Qaida leader was living in the Afghan capital, reportedly in a…

The Guardian - UK

Hey, that’s my house: US aid worker realises Zawahiri villa is his old home

The Kabul property hit by a US drone was familiar. It turned out Dan Smock had something in common with al-Qaida’s leader

Reuters

Taliban says was not aware al Qaeda leader in Kabul, warns U.S.

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The Guardian - AU

‘We’re all responsible for Afghanistan’: confronting exhibition spotlights Australia’s 20-year war

An artist’s blood and the Brereton report feature in a month-long Sydney show and symposium that aims to platform victims of a war whose legacy lives on

WEKU

Biden's national security adviser doubles down on Taiwan policy after Pelosi visit

Jake Sullivan, the president's national security adviser, discusses the war in Ukraine, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan and the U.S. drone strike that took out al-Qaida's leader.

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