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Top diplomats, former UN officials seek to fix 'Wild West' of peacemaking

A group of diplomats, former statesmen and U.N. officials began seeking political backing this week for a peacemaking framework to shape new standards for resolving conflicts that they say can avoid past mistakes such as in Mali and Afghanistan.

Reuters

Deputy U.N. chief pushes women's rights during visit to Taliban heartland

U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed expressed alarm to Taliban officials in Kandahar over violations of women's rights in Afghanistan, the United Nations said on Friday after she made a rare visit to the Taliban's southern heartland.

Reuters

Taliban ‘Men-Only’ Aid Edict Divides Charity Community

The World Food Program seems poised to carry on, driving NGOs to call it quits on aid.

Foreign Policy

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Prince Harry’s trips to Wales where he saw ‘dark side of human nature’ and needed an ambulance for injury

"When the drill was "over", some guys couldn't turn it off. They kept stabbing and stabbing"

Wales Online

Two-thirds of Britons say Prince Harry damaged national security by revealing Taliban kills

Exclusive polling finds widespread concern over duke’s ‘Spare’ revelations

The Independent UK

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‘Welcome Corps’ will allow Americans to privately sponsor refugees in US

Tribune News Service

Prince Harry's portrayal of war in 'Spare' is making headlines – but combat decision-making is more complex than his words suggest

The last few weeks have seen a steady stream of news related to the new memoir written by Prince Harry, titled “Spare.” While much of the media attention has focused on his relationship with King Charles; Prince William; Catherine, princess of Wales; and Camilla, the queen consort, it is his…

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Ministers urged to safeguard aid to Afghanistan after ban on female aid workers

Labour MP Dan Jarvis asked an urgent question on the issue in the Commons asking for confirmation there will be no cuts.

The Independent UK

Dozens of people killed as cold wave sweeps Afghanistan

About 70,000 cattle have perished in a week as many provinces witness deep freeze amid a humanitarian crisis.

Al Jazeera

What it's like for persecuted minorities to live under Taliban rule in Afghanistan

For many people living in Afghanistan, life is a daily struggle. There's no work and minorities like Fatima and her family live in fear.

ABC News

Senior UN officials in Afghanistan to press for women’s rights

The delegation includes Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and Sima Bahous, executive secretary of UN Women.

Al Jazeera

Murder accused who posed with knife ‘revels in violence’, court hears

Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai is accused of murdering Thomas Roberts outside a Subway sandwich shop in Bournemouth last year.

The Independent UK

Deputy U.N. chief has talks in Afghanistan on women's rights

The United Nations deputy secretary-general discussed women's rights with Afghanistan's acting foreign minister on Wednesday after the Taliban authorities banned most female aid workers and stopped women and girls from attending high school and university.

Reuters

Prince Harry's rumored book deal as 'Spare' breaks sales records

750,000 copies of Spare have been sold since it was released on January 10

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Daily Mirror

Twitter removes blue ticks of Taliban officials who paid for verification feature

At least two Taliban members based in Afghanistan were reported to be using Musk’s paid-for feature, but Twitter has now allegedly cancelled their subscriptions to the service

The Independent UK

UN's top woman in Afghanistan for talks on Taliban crackdown

The highest-ranking woman in the United Nations has arrived in Kabul at the head of a U.N. delegation promoting the rights of women and girls

Al Jazeera

Afghans braving severe cold face stark choice: Food or warmth

Many provinces have seen an exceptionally cold winter, with temperatures dropping to as low as -21 degrees Celcius.

Tribune News Service

Taliban bought blue check marks on Twitter, report says

The Taliban and supporters of the Afghanistan rulers have been buying up blue-check verifications on Twitter, according to a report.

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Morning Mail: multimillion-dollar GST challenge from councils, shark extinction fears, Greta Thunberg detained

A legal battle led by Philip Ruddock’s Sydney council could see hundreds of millions in GST payments refunded

Al Jazeera

Pakistani FM Zardari slams previous government’s TTP policy

Bhutto Zardari says his government has reversed the previous government’s ‘wrong approach’ towards the Pakistan Taliban.

Al Jazeera

NGOs resume some Afghan operations with women workers

Three foreign aid groups restore work in health sector after Taliban bans women from working with NGOs in Afghanistan.

Evening Standard

Afghanistan: Nine men publicly flogged by Taliban in sports stadium

Taliban fighters in Kabul in 2021

Reuters

Davos 2023: Qatar says engagement with Taliban needed despite 'disappointing' actions

Qatar's foreign minister said on Tuesday that recent measures taken by Afghanistan's Taliban-led administration were "very disappointing" but that Doha would continue engaging as the only way forward to achieve change on the ground.

Daily Mirror

Nine men lashed up to 39 times each in public in brutal Taliban punishments

Each man was brutally lashed between 35 and 39 times in front of Taliban officials, religious clerics, elders, and local people, but the reason for their beating is still unknown

The Independent UK

Iran says Harry killing Taliban ‘like chess pieces’ means UK in ‘no position to preach’ over execution

Duke of Sussex dragged into row as Tehran attempts to deflect blame for execution of British-Iranian national

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