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Taliban’s Secretive Haqqani Network Leader Shows His Face for First Time

One of the Taliban's most secretive leaders, whose only picture on US "most wanted" lists is a grainy semi-covered profile, was photographed openly for the first time Saturday at a passing-out parade for new Afghan police recruits. Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, who also heads the feared Haqqani Network, has previously…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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.…

Tribune News Service

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

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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

The Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

U.S. calls for help to rehome Afghans who fled chaos of Taliban takeover

The United States still needs other nations to take Afghans who fled their homeland last year, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Friday, six months after Washington's chaotic withdrawal as the hard-line Islamist Taliban took control.

Reuters

US official meets Afghans stranded in UAE, apologises for delays

The US is still struggling with handling the tens of thousands who were evacuated amid the fall of Kabul last year.

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US diplomat apologizes to thousands of Afghans stuck in UAE

A senior U.S. diplomat has apologized to thousands of Afghans stranded in the United Arab Emirates months after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban

The Independent UK

Gunfight and bomb blast at Pakistani Shiite mosque kills dozens

A powerful bomb exploded inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, killing at least 56 people and wounding 194 others, according to a hospital official.

France 24

Kind-hearted Dublin residents come together to raise money for refugee family

Founder Ann Kelleher the idea came to her while watching the heartbreaking scenes in Kabul after it was captured by the Taliban last year

Dublin Live

UN envoy: Afghan failing economy heads to `irreversibility'

The U_N_ special envoy for Afghanistan says the international community hasn’t done enough to revive the country’s economy as it heads toward “a point of irreversibility.”

The Independent UK

Famine may have been averted, but Afghan economic crisis deepens -U.N. envoy

Humanitarian agencies may have distributed enough aid in Afghanistan to avert famine and large-scale starvation, but the country's economic collapse is "approaching a point of irreversibility," the U.N. envoy to Kabul said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Australian Christian Lobby criticises Scott Morrison for saying Ukrainians at ‘top of pile’ for visas

Group asks what message Australia is sending to people fleeing from ‘horrors of the Taliban’ in Afghanistan

The Guardian - AU

Scotland can offer homes to both Afghan and Ukrainian refugees, insists Angus Robertson

Around 300 Afghans are still waiting to be offered permanent accommodation in Scotland after fleeing the Taliban takeover last year.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

World Bank Announces More than $1 bn in Aid for Afghanistan

The World Bank on Tuesday announced more than $1 billion in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, stating the money will go to UN agencies and international NGOs while remaining "outside the control" of the country's Taliban rulers. The reallocation from the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) follows the $280 million in…

The Guardian - AU

Witness tells court he killed a Taliban fighter credited to Ben Roberts-Smith in Victoria Cross award

Former SAS sergeant tells defamation trial he still believes Roberts-Smith a deserving VC recipient but process ‘politicised’

Irish Mirror

Afghans selling organs to survive six months on from Taliban take over

In desperate attempts to save their families, people have turned to the black market to offer up parts of their bodies for funds

Reuters

Afghans with correct legal documents may travel abroad -Taliban spokesman

The Taliban's spokesman on Tuesday said that Afghans with legal documents could travel abroad, after the United States and United Kingdom raised concerns over previous comments that travel restrictions would be put in place.

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The Afghan revolutionary who took on the Soviets and patriarchy

In 1977, Meena began a resistance movement to fight for women’s rights and defy imperial occupation in Afghanistan.

Reuters

Taliban restrict Afghans going abroad, draws criticism from UK envoy

The Taliban administration's announcement that it would restrict Afghans from leaving the country under certain circumstances drew criticism from the United Kingdom's envoy on Monday amidst fears they could hamper ongoing evacuation efforts.

The Independent UK

Home Office sent family back to Afghanistan a week before Kabul fell

Exclusive: Ministers accused of ‘unforgiveable mistake’ after family of five flown back to Afghanistan days before Taliban takeover

Reuters

Taliban begin house searches, sparking fear, diplomatic criticism

The Taliban have been carrying out extensive house searches around the Afghan capital, according to residents, a policy the group's spokesman said was to detect criminal activity but that some Western diplomats said had targeted ordinary citizens.

The Hindu

It’s a long wait to obtain e-visa for Afghan student studying in Kerala university

The government declared all the Visa of Afghans as invalid and requested them to apply for E-visa following the Taliban’s takeover last year.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban Ban Afghans from Evacuating amid Massive Security Sweep

The Taliban have clamped down on Afghans leaving the country as, separately, their forces continue a massive security sweep, going house-to-house across the capital Monday in a "clearing operation". The new travel ban was announced late Sunday by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, who packaged the restrictions as being aimed at…

The Independent UK

Taliban official says dozens of criminals arrested in sweeps

A Taliban government spokesman says the group's forces have arrested dozens of criminals, kidnappers and smugglers in operations across Kabul

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