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Afghan Taliban order women TV anchors to cover their faces

Afghanistan's biggest media outlet says the country's Taliban rulers have ordered female TV presenters on all TV channels to cover their faces while on air

The Independent UK

Taliban say female Afghan TV presenters must cover face on air

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have asked television broadcasters to ensure that female presenters on local stations cover their faces when on air, an official said on Thursday.

Reuters

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Militant attacks hurt Pakistan relations with Afghan Taliban

Pakistan is taking a tougher line to pressure Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to crack down on militants hiding on their soil who have stepped up attacks in Pakistan

The Independent UK

US withdrawal triggered catastrophic defeat of Afghan forces, damning watchdog report finds

Report by special inspector general blames Trump and Biden administrations, as well as the Afghan government of Ashraf Ghani

The Guardian - US

Dispute over oversight is at heart of Senate’s Ukraine aid delay

WASHINGTON — To many observers on Capitol Hill and in foreign aid circles, Sen. Rand Paul’s lonely opposition to swift passage of a $40 billion package of military, economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine is nothing new. The Kentucky Republican has a well-known penchant for spending hawkishness mixed with dovishness…

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Pakistan Taliban extend truce for more talks with government

The Pakistani Taliban say they are extending a cease-fire with the government in Islamabad until May 30, after the two sides held an initial round of talks in neighboring Afghanistan

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The U.S. deal with the Taliban destroyed Afghans' military morale, a new report says

Morale across Afghanistan's military was "destroyed" when then-President Trump made a deal with the Taliban in 2020 and President Biden affirmed the U.S. exit in 2021, a new watchdog report says.

WEKU

Afghanistan's Taliban mediate ceasefire between Pakistan, local militants

The Taliban in Afghanistan have mediated a temporary ceasefire between Pakistan and a local Pakistani Taliban militant group following talks between the two sides in Kabul, an official said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Dispute over oversight is at heart of Senate's Ukraine aid delay - Roll Call

The drama surrounding Sen. Rand Paul’s blocking of the Ukraine aid bill masks a divide over who will be the government spending watchdog.

Roll Call

U.S.-Taliban deal biggest factor in collapse of Afghan forces, watchdog says

The biggest factor that led to the collapse of the Afghan military in August last year was the U.S. decision to withdraw forces and contractors from Afghanistan through an agreement with the Taliban signed by the Trump administration and executed by the Biden administration, a U.S. watchdog report concluded.

Reuters

US withdrawal prompted collapse of Afghan army: Report

The US oversight authority on Afghanistan says the decision to withdraw from Kabul led to the demise of the Afghan army.

Al Jazeera

Afghanistan’s fall was inevitable once U.S. left, watchdog finds - Roll Call

The watchdog overseeing Afghanistan reconstruction issued a scathing report criticizing government planning before the U.S. withdrawal.

Roll Call

Watchdog: US troop pullout was key factor in Afghan collapse

A new report says decisions by Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan were the key factors in the collapse of that nation’s military, leading to the Taliban takeover last year

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US-Taliban deal pushed Afghanistan to collapse, watchdog finds

WASHINGTON — The U.S. deal with the Taliban — forged under President Donald Trump and implemented under President Joe Biden — was “the single most important factor” in the rapid collapse of Afghanistan’s forces as American troops withdrew last year.

Reuters

Taliban dissolve Afghanistan's Human Rights Commission, other key bodies

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan dissolved five key departments of the former U.S.-backed government, including the country's Human Rights Commission, deeming them unnecessary in the face of a financial crunch, an official said on Monday.

The Hindu

A war that is shrinking India’s geopolitical options

The main worry now is about how to manage a China that is attempting to consolidate the region under its influence

The Guardian - UK

Leaked Prevent review attacks ‘double standards’ on far right and Islamists

Exclusive: draft of Shawcross report calling for crackdown on Islamist extremism raises concerns it will try to ‘politicise counter-terrorism’

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Pakistan says it foiled suspected suicide attack against Chinese nationals

Pakistani police arrested a would-be suicide bomber who planned to blow herself up near a convoy of Chinese nationals along the China Pakistan Economic-Corridor (CPEC), a police statement said.

Axios

Scoop: U.S. to deny entry to some Afghans in Kosovo

The determinations stem from security concerns, or the identification of potential ties to the Taliban or terrorist organizations.

The Hindu

SCO terror meet begins with officials from China, Pakistan and Russia in Delhi

On same day as meet, OIC issues statement criticising delimitation in J&K, earning MEA’s ire

The Guardian - UK

‘We are worse off’: Afghanistan further impoverished as women vanish from workforce

From civil servants, teachers and doctors to journalists and business owners, loss of female workers under the Taliban has already cost the economy $1bn

Daily Mirror

Mum grieves for soldier son 15 years after losing his brother in Taliban bombing

Jan Hawkins lost her son Alex in an explosion in Afghanistan in 2007, and now his younger brother Nigel - who served alongside Prince Harry - has died after struggling with PTSD

France 24

‘I will not wear the burqa’: Some Afghan women defy Taliban edict

The Taliban earlier this month issued a decree urging women to stay home and ordering those who have to go out to cover their faces with a burqa. But a few brave Afghan women have vowed to defy the restrictive edict.

Daily Mirror

Daughter begs Government to save mum from Afghanistan and blasts Tory 'double standards'

Shabnam Nishat's mum has been in hiding in Afghanistan since thousands of troops were dispatched to Kabul to rescue UK nationals and Afghan allies from the Taliban advance

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