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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

The Independent UK

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.

Reuters

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.

The Hindu

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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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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

The Independent UK

Gay Afghan wounded in Taliban stabbing feels ‘alone’ during LGBT+ History Month

Sara, 23, said the attack has left them with 18 wounds across their body.

The Independent UK

Afghan public universities reopen with gender segregated classes

Universities reopen six months after Taliban returned to power, but only a trickle of women have returned to classrooms.

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Afghan universities reopen, with few women

Afghanistan’s main universities reopened on Saturday six months after the Taliban returned to power, but only a trickle of women returned to now-segregated classes.

Bangkok Post

US Allows Transactions with Afghan Govt despite Sanctions

The United States on Friday issued new rules that would allow most commercial and financial transactions with Afghanistan while maintaining sanctions against the Taliban, in an effort to ease the flow of humanitarian aid and kickstart the paralyzed economy. Non-governmental organizations and financial institutions have expressed concerns about running afoul…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Afghan students return to Kabul U, but with restrictions

Students have returned to Kabul University, among Afghanistan's oldest and most revered institutions of higher education

The Independent UK

US allows trade with Afghanistan despite Taliban sanctions

The Biden administration is seeking to assure financial institutions and other businesses that U.S. sanctions on the Taliban aren’t intended to interfere with trade that could help Afghanistan emerge from an economic and humanitarian crisis

The Independent UK

Paralysed banking system pushing Afghanistan towards collapse - Red Cross

Afghanistan is inching closer towards economic collapse six months after the Taliban seized power, the Red Cross said on Friday, with a paralysed banking system stymieing international efforts to get financial aid into the war-ravaged country.

Reuters

Taliban calls for calm in Ukraine

The Taliban’s statement is notably not a strong condemnation of Russia’s military actions in Ukraine

The Independent UK

UNICEF chief: Taliban committed to let girls back to school

UNICEF's top chief says the Taliban have committed to allowing Afghan girls to go to school next month

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College dreams dashed as young Afghan women fight to keep poverty at bay

As students return to universities across Afghanistan this month, law major Waheeda Bayat will not be among them.

Manchester Evening News

Taliban tells Russia and Ukraine to resolve crisis through 'peaceful means'

The group expressed concern for civilian casualties and asked for Afghan migrants to be kept safe

Reuters

Fresh clashes on Pakistan-Afghanistan border kill two, wound several

Clashes between Afghan and Pakistani security forces have killed two people and wounded several in a border region of the two neighbours, officials said, the latest in a series of such skirmishes.

The Conversation

Afghanistan’s libraries go into blackout: ‘It is painful to see the distance between people and books grow’

“The lights are off, shelves are in disarray and dust has coated every single book,” says Zabihullah Ehsas, my longtime friend and mentor, describing the current state of Khushal Baba Ketabtun, a library we established together in 2012. Our efforts represented an attempt to address the shortage of Pashto books…

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Afghan refugees living in Australia on temporary visas call on government to grant them permanent protection

For the more than 10 years he's lived in Australia, Afghan refugee Abbas Haidari has been locked in a state of visa limbo that has left him unable to access permanent protection, sponsor his family or even take out a business loan. He and other advocates are calling for change.

Reuters

German aid group battles to evacuate Afghans who worked with army

Ahmad, a 30-year-old Afghan who worked for the German military, is now in hiding in Kabul in fear of his life.

The Independent UK

India sends wheat to Afghanistan after deal with Pakistan

India's foreign ministry says it has sent off tons of wheat to Afghanistan to help relieve desperate food shortages, after New Delhi struck a deal with neighboring rival Pakistan to allow the shipments across the shared border

The Hindu

India sends first consignment of aid for Afghanistan

It marks the end to months of bureaucratic wrangling between Islamabad and New Delhi; truckers hope it will lead to reopening of trade

The Guardian - UK

Kabul to California: how the ‘hip-hop family’ mobilised for young Afghans

With breakdancers, artists and parkourists facing a bleak future under the Taliban, a global network stepped in to help, drawing on the activist spirit of rap culture

The Guardian - UK

West has inflicted catastrophic damage on Afghanistan, says David Miliband

‘We are not punishing the Taliban, we are making it worse for the people,’ says former UK foreign secretary

Al Jazeera

In remote Bamiyan, a school run by an Afghan woman offers hope

The school, set up by a university graduate, runs for two hours daily, offering opportunity to impoverished community.

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