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Losing Afghanistan; The Naked Don’t Fear the Water reviews – fickle allies and personal tragedies

Six months on from the fall of Kabul, a collection of essays unpicks the catastrophic mess the west has left behind in Afghanistan, while the story of one young man’s perilous escape cannot fail to move

The Guardian - UK

‘The Taliban want revenge’: Afghanistan’s female judges in exile in Australia

Fifteen judges – at risk of Taliban and criminal retribution after the fall of Kabul – were forced to flee their homeland

The Guardian - AU

Taliban releases four women’s rights activists but fear persists

On February 12, the Taliban released four Afghan women’s rights activists, who were arrested nearly a month earlier. Dozens more are being held in Taliban custody, according to other activists and US diplomats. The released women have not yet been able to share what happened to them in Taliban custody…

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Afghan-Australian 'Kardashians' threatened by the Taliban to pull reality TV show

The Australian star of an Afghan reality TV show — that has been likened to Keeping up with the Kardashians — says he's been threatened by the Taliban to pull the show as the hardline Islamist regime cracks down on Afghanistan's media.

ABC News

Afghanistan's Taliban detain Brits, American; reason unclear

The U.S. and British governments, as well as a family member, say Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have detained several British citizens and an American

The Independent UK

Exclusive-World Bank proposal would shift about $1 billion from Afghan trust

The World Bank's management has approved a plan to use some $1 billion in a frozen Afghanistan trust fund for education, agriculture, health and family programs, according to a bank paper and two sources, in what would be a major boost to efforts to ease the country's worsening humanitarian and…

Reuters

Afghanistan faces famine, it can't be ignored

Because the Taliban have been designated as "terrorists", it is possible for the United States not only to embargo American aid and trade to Afghanistan, but also to block or at least seriously hinder efforts by other countries to send humanitarian aid. As a result, more than half the country's…

Bangkok Post

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2022 Pakistan polio vaccinations key to eradication goal: Gates

Pakistan and Afghanistan are the last countries where polio remains endemic.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan struggles to quell violence on its Afghan border

Pakistan's military has stepped up operations along the Afghan border in recent weeks after a spate of militant attacks that has dashed any hope the frontier might see more peace and stability after the end of the war in Afghanistan.

Reuters

Thursday briefing: ‘If Johnson broke the law he must resign’

Lib Dems attempt to force publication of partygate report … concerns over an end to free Covid tests … and inside the Taliban’s return to power

The Guardian - AU

Fear runs through Afghanistan's 'hazardous' media landscape

Journalists in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan say they operate in a climate of fear and uncertainty

The Independent UK

‘Whatever horrors they do, they do in secret’: inside the Taliban’s return to power

The long read: Mazar-i-Sharif was once the most secular, liberal of Afghan cities. But 20 years of corruption and misrule left it ripe for retaking by the Taliban. Will anything be different this time?

The Guardian - UK

Taliban delegation holds talks with EU, US diplomats in Doha

Western envoys meet Taliban members as the group seeks recognition and badly-needed funds amid a humanitarian crisis.

Al Jazeera

Why is the White House stealing $7bn from Afghans?

To take Afghan money to pay grieving Americans in order to punish the Taliban is nothing less than larceny as collective punishment

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The Hindu

The fate of the Afghan reserves in the United States

How is the U.S planning to distribute Afghanistan’s central bank funds which it had earlier frozen? Will the Taliban have access?

Tribune News Service

Taliban seek talks over Biden’s move to split Afghan funds

The Taliban have sought talks with the U.S. to reverse its decision to use the Afghan central bank’s reserves to compensate victims of the Sept. 11 attacks and support aid efforts in the country, a spokesman for the group said.

ABC News

Melbourne's Lincoln Square separates two groups of Afghan refugees. Only one of them is allowed outside to enjoy it

Jameela and Wajahad both fled the Taliban but, while Jameela can enjoy this Melbourne park with her family, Wajahad can only look on from behind a small locked window.

The Conversation

With Australia reopening its borders to tourists, why are thousands of refugees still waiting for entry?

More than five months after Taliban forces overran Kabul, Immigration Minister Alex Hawke made a long-awaited announcement in January to resettle Afghan refugees. Over the next four years, Australia will offer 10,000 places to Afghans in humanitarian need and another 5,000 visas to Afghans reuniting with family in Australia.

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France 24

Hamid Karzai criticises US move to divide Afghan assets between aid and 9/11 victims

Six months after the Taliban retook Afghanistan, FRANCE 24 spoke to former Afghan president Hamid Karzai, who remains in the country. Karzai strongly criticised the Biden administration's recent decision to unfreeze Afghan assets but divide the funds between aid to Afghanistan and victims of the 9/11 attacks, saying the funds…

France 24

Afghan refugees in France: A new but precarious beginning

Six months ago, an ominous sense of déjà vu swept over Afghanistan as the Taliban took control of the country. Unconvinced by the group's pledges to rule differently than in the 1990s, tens of thousands of Afghans fled. While some were evacuated by foreign powers, others had little choice but…

France 24

Afghan humanitarian crisis: Hospitals face shortages of staff, medicine and funding

Six months after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, the health system is collapsing. Amid the deteriorating humanitarian situation, a raging measles outbreak has already killed more than 150 people and infected tens of thousands more in January alone. Measles is not the only sanitary threat facing young children in the…

The Independent UK

Hundreds of Afghan women’s rights activists urge Biden to take action over killings and abductions

Afghan campaigners are asking the US to support a global treaty tackling violence against women and girls

The Independent UK

UK to co-host UN summit in bid to raise £3bn-plus for Afghanistan aid

The Foreign Secretary said it was a ‘critical moment’ for the international community to show support for the Taliban-held country.

Reuters

Britain to co-host Afghanistan aid summit, hoping to raise $4.4 billion

Britain said on Tuesday it would co-host an international aid conference with the United Nations next month to help raise funds for Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger have spiralled since the Taliban took power last year.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Joe Biden’s $7 billion betrayal of Afghanistan

Out of all the actions the Biden administration could have taken on Afghanistan, commandeering the nation’s foreign currency reserves is, to put it mildly, unhelpful.

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