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EXPLAINER: Why effort to help Afghanistan is falling short

A grim situation in Afghanistan is getting worse

The Independent UK

Afghan students in US fearful of returning home under Taliban regime

Many Afghan students studying at United States universities through scholarship programmes say they are unable to return home as it endangers their lives under the current Taliban regime, according to a media report.

Dynamite News

Taliban Begin Talks in Norway as Hunger Stalks Afghanistan

A Taliban delegation led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday started three days of talks in Oslo with Western officials and Afghan civil society representatives amid a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. The closed-door meetings are taking place at a hotel in the snow-capped mountains above the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Change to aid rules needed to prevent famine in Afghanistan, say UK experts

Former security and diplomatic chiefs warn that country is at risk of economic collapse as Taliban begin talks in Norway

The Guardian - UK

UK government must act now to save millions of lives in Afghanistan

Letter: Former defence, national security and foreign policy experts lay out five outcomes that the international community should be working towards to avert an irreversible humanitarian disaster

The Guardian - UK

The Biden doctrine: Ukraine gaffe sums up mixed year of foreign policy

On Russia and Putin, the president said the quiet part loud. Re-engagement has been welcomed but the exit from Afghanistan was a disaster. Analysts see much to do to rebuild US credibility

The Guardian - US

Taliban delegation begins talks in Oslo

Al Jazeera has learned that the Afghan group will be pushed on women’s rights in return for access to frozen funds.

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Talks with Taliban begin in Norway

Three days of talks between a Taliban delegation led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Norwegian government and several allied countries have started in Oslo amid a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

'The world needs to act now to drag 23m starving Afghans out of famine hell'

No one outside the Taliban and their few friends disputes the need to impose sanctions. But it is in no one’s interest to leave hunger unaddressed, children unvaccinated and girls uneducated.

Daily Mirror

Gordon Brown warns world has just days to save 23m Afghan people who are starving

Starving families are lining up for food, some parents are selling babies and handing teenager daughters to the Taliban for cash after banks around the world froze country’s assets

Daily Mirror

Taliban delegation to hold humanitarian talks in Norway

Norway’s foreign minister stresses that the planned visit is not a ‘legitimisation or recognition of the Taliban’.

Al Jazeera

European Union re-establishes physical presence in Afghanistan -spokesman

The European Union said on Friday it was re-establishing a physical presence in Afghanistan for humanitarian purposes, but stressed it was not formally recognising the Taliban-led administration.

Reuters

Taliban delegation due in Norway for humanitarian talks

Representatives of Afghanistan's Taliban will arrive in Norway on Sunday for three days of talks on how to alleviate a humanitarian crisis, the Norwegian foreign ministry said on Friday.

Reuters

‘Dishonourable’: report says Afghans left behind ‘at high risk of brutal reprisals’ due to links with Australia

Senate inquiry finds August evacuation ‘heroic’ but delay in getting people out earlier meant some local staff reportedly ‘injured or killed by the Taliban’

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Aid groups deal with 'painfully thin and lifeless children' as Afghan food crisis deepens

Aid workers say the number of "dangerously malnourished" children they are treating has more than doubled in the past five months, with some dying before they can reach a hospital.

Tribune News Service

Amid hunger crisis, Biden urged to release frozen Afghan funds

WASHINGTON — Calls are growing on Capitol Hill for the Biden administration to release some of the billions of dollars in seized Afghan financial assets the United States is keeping frozen.

The Guardian - AU

Nation records highest death toll for the pandemic following grim two weeks of rising numbers – as it happened

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The Hindu

Letters to the Editor — January 21, 2022

Cadre rules planThe proposed changes by the Centre to Rule 6 (deputation of cadre officers) of the Indian Administrative Service (Cadre) Rules 1954 are ill-advised (Page 1, January 20) These would not

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Roll Call

Amid hunger crisis, Biden urged to release frozen Afghan funds - Roll Call

There is a growing outcry from lawmakers for President Biden to release billions in frozen Afghan funds to help ease a hunger crisis there.

The Independent UK

Taliban storm Kabul apartment, arrest activist, her sisters

The Taliban have stormed an apartment in Kabul, arresting a woman rights activist and her three sisters

Reuters

Turkey, Qatar reached pending deal on Kabul airport security -Turkish sources

Turkey and Qatar have reached an agreement on ensuring security at Kabul's main airport should they be awarded the mission amid ongoing talks with the Taliban government, Turkish diplomatic sources said on Thursday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ancient Afghan Minaret in Danger of 'Collapse' after Quakes

An 800-year-old minaret considered one of the finest examples of Islamic architecture in Afghanistan was damaged by two earthquakes this week and is in danger of collapse, an official has said. The Minaret of Jam, a UNESCO world heritage monument in the central province of Ghor, was in desperate need…

Reuters

Afghan women losing jobs fast as economy shrinks and rights curtailed

In a small tailoring workshop in Kabul, 29-year-old Afghan entrepreneur Sohaila Noori looks on as her dramatically reduced workforce of around 30 women sew scarves, dresses and baby clothes.

The Independent UK

Taliban economy conference in Kabul stresses need for funds

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have held their first economic conference, five months since taking over the country that is now teetering on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe and economic collapse

Chicago Sun-Times

Before pullout from Afghanistan, U.S. watchdog warned Afghan air force would collapse

Months before President Joe Biden announced the end to America’s longest war, a classified, year-old watchdog report warned that the Afghan air force would collapse without U.S. aid, training and American maintenance.

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