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ISIL claims responsibility for deadly Kabul attack

The group said the blast targeted the Taliban’s prosecution service to ‘avenge Muslims’ held in its prisons.

Al Jazeera

Mani once sang of freedom in Afghanistan. Now, silenced, she’s desperate to escape. Will Australia help?

This brave journalist and young women like her are bearing the brunt of the failed democratisation project: ‘Hope is fading’

The Guardian - AU

Trump and Harris spar over Arlington cemetery visit as he posts video messages from Gold Star family members

Allies of the former president also jumped to defend him on the Sunday morning political shows, with Senator Lindsey Graham saying: ‘You know what really is unfortunate? That these families had to go visit their fallen loved ones at Arlington due to incompetence by the Biden administration’

The Independent UK

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Here’s how we can help oppressed women and girls in Afghanistan

Letters: Simon Diggins on offering resettlement and educational opportunities to those living under the Taliban regime and Margaret Owen on connecting schoolgirls in Britain and Kabul

The Guardian - UK

Ahmad Massoud Leads National Resistance Front Against Taliban In Afghanistan

Ahmad Massoud leads the National Resistance Front in Afghanistan against the Taliban, advocating for international support and a shift in approach to comba...

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Is the Taliban-friendly Imran Khan really the best choice as Oxford’s next chancellor?

The former cricketer also blames women for rape and calls Salman Rushdie a blasphemer

The Guardian - UK

Germany Deports Afghan Nationals For The First Time Since Taliban

Germany deported 28 Afghan nationals, sparking criticism and safety concerns. A deadly knife attack involving a Syrian asylum seeker prompts tighter laws a...

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They fled Afghanistan. In the US, they have freedom – but fear a return

After the fall of the Taliban, more than 21,000 Afghan evacuees submitted asylum applications; 3,100 were able to extend their temporary protected status through May 2025

The Guardian - US

Afghan women erased by the Taliban as the international community looks on

The oppression of Afghan women continues unabated before the eyes of the world. The Taliban imposed severe new restrictions earlier this month, with women not only obliged to cover their faces but now forbidden from raising their voices, singing or reading aloud in public. Western countries – led by the…

France 24

UN will continue to engage the Taliban in Afghanistan despite new laws restricting women

A U.N. spokesman says the United Nations will continue to engage all stakeholders in Afghanistan including the Taliban, even though they issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public and severed ties with the U.N. mission

The Independent UK

Afghanistan is a US election issue. Will its refugees’ voices be heard?

On the third anniversary of the US troop withdrawal, advocates push candidates for legal pathways for Afghan refugees.

Al Jazeera

The battle for freedom: Addressing the plight of Afghan and Iranian women

In this special edition to mark the beginning of a new season, we're focusing on the plight of Afghan and Iranian women. It's been three years since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan and thus erasing women from all forms of public life. It's also two years since the death…

France 24

Taliban seek to further erase Afghan women from society: Singing, raised voices now banned

It's been three years since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan. Their policies have rolled back women’s rights. Newly enforced laws require women to veil their faces in public. They are also now prohibited from singing or raising their voices. Afghan artist and activist Fatimah Hossaini reacts to the devastating…

France 24

Germany deports 28 Afghanistan nationals for first time since Taliban takeover in 2021

A plane carrying the Afghan nationals left Leipzig for Kabul on Friday

The Independent UK

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Taliban's Morality Ministry Refuses To Cooperate With UN Afghan Mission

The Taliban government's morality ministry said it would not cooperate with the United Nations mission in Afghanistan, calling it "an opposing side".

Al Jazeera

Germany deports 28 Afghans for first time since 2021 Taliban takeover

‘Our security counts,’ German interior minister says as government confirms those deported are convicted criminals.

International Business Times

Germany Deports First Afghans Since Taliban Govt Took Control

Germany said Friday it had deported Afghan criminals back to their home country for the first time since Taliban authorities took power in 2021, as Berlin faces pressure to get tougher on migration.

The Guardian - UK

Europe blog: high-profile politician sprayed with liquid as Germany gears up for key state elections – as it happened

Sahra Wagenknecht, whose alliance opposes Nato and military aid for Ukraine, said she was ‘scared but fine’ after incident in Erfurt

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Germany deports Afghan nationals for first time since Taliban takeover

Germany on Friday reversed a policy to stop returning migrants to Afghanistan due to human rights concerns after the Taliban took power in 2021. The first group of 28 Afghans who were “convicted offenders”, according to German authorities, boarded a Kabul-bound Friday as the Germany’s coalition government faces pressure to…

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Germany Deports Afghan Nationals For First Time Since Taliban

Germany's recent deportations of Afghan nationals post-Taliban rule spark security concerns and political tensions.

The Independent UK

Germany deports Afghan nationals for first time since Taliban takeover in 2021

Germany has deported Afghan nationals for the first time since August 2021, when the Taliban returned to power

Radio France Internationale

Didier wins first gold for France at 2024 Paris Paralympics

Ugo Didier on Thursday went one better on his performance at the Tokyo Olympics to win France's first gold medal of the 2024 Paralympics when he claimed the 400m freestyle S9 at the Paris La Défense Arena.

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene plans another rifle giveaway to protest hypothetical Harris gun ban

Right-wing Republican representative slams Vice President Kamala Harris for her role in chaotic 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal

The Conversation

The Taliban’s harsh new ‘vice and virtue’ laws are a throwback to the oppression of the 1990s – especially for the women of Afghanistan

Until the collapse of Afghanistan’s US-backed government in August 2021, few knew clearly what the Taliban wanted once they had returned to power. Some western officials and observers hoped for a big change from the regime, which had governed the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate in the 1990s.

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Taliban Defends New Vice And Virtue Laws In Afghanistan

The Taliban defends controversial vice and virtue laws in Afghanistan despite international criticism, sparking concerns over women's rights and personal f...

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