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$1bn in aid has been used to support failed ‘war on drugs’ over past decade, says report

Funding tied to drug prevention programmes given to 92 lower-income countries, including Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover

The Guardian - UK

Reflections on 9/11

Links to writing about 9/11 and its aftermath.

Reason

Pakistan says Afghanistan building ‘unlawful structures’ along tense border

Pakistan accuses Taliban gov’t of ‘indiscriminate firing’ at the key Torkham border crossing, closed for nearly a week.

Al Jazeera

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How 9/11 bred the endless war on terror

The crimes of 9/11 wounded America — and fueled an endless, pointless war that could never be won, or even ended

Salon

Afghanistan is the fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, UN drug agency says

Afghanistan is now the world's fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine

The Independent UK

Hundreds of Afghans who applied for sanctuary in UK waiting over two years for decision

Exclusive: Some 745 Afghans, who have applied for sanctuary based on their work with the British Army, said they were being ‘destroyed’ by the wait

The Independent UK

West Midlands police protection officers for Malala Yousafzai used racist slurs, whistleblower claims

Close protection officers for Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban, referred to her as “tikka masala”, a whistleblower has claimed.

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Four soldiers, 12 TTP fighters killed in northwest Pakistan

The outlawed TTP group claims responsibility for the attack in Chitral district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Al Jazeera

Women in Afghanistan are fighting an unequal war. We need your support

The Taliban have barred us from the workplace, cut our access to healthcare and closed schools to us. Must we struggle alone?

The Guardian - UK

New book details Biden-Obama frictions and says Harris sought roles 'away from the spotlight'

A new book about Joe Biden portrays the president as someone whose middle-class upbringing helped foster a resentment of intellectual elitism that shaped his political career and sometimes caused strain with his onetime boss, Harvard-educated Barack Obama

The Independent UK

Calls for France to recognise all Afghan women and girls as refugees

Activists in France have called on the government to systematically grant asylum to women and girls fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan, after the first all-female group of evacuees arrived in Paris. France flew five women over this week to apply for refugee status, but many thousands more are still seeking…

Radio France Internationale

UN food agency drops aid to another 2 million hungry people in Afghanistan due to cash shortfall

The U.N. food agency says it is forced to drop another 2 million hungry people from food assistance in Afghanistan in September due to a massive funding shortfall

The Independent UK

Pakistani premier claims US military equipment left behind in Afghanistan is now in militant hands

Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister claims that U.S. military equipment left behind during the American withdrawal from Afghanistan has fallen into militant hands and ultimately made its way to the Pakistani Taliban

The Independent UK

France evacuates Afghan women over fears of becoming targets for Taliban

France has flown five Afghan women who had been "threatened by the Taliban" to Paris, where they are due to arrive this Monday.

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The Independent UK

‘Like a prison’: Asylum seeker tagged by Home Office describes ‘shame’ of being tracked 24/7

Home Office is considering plans to put electronic tags on more migrants who come to the UK irregularly. Here, Holly Bancroft speaks to an asylum seeker about how the government tracks his every move.

The Guardian - UK

Hollywoodgate review – a fascinating insight into the Taliban’s insular world

It’s no surprise that Ibrahim Nash’at’s documentary lacks in-depth interviews – his subjects barely tolerate his presence as he reveals the fighters’ lack of purpose after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan

Evening Standard

Is fentanyl coming to London?

It kills tens of thousands of Americans every year, but the toll from fentanyl and other lab-made opioids could be about to get much worse. Gavin Haynes explains why a global heroin shortage could spark a US-style drugs crisis on British shores

The Independent UK

Afghanistan's female cricketers plead with sport's world governing body: help us play again

Two years ago Firooza Amiri was an 18-year-old batter for the Afghanistan women’s cricket team and ready to take on the world

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The Independent UK

Thousands of Afghans still in limbo as ministers miss own deadline to slash resettlement backlog

Interpreters who worked with British army are among those waiting to hear if they will be relocated to UK

The Independent UK

Rise in homeless Afghans on government’s deadline day to move out of hotels

The government gave a deadline of August 31 for all Afghan nationals to have moved out of hotels

The Independent UK

Councils report rise in homeless figures for Afghans on hotel move deadline day

The Government gave a deadline of August 31 for all Afghan nationals to have moved out of hotels into more settled accommodation.

Newcastle Herald

How a gifted cot, a ukulele group and a network of women saved refugees

Hundreds have made it to Australia with the help of Vanessa Alexander.

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s heartbreaking’: Malala Yousafzai meets exiled Afghanistan women’s football team

Football must fight against gender discrimination, says the Nobel peace prize winner – or future generations of women will suffer

The Guardian - UK

The Gardener of Lashkar Gah by Larisa Brown review – Afghanistan abandoned

A deeply moving book that lays bare the human cost of the 2021 western withdrawal

The Independent UK

Taliban bans women from visiting Afghanistan national park

‘Going sightseeing is not a must for women’, Taliban minister says

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