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John Kirby has heated exchange with Fox’s Peter Doocy over whether Biden is ‘proud’ of Afghan withdrawal

“Proud of the fact that new how have about 100,000 Afghans, our former allies and partners, living in this country and working toward citizenship?” Mr Kirby said. “You bet.”

The Independent UK

US Supreme Court refuses transgender athlete ban, French protests continue over retirement age change, Italian artist creates giant Pablo Picasso portrait — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

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U.S. admits Afghanistan evacuation should have begun sooner

The Biden administration also placed blame on Trump.

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Biden administration defends Afghanistan withdrawal, blames Trump

White House says while Joe Biden wanted to end war, lack of planning by Donald Trump ‘severely constrained’ options.

Al Jazeera

Biden Afghanistan report mostly blames Trump for chaotic US withdrawal

(This April 6 story has been corrected to say that 124,000, not 100,000, people were flown out of Kabul in paragraph 18)

Reuters

Biden’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal plan ‘severely constrained by conditions’ set by Trump, review says

The White House review blames much of the chaos of 2021 exit on Trump administration

The Independent UK

A Biden administration review of the Afghanistan withdrawal blames Trump

The review blames the "conditions created by [President Biden's] predecessor" for the way the U.S. ended its more-than-two-decade-long military presence in Afghanistan.

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Biden review of chaotic Afghan withdrawal blames Trump

An interagency review led by the National Security Council of the chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan largely lays the blame on former President Donald Trump, saying President Joe Biden was “severely constrained” by the decisions of his predecessor

The Independent UK

Afghanistan's Taliban Move Spokesman's Office to Kandahar

The main spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban administration will move his office from the capital to the southern city of Kandahar, the information ministry said, a sign of the growing importance of the region that is home to its supreme leader. The province of Kandahar is the historical birthplace of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘This is the death pit’: Adam Ferguson’s stark and brutal photos of Australia’s outback

After assignments in Afghanistan and the US-Mexico border, the photojournalist has turned his lens on his own nation for works that contrast romantic ideas of the Australian interior with the stark realities of life there

The Guardian - UK

Afghanistan's Taliban move spokesman's office to Kandahar

Reuters

Home Office pauses removal of three Nepali guards airlifted from Kabul

Fourth man is released from detention after arrest in March of 10 guards who protected UK embassy staff in Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

UN: Ban on Afghan female staffers by Taliban unacceptable

The U.N. says it cannot accept a Taliban decision to bar Afghan female staffers from working at the agency, calling it an “unparalleled” violation of women’s rights

The Independent UK

U.N. chief condemns Taliban ban on Afghan women working for U.N

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres condemned on Wednesday a ban by Afghanistan's Taliban authorities on Afghan women working for the United Nations, calling it "an intolerable violation of the most basic human rights" that should be immediately revoked.

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The Guardian - UK

UN concern after its female workers are ‘banned’ from working by Taliban

All staff in Afghanistan ordered to stay home for 48 hours to give officials time to negotiate with Taliban

The Independent UK

‘I escaped – but Taliban are hunting my colleagues’: Afghan British Council worker reveals fears for those left behind

Many more contractors still live in fear in Afghanistan and struggle to get the documentation to flee

Reuters

UN tells Afghan staff not to work for 48 hours - UN sources

The United Nations has told all Afghan staff not to report to work in Afghanistan for 48 hours for security reasons while it seeks additional information from the Taliban authorities about a ban on Afghan women working for the world body, U.N. sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

Reuters

UN Afghan staff told to stay home as Taliban signals UN female ban

The United Nations told some 3,300 Afghan staff not to come to work in Afghanistan for the next two days after the Taliban authorities signaled on Tuesday that they would enforce a ban on Afghan women working for the world body.

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France 24

Public executions and torture: ‘The Taliban have reverted to their true nature’

In the latest example of public punishments carried out by the Taliban, two men were publicly humiliated and forced to wear a chador, a full-length hijab traditionally worn by women. But other punishments meted out by the Taliban have been far more violent, including flagellations and public executions. While Afghan…

The Independent UK

‘We must give him asylum’: Peer who fled Nazis accuses ministers of ‘cruelty’ over Afghan war hero

Lord Dubs urges Sunak and Braverman to stop hiding behind ‘bureaucracy’ and help a war veteran in need

Al Jazeera

Taliban carries out deadly raid on ISIL hideout in Afghanistan

A police spokesman says an ISIL hideout in Nahri Shahi district was targeted and six fighters were killed.

The Independent UK

Lawsuit seeks records of toxic exposures at Uzbek air base

Veterans’ advocacy groups have sued the U.S. Department of Defense seeking records of toxic conditions at an air base in Uzbekistan blamed for causing cancer and other illnesses among American troops who served there in support of the war in Afghanistan

Wales Online

Former soldier with PTSD began dealing cocaine after working as pub bouncer

Kyle Davies, who served with the Royal Welsh in Iraq and Afghanistan, began taking coke to help him stay awake while working nightshifts on the doors in pubs and clubs in the Swansea area

The Guardian - UK

Nepalese guards airlifted from Kabul to UK now face deportation

Former British embassy guards arrested and detained, with some reportedly told they will be forcibly removed

The Independent UK

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