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The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Al-Qaida enjoying a haven in Afghanistan under Taliban, UN warns

Intelligence report raises fears country could again become base for international terrorists

The Guardian - UK

Toxic exposure bill would rewrite America’s compact with veterans

Congress appears likely to pass legislation that would make millions more veterans eligible for disability and health care benefits.

Roll Call

UN: Taliban Faces Threat from ISIS, New Resistance

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are maintaining close ties with al-Qaeda as they consolidate control over the country, and their main military threat is coming from the ISIS extremist group and guerrilla-style attacks by former Afghan government security personnel, UN experts said in a new report. The experts said in the report…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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UN: Taliban faces threat from Islamic State, new resistance

U.N. experts say Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are maintaining close ties with al-Qaida as they consolidate control over the country, and their main military threat is coming from the Islamic State extremist group and guerrilla-style attacks by former Afghan government security personnel

The Independent UK

Security concerns leave Afghan evacuees stuck in Balkan camp

Some Afghans who were evacuated from their country as it fell to the Taliban last summer have found their journey to the United States stalled at a cluster of tents and temporary housing at a military base in the Balkans

The Independent UK

Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan LIVE: Cricket score and updates from ICC Cricket World Cup Super League 2020-22

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The Independent UK

Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Afghanistan in Zimbabwe 2022

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Increased attacks on people, places of worship in India: Blinken

Releasing the State Department’s 2021 Report on International Religious Freedom, Mr. Blinken cited Saudi Arabia, China, Pakistan and Afghanistan as other countries with religious freedom restrictions.

The Hindu

Indian officials meet Taliban in Kabul in first visit since U.S. exit

A team of Indian officials met the acting Taliban foreign minister of Afghanistan on Thursday to discuss bilateral ties and humanitarian aid, the Taliban said, in what was the first such visit to Kabul since the chaotic U.S. withdrawal last year.

Reuters

German parliament to examine Afghanistan mission, evacuation

German lawmakers say the country's parliament will set up a commission of inquiry into last year’s evacuation mission from Afghanistan and a fact-finding commission on Berlin’s two-decade involvement there

The Independent UK

Taliban eradicating Afghanistan's poppy cultivation to wipe out opium and heroin production

The move comes despite farmers fearing their livelihoods will be ruined at a time of growing poverty.

ABC News

Indian officials in Kabul for talks on aid distribution

Indian foreign ministry officials are visiting Kabul for talks with the Taliban and international organizations involved in the distribution of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Afghan Taliban launch campaign to eradicate poppy crop

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have begun a campaign to eradicate poppy cultivation, aiming to wipe out the country’s massive production of opium and heroin

The Independent UK

India sends diplomats to Kabul for talks with the Taliban

New Delhi commits to sending more foodgrains, medical aid

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The Independent UK

Former first minister and six MPs recognised in Birthday Honours

The politicians have been named in the list, which has been announced ahead of the Platinum Jubilee.

The Independent UK

Pakistan sends 50-member team to Kabul to discuss cease-fire

Pakistan’s government has sent a 50-member delegation of tribal elders to Kabul to negotiate an extension of a truce with the Pakistani Taliban

The Guardian - UK

British soldier ‘heard horrible voices’ after Afghanistan, inquest hears

L/Cpl Ryan Mackenzie, who killed himself at Yorkshire army base, was never same after tours of duty, inquest told

The Independent UK

Afghans evacuated to Albania protest for faster move to US

A group of people evacuated from Afghanistan as the Taliban returned to power last year have held a protest in Albania over the failure to expedite their move to the United States

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Edinburgh veteran's death in Afghanistan caused best friend to 'take his own life'

An inquest into the death of Lance Corporal Ryan MacKenzie has heard that the young solider had taken his own life after being traumatised by the death of his best friend, Scott McLaren.

The Independent UK

‘I feel broken every day’: Afghan Time magazine cover star on ‘pain’ of living in UK hotel for months

‘They have killed and tortured thousands of civilians, assassinated journalists, judges, activists and policewomen,’ Zahra Joya says

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian, Tajik Presidents Discuss Afghanistan

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi held talks in Tehran on Monday with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon. Discussions focused on the situation in neighboring Afghanistan. Raisi said both countries want stability and security in Afghanistan and throughout the region and consider the presence of terrorists in this country very worrying. The two…

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: In Kabul, cemeteries a part of Afghan daily life

There are cemeteries all over Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, many of them filled with the dead from the country’s decades of war

Daily Mirror

Soldiers 'killed 13ft monster descended from Biblical times', YouTuber claims

The Giant of Kandahar, a 13-foot-tall monster with red hair and six-fingered hands that lived in the mountains of Afghanistan 'was killed and covered up by the US government'

The Guardian - UK

The Donald and the Kremlin Don: how Trump’s toxic legacy helps Putin

From Afghanistan to North Korea, Joe Biden is running short of time to repair the damage done by his predecessor in the White House

Chicago Sun-Times

Memorial Day memories from Pat Quinn — and me

The former governor will attend an exhibition at the Clearing library of 300 portraits of Illinois soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. I’ll be remembering my dad, a decorated World War II soldier.

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